saṃhan | संहन् | saMhan
saṃ-√ han | सं-√ हन् | P. -hanti | -हन्ति |, (ind.p. -hatya | -हत्य |, q.v.), to strike or put together, join, shut, close (eyes, wings, hands), RV. &c. &c.; to beat together, make solid, Suśr.; to put together i.e. frame, fabricate, ŚāṅkhŚr.; (Ā.) to rush together (in battle), meet, encounter (instr.), RV. vii, 56, 22; (jiṅnate | जिङ्नते |), to meet as a friend (instr.), ib. ix, 14, 4; (P.) to break, crush, kill, destroy, ib. : Pass. -hanyate | -हन्यते |, to be put together or joined, join, unite (intr.), Śaṃk.; to become compact or solid, ŚBr. : Caus. -ṅātayati | -ङातयति |, to strike together, kill, destroy utterly, MW.