निहन् [ nihan ] [ ni-√ han ] P. [ -hanti ] (Impv. [ -jahi ] Lit. RV. ; p. [ -ghná ] Lit. TS. ; 3- sg. Ā. [ -jighnate ] Lit. RV. ; p. [ jighnamāna ] Lit. MBh. ; pf. [ -jaghāna ] Lit. RV. ; 3. pl. [ -jaghnur ] , [ °nire ] Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; fut. [ -haniṣyati ] , [ °te ] , [ -haṃsyati ] Lit. MBh. ; p. [ -haniṣyát ] Lit. RV. ; ind.p. [ -hatya ] Lit. KātyŚr. ( cf. [ a-nihatya ] ) ; inf. [ -hantave ] Lit. RV. ; [ -hantum ] Lit. R.) , to strike or fix in , hurl in or upon or against (loc.) Lit. RV. ; to make an attempt upon , attack , assail (acc. loc. or gen.) Lit. AV. Lit. KātyŚr. Lit. MBh. ; to strike or hew down (also -mow Lit. L.) , kill , overwhelm , destroy Lit. RV. (also applied to planets Lit. Var.) ; to hit , touch (lit. and fig.) Lit. MBh. Lit. BhP. ; to beat (a drum) Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; to punish , visit , afflict Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pur. ; to attach to (Pass. [ -hanyate ] , to be fixed upon , with loc.) Lit. AV. ; to drop , lower , let sink (hands , wings ) Lit. AV. Lit. VPrāt. ; to speak with the unaccented tone i.e. with the Anudātta Lit. RPrāt. Lit. ĀśvŚr. ; (in arithm.) to multiply Lit. Āryabh. Comm. Caus. see [ ni-ghāta ] , [ °taya ] . ( 564,2 )