ā-√ han P. -hanti (Impv. ā́-jahi, [AV.] &c.; pf. ā́-jaghāna, [RV.] &c.) Ā. -hate (only if no object follows, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 28], or if the object is a part of one's own body, [Kāty.]; Pot. 1. sg. -ghnīya, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 1, 62]; [Daś.]) to strike at, hit, beat; to attack, assault, [RV.]; [TS.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.] &c.: (Ā.) to strike one's self (or any part of one's body), [BhP.]; [Pāṇ.] and Comm. [Bhaṭṭ.]; to make away with one's self, [Daś. 91, 15]; to fasten, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; to beat or cause to sound (a drum &c.), [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] &c.: Intens. ā́-jaṅghanti, [RV. vi, 75, 13], to strike at or beat violently.