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dahदह्cl. 1. P. dahati (ep. also Ā.; p. dáhat; impf. ádahat; aor. adhāk, [RV. ii, 15, 4]; 1.sg. °kṣam, [MBh. vii]; 3. pl. °kṣur, [Kathās.]; Subj. dhāk, [RV. i, 158, 4]; 2. sg. dhakṣi, [iv, 4, 4]; p. dhákṣat [also nom. m.], [vi, 3, 4]; [x, 91, 7] dákṣat, [i, 130, 8]; fut. dhakṣyati [[Pāṇ. vii, 2, 10]; [Siddh.]; [Kār. 6]] [MBh.] [Pot. dhakṣyet, [i, 8383]] &c.; dahiṣy°, [i, 2120]; [BhP. iv]; [Prasaṅg. xix, 7]; inf. dagdhum) to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast, [RV.] &c.; to cauterise, [Suśr.]; to consume, destroy completely, [Mn. vii, 9]; [MBh.] &c.; to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve, [MBh.] &c.: Pass. dahyate (°ti, [MānGṛ. ii, 15]; [MBh. i f.], [xii f.]); to be burnt, burn, be in flames, [AV.]; [Nir.] &c.; to be consumed by fire or destroyed, [Mn. vi, 71]; to be inflamed (a wound), [Suśr. i, 28]; to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed, [MBh.] &c.; Caus. dāhayati to burn or be burned, [Mn.]; [Yājñ. i, 89]; [MBh.] &c.; to cause to be cooked, [Hariv. 15523] (aor. pl. adīdahan) : Desid. didhakṣati (cf. °kṣā, °kṣu) to be about to burn or consume or destroy, [MBh. i]-[iv]; [R.] (p. °kṣamāṇa) : Desid. Caus. (p. °kṣayat) to cause any one to make efforts to burn, [Bhaṭṭ. iii, 33] : Intens. dandahīti, °hyate ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 24]; [vii, 4, 86]) to burn or destroy completely, [Hariv. 8726]; [BhP. vi, 8, 21] (Impv. °dagdhi), [Śiś.]; [Prasannar. vi, 32] and [48]; Ā. to be burnt completely, [Hariv. 7040]; [BhP.]; [Pañcat. i, 8, 23/24]
[cf. Lith. degù, ‘I am hot’; Goth. dag-s; Old Germ. tāh-t, ‘a wick’]
mfn. ‘burning’, see uśá-.
dahraदह्रmfn. small, fine, thin, [NārUp.]; [Āp. i, 9, 23] (°re para-rātre, ‘in the shorter half of the night’)
n. the cavity of the heart, [BhP. iii]; [vi, 9.]
m. a wood on fire, [Uṇvṛ.]
fire, [ib.]
dahyuदह्युm. fire, [L.]
dahanāदहनाf. N. of part of the moon's course, [VarBṛS. ix, 1]-[3], Sch.
dahanīदहनीf. Sanseviera Roxburghiana, [L.]
dahanaदहनmf(I)n. burning, consuming by fire, scorching, destroying (chiefly ifc.), [Hariv.]; [BhP.]; [Bhartṛ.]
(said of the dhāraṇā of fire), [Gorakṣ. 164]
m. fire (of three kinds), Agni, [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Horāś.])
m. the numeral three, [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas.]
one of the 5 forms of fire in the Svāhā-kāra, [Hariv. 10465]
a pigeon, [L.]
Plumbago zeylanica, [L.]
Anacardium officinarum, [L.]
N. of an attendant of Skanda, [MBh. ix, 2536]
N. of a Rudra, [i]; [MatsyaP.]
n. burning, consuming by fire, [Kauś. 80]; [R. vii]; [Ragh.] &c.
cauterising, [Suśr.]
sour gruel, [Npr.]
daharaदहरmfn. (fr. dobhrá) small, fine, thin, [ChUp. viii, 1, l]; [KātyŚr. xiv]; [KenUp.] (v.l. dabhra), [BhP. x]
young in age, [Lalit. vii, 72]; [SaddhP.]
m. a younger brother, [L.]
a child, [W.]
a young animal, [W.]
a mouse, [Gaut.]; [Yājñ. iii, 279/271]
dahatiदहतिm. N. of an attendant of Skanda, [MBh. ix, 2536.]
dahramदह्रम्dahrám ind. little, [TS. vii, 5, 3, 1]
dahadahāदहदहाf. N. of one of the mothers attending on Skanda, 2638.
dahanīyaदहनीयmfn. to be burnt, combustible, [W.]
dahanatāदहनताdahana—tā f. the state of fire, [ŚārṅgP. xxix, 11.]
daharakaदहरकmfn. short (day), [ŚāṅkhBr. xix, 3]; [Naigh. iii, 2.]
dahrāgniदह्राग्निm. Agastya in a former birth, [iv, 1, 36].
dahanavatदहनवत्dahana—vat ind. as (at) cremation, ib.
dahanolkāदहनोल्काf. a firebrand, [L.]
dahanāguruदहनागुरुn. a kind of Agallochum, [L.]
dahanārātiदहनारातिm. ‘fire-enemy’, water, [L.]
dahanīyatāदहनीयताdahanīya—tā f. combustibility, [W.]
dahanarkṣaदहनर्क्षdahana—rkṣa (ṛk°) n. the constellation Kṛttikā, [VarBṛS. x, 19.]
dahanopalaदहनोपलm. the sun-gem, [L.]
dahanīyatvaदहनीयत्वdahanīya—tva n. id., [W.]
dahanagarbhaदहनगर्भdahana—garbha mf(A)n. filled with the fire (of wrath), [Daś. vi, 21.]
dahanakalpaदहनकल्पdahana—kalpa m. a crematory rite, [HirP.]
dahanapriyāदहनप्रियाdahana—priyā f. the wife of Agni, [L.]
daharapṛṣṭhaदहरपृष्ठdahara—pṛṣṭha n. N. of [TS. v, 1, 11] and [2, 11 f.], [ĀtrAnukr. i, 24]
daharasūtraदहरसूत्रdahara—sūtra n. N. of a Buddh. Sūtra.
dahanakarmanदहनकर्मन्dahana—karman n. the act of burning, [Dhūrtas. i, 22.]
dahanaketanaदहनकेतनdahana—ketana m. ‘mark of burning’, smoke, [L.]
dahanasārathiदहनसारथिdahana—sārathi m. the wind, [Daś.]
dahanopakaraṇaदहनोपकरणn. the means for cauterising, [Suśr. i, 12, 2.]