ध्वंस् [ dhvaṃs ] [ dhvaṃs ] Root or [ dhvas ] cl. [1] P. Ā. [ dhvaṃsati ] ( to go Lit. Naigh. ii , 14) , [ °te ] ( Lit. Dhātup. xviii , 16 ; perf. [ dadhvaṃsur ] Lit. Up. ; [ dadhvaṃsire ] Lit. MBh. ( also [ dhvaṃsire ] ) Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; [ -dadhvase ] Lit. RV. ; aor. [ -dhvasán ] Lit. RV. viii , 54 , 5 ; [ adhvaṃsiṣṭa ] Gr. ; fut. [ dhvaṃsiṣyate ] , [ °sitā ] Lit. ib. ; ind.p. [ -dhvasya ] Lit. MBh.) , to fall to pieces or to dust , decay , be ruined , perish Lit. RV. ; to be gone , vanish ( only Impv. [ dhvaṃsa ] , [ °sata ] , [ °satām ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. R. ; to scatter , cover ( only [ dhvasta ] q.v.) : Pass. [ dhvasyate ] ( Lit. Pāṇ. 6-4 , 24 Lit. Kāś.) ; [ °ti ] ( Lit. GopBr.) to be destroyed , perish: Caus. [ dhvaṃsáyati ] , [ °te ] , to scatter Lit. TBr. ; to destroy , disperse , disturb Lit. R. Lit. Daś. ; to violate (a woman) Lit. Kathās. ; [ dhvasáyati ] , to scintillate , sparkle (Agni) Lit. RV. i , 140 , 3 ; 5 : Desid. [ didhvaṃsiṣate ] Gr.: Intens. [ danīdhvasyate ] , [ °dhvaṃsīti ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 84 Lit. Kāś. ( cf. Germ. (dunst) , (tunst) ; Angl.Sax. (dûst) , Engl. (dust) . )