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hiṃsहिंस्(orig. Desid. of √ han) cl. 1. 7. P. ([Dhātup. xxix, 19]; [xxxiv, 23]) hiṃsati, hinásti (Ved. and ep. also Ā. hiṃsate, híṃste; 2. sg. hiṃsi for hinassi, [MBh. iii, 13269]; pf. jihiṃsa, °simá, jīhiṃsīḥ, [AV.]; aor. ahiṃsīt, hiṃsīt, [RV.] &c.; fut. hiṃsita Gr.; hiṃsiṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. hiṃsitum [Ved. also híṃsitoḥ] [ib.]; ind.p. hiṃsitvā́, [AV.]; [Br.]; -hiṃsya, [MBh.]), to injure, harm, wound, kill, destroy, [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. hiṃsyate (aor. ahiṃsi), to be injured or killed, [RV.] (in á-hiṃsyamāna) &c.: Caus. or cl. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 23]) hiṃsayati (aor. ajihiṃsat), to injure, harm, kill, slay, [MBh.] : Desid. jíhiṃsiṣati, to wish to injure &c., [ŚBr.] : Intens. jehiṃsyate, jehiṃsti Gr.
mfn. injuring, striking (see su-hiṃs).
hiṃsāहिंसाhíṃsā (ā), f., see below.
f. injury, harm (to life or property), hurt, mischief, wrong (said to be of three kinds, 1. mental as ‘bearing malice’; 2. verbal, as ‘abusive language’; 3. personal, as ‘acts of violence’), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
Injury or Mischief personified (as the wife of Adharma and daughter of Lobha and Niṣkṛti), [Pur.]
Asteracantha Longifolia, [L.]
hiṃsaहिंसhíṃsa mfn. injuring, injurious, mischievous, hostile, [RV.]
hiṃsrāहिंस्रा(ā), f. a mischievous woman, [Mn. ix, 80]
N. of various plants (accord. to [L.], Nardostachys Jatamansi, Coix Barbata = kākādanī and elāvali), [Suśr.]
fat, [L.]
a vein, [L.]
hiṃsraहिंस्रhiṃsrá mf(A/)n. injurious, mischievous, hurtful, destructive, murderous, cruel, fierce, savage (ifc. ‘acting injuriously towards’), [RV.] &c. &c.
hiṃsrá m. a man who delights in injuring living creatures, [Mn. iii, 164]
a savage animal, beast of prey, [Ragh.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
of Bhīma-sena, [L.]
of a certain cruel Brāhman, [Hariv.]
hiṃsrá (am), n. cruelty, [Mn. i, 29.]
hiṃsyaहिंस्यmfn. to be hurt or injured or killed, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
hiṃsāluहिंसालुmfn. mischievous, hurting, murderous, [W.]
hiṃsāruहिंसारुm. a destructive animal, a tiger, [L.]
hiṃsīnaहिंसीनm. a savage animal, beast of prey, [L.]
hiṃsīraहिंसीरmfn. mischievous, destructive, [L.]
m. a tiger, [L.]
hiṃsakaहिंसकmfn. = prec. [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
m. (only [L.]) a noxious animal, beast of prey
an enemy
a Brāhman skilled in the magical texts of the Atharva-veda (cf. hiṃsā-karman).
hiṃsanaहिंसनm. an enemy, [L.]
n. the act of hurting, injuring, killing, slaying, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
hiṃsitaहिंसितhiṃsitá mfn. hurt, injured, wounded, killed, destroyed, [AV.] &c. &c.
hiṃsitá n. injury, harm, [Pañcat.]
hiṃsitosहिंसितोस्híṃsitos See under the root above.
hiṃsrakaहिंस्रकm. a savage animal, beast of prey, [L.]
hiṃsālukaहिंसालुकm. a mischievous animal, savage dog, [L.]
hiṃsārataहिंसारतhiṃsā—rata mfn. delighting in doing harm or mischief, [Mn. iv, 170.]
hiṃsāruciहिंसारुचिhiṃsā—ruci mfn. id. (-tva n.), [R.]
hiṃsātmanहिंसात्मन्hiṃsā°tman (hiṃsāt°), mfn. id., [Bcar.]
hiṃsāvādaहिंसावादhiṃsā—vāda m. N. of wk.
hiṃsanīyaहिंसनीयmfn. to be hurt or injured, [MBh.]
to be killed (as cattle), [Kull.] on [Mn. v, 41.]
hiṃsāprāyaहिंसाप्रायhiṃsā—prāya mfn. generally or for the most part injurious, [Mn. x, 83.]
hiṃsātmakaहिंसात्मकhiṃsā°tmaka (hiṃsāt°), mfn. intent on doing harm, [R.]
hiṃsitavyaहिंसितव्यhiṃsitavyà mfn. to be harmed or injured, [AV.]
hiṃsrapaśuहिंस्रपशुhiṃsra—jantu or hiṃsra—paśu, m. a savage animal, beast of prey, [Kāv.]
hiṃsākarmanहिंसाकर्मन्hiṃsā—karman n. any injurious or hostile act (esp. employment of magical spells and mystical texts such as those of the Atharva-veda for the injury of an enemy q.v.), [L.]
hiṃsāprāṇinहिंसाप्राणिन्hiṃsā—prāṇin m. a savage or noxious animal, [MW.]
hiṃsāvihāraहिंसाविहारhiṃsā—vihāra mfn. taking pleasure in mischief, roaming about to do harm, [MW.]
hiṃsrātmatāहिंस्रात्मताf. malevolence, [Bcar.]
hiṃsrajantuहिंस्रजन्तुhiṃsra—jantu or hiṃsra—paśu, m. a savage animal, beast of prey, [Kāv.]
hiṃsālakṣaṇaहिंसालक्षणhiṃsā—lakṣaṇa n. N. of wk.
hiṃsārthavādaहिंसार्थवादhiṃsā°rtha-vāda (hiṃsārth°), m.
hiṃsārucitvaहिंसारुचित्वhiṃsā—ruci—tva n.
hiṃsrāhiṃsraहिंस्राहिंस्रn. noxiousness and harmlessness, [Mn. i, 29.]
hiṃsrayantraहिंस्रयन्त्रhiṃsra—yantra n. an implement for injuring or wounding, trap, [Yājñ.]
a mystical text used for injurious purposes, [MW.]
hiṃsāsamudbhavaहिंसासमुद्भवhiṃsā—samudbhava mfn. arising from injury (i.e. from the sin of hurting living creatures), [ib.]
hiṃsāprāṇipracuraहिंसाप्राणिप्रचुरhiṃsā—prā°ṇi-pracura mfn. abounding in noxious animal, [ib.]