ghna

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[apte] a. (ghnī f.) (Used only at the end of comp.) Killing, destroy- ing, removing, curing; brāhmaṇaghnaḥ, bālaghnaḥ, vātaghnaḥ, pittaghnaḥ; depriving one of, taking away; puṇyaghna, dharmaghna &c.

[mw] mf (A MBh. xiii, 2397 Hariv. 9426; I f. of 2. han q.v.) n. ifc. striking with Mn. viii, 386 379,3 70234 mf (A MBh. xiii, 2397 Hariv. 9426; I f. of 2. han q.v.) n. killing, killer, murderer, ix, 232 MBh.; R. iii 379,3 70235 mf (A MBh. xiii, 2397 Hariv. 9426; I f. of 2. han q.v.) n. destroying Mn. viii, 127; Ya1jn5. i, 138; R. i; BhP. iv 379,3 70236 mf (A MBh. xiii, 2397 Hariv. 9426; I f. of 2. han q.v.) n. removing...

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a. (ghnī f.) (Used only at the end of comp.) Killing, destroy- ing, removing, curing; brāhmaṇaghnaḥ, bālaghnaḥ, vātaghnaḥ, pittaghnaḥ; depriving one of, taking away; puṇyaghna,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

1,503

Texts Appeared In

82

DCS: an offerer; bestower | Monier-Williams: Gna n. ifc. ‘killing’, see a/hi- , parRaya-Gna/ ( cf. arTa- , arSo

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Suśrutasaṃhitā 274 18.2%
2. Rājanighaṇṭu 171 11.4%
3. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 131 8.7%
4. Mahābhārata 126 8.4%
5. Carakasaṃhitā 108 7.2%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: ghna

  kaphāpahaṃ pittaharaṃ vibandhaśūlaghnapāṇḍūdaragulmanāśi

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: ghnam

  trapusaṃ kaṭutiktahimaṃ kaṣāyalavaṇaṃ saraṃ ca mehaghnam

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: ghnam

  uṣṇaṃ ca kaphavātaghnam arśoghnaṃ guru lekhanam