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Apahan: 3 definitions

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Apahan means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apahan (अपहन�).�2 P.

1) To ward or beat off, repel, destroy, kill, take away, remove; अपघ्नन्त� दुरितं हव्यगन्धैः (apaghnanto durita� havyagandhai�) Ś.4.8; � तु खल� तयोर्ज्ञान� शक्तिं करोत्यपहन्ति वा (na tu khalu tayorjñāne śakti� karotyapahanti vā) Uttararāmacarita 2.4 takes away; Manusmṛti 6.96; अपहतपाप्मानं सवितारमुपतिष्ठस्� (apahatapāpmāna� savitāramupatiṣṭhasva) Uttararāmacarita 3.

2) To attack, affect, seize (as disease &c.).

3) To husk out, take off the shell or husk (as rice).

4) To shoot out.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apahan (अपहन�).—beat off or out, repel, destroy, unhusk (corn).

Apahan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and han (हन�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apahan (अपहन�):—[=貹-√h] ([subjunctive] 3. sg. -han; Imper. 2. sg. -jahi, 2. [dual number] -hatam; 2. [plural] -󲹳, or -hata; perf. -ᲹԲ; [present participle] -ghnat; [Intensive] p. [nominative case] m. -Ჹṅg󲹲Բ) to beat off, ward off, repel, destroy, [Ṛg-veda etc.]

2) Apāhan (अपाहन्):—[=-√h] to throw off or back, [ṢaḍvBr.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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