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vadhaवधvadhá m. one who kills, a slayer, vanquisher, destroyer, [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
a deadly weapon (esp. Indra's thunderbolt), [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
the act of striking or killing, slaughter, murder, death, destruction, [RV.] &c. &c.
(in law) capital or (more commonly) corporal punishment, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c. = vadha-bhūmi, place of execution, [Caurap., Introd.]
stroke, hurt, injury, [Nir.]
paralysis, [Suśr.]
annihilation, disappearance (of inanimate things), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
frustration, prevention, [Gaut.]
a defect, imperfection (28 are enumerated), [VP.]
multiplication, [Gaṇit.]
a product, [Bījag.]
N. of a Rākṣasa, [VP.]
vadharवधर्vádhar n. (only this form) a destructive weapon (esp. the thunderbolt of Indra), [RV.]
vadhakaवधकvádhaka mfn. killing, destructive, [Uṇ. ii, 36]
intending to strike or kill, [Jātakam.]
vádhaka m. a murderer, assassin, [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Rājat.]
an executioner, hangman, [Kathās.]
a partic. sort of reed or rush, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]
vadhanāवधनाvadhánā f. a deadly weapon, [RV.]
vadharyaवधर्यNom. P. °yáti, to hurl a thunderbolt (only f. of pr. p. vadharyántī, ‘casting a bolt’, prob. = lightning), [RV.]
vadhasnaवधस्नvadhasná m. or n. (only in instr. pl.) = vádhar, [RV.]
vadhasnuवधस्नुmfn. wielding a deadly weapon, [RV.]
vadhatraवधत्रvadha—trá mfn. (for 2. vádhatra See below) protecting from death or destruction, [PārGṛ.]
vádhatra n. (for 1. vadha-trá See under vadhá above), ‘instrument of death’, deadly weapon, dart, [RV.]
vadhabhūmiवधभूमिvadha—bhūmi f. a place of execution, [Caurap.], Sch. (cf. vadhya-bh°).
vadhakāmaवधकामvadha—kāma mfn. desirous of killing, [Gobh.]
vadharataवधरतvadha—rata mfn. fond of killing, [L.]
vadhabandhaवधबन्धvadha—bandha m.du. death and bonds, [Mn. v, 49.]
vadhadaṇḍaवधदण्डvadha—daṇḍa m. capital or corporal punishment, [Mn. viii, 129.]
vadhajīvinवधजीविन्vadha—jīvin m. ‘living by killing (animals)’, a butcher, hunter &c., [Yājñ.]
vadhakāmyāवधकाम्याvadha—kāmyā f. desire to kill, intention to hurt, [Mn. iv, 165.]
vadhakṣamaवधक्षमvadha—kṣama mfn. deserving death, [MBh.]
vadhasthānaवधस्थानvadha—sthāna n. a place of execution, [L.]
a slaughter-house, [L.]
vadhasthalīवधस्थलीvadha—sthalī f.
vadhakāṅkṣinवधकाङ्क्षिन्vadha—kāṅkṣin mf(iRI)n. wishing for death, [W.]
vadhanigrahaवधनिग्रहvadha—nigraha m. capital punishment, [Kathās.]
vadhanirṇekaवधनिर्णेकvadha—nirṇeka m. expiation for killing, atonement for murder or manslaughter, [Mn. xi, 139.]
vadhakarmādhikārinवधकर्माधिकारिन्vadha—karmādhikārin m. ‘one who superintends the act of putting to death’, an executioner, hangman, [Rājat.]