वद्य वधक

वध

वध 1 Killing, murder, slaughter, destruction; आत्मनो वधमाहर्ता क्वासौ विहगतस्करः V. 5. 1; मनुष्यवधः homicide; पशुवधः &c.
2 A blow, stroke.
3 Paralysis.
4 Disappearance.
5 Multiplication (in math.).
6 A killer, slayer.
7 A vanquisher, victor.
8 Ved. A deadly weapon, such as Indra's thunderbolt.
−Comp.
−अंगकं a poison.
−अर्ह a. deserving capital punishment.
−उदर्क a. resulting in death, proving fatal.
−उद्यत a. 1. murderous. −2. an assassin.
−उपायः a means of killing.
−कर्माधिकारिन m. a hangman, an executioner.
−जीविन् m. 1. a hunter. −2. a butcher.
−दंडः 1. corporeal punishment (as whipping &c.). −2. capital punishment.
−निर्णेकः atonement for murder.
−भूमिः f.,
−स्थली f.,
−स्थानं 1. a place of execution. −2. a slaughter-house.
−स्तंभः the gallows; Mk. 10.

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