nihan | निहन् | nihan
ni-√ han | नि-√ हन् | P. -hanti | -हन्ति | (Impv. -jahi | -जहि |, RV.; p. -ṅna/ | -ङ्न/ |, TS. &c.; 3- sg. Ā. -jiṅnate | -जिङ्नते |, RV.; p. jiṅnamāna | जिङ्नमान |, MBh.; pf. -jaṅāna | -जङान |, RV. &c.; 3. pl. -jaṅnur | -जङ्नुर् |, ˚nire | ˚निरे |, MBh.; R.; fut. -haniśyati | -हनिश्यति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, -haṃsyati | -हंस्यति |, MBh.; p. -haniśya/t | -हनिश्य/त् |, RV.; ind.p. -hatya | -हत्य |, KātyŚr. [cf. a-nihatya | अ-निहत्य |]; inf. -hantave | -हन्तवे |, RV.; -hantum | -हन्तुम् |, R.), to strike or fix in, hurl in or upon or against (loc.), RV. &c. &c.; to make an attempt upon, attack, assail (acc. loc. or gen.), AV.; KātyŚr.; MBh.; to strike or hew down (also = mow, L.), kill, overwhelm, destroy, RV. &c. &c. (also applied to planets, Var.); to hit, touch (lit. and fig.), MBh.; BhP. ; to beat (a drum), Bhaṭṭ.; to punish, visit, afflict, Kāv.; Pur.; to attach to (Pass. -hanyate | -हन्यते |, to be fixed upon, with loc.), AV.; to drop, lower, let sink (hands, wings &c.), AV.; VPrāt.; to speak with the unaccented tone i.e. with the Anudātta, RPrāt.; ĀśvŚr.; (in arithm.) to multiply, Āryabh. Comm. Caus. See ni-ṅāta | नि-ङात |, ˚taya | ˚तय |.
ni-˚han | नि-˚हन् | m. a killer, destroyer (ifc.), MBh.; R.
ni-˚han | नि-˚हन् | m. a killer, destroyer (ifc.), MBh.; R.