dhaṃsati¹

pr. 3 sg. is bold; dares to attack.

dhaṃsati²

pr. 3 sg. falls (from); is gone (from); is deprived of.

to fall from, to be deprived of (c. abl.) to be gone DN.iii.184 (with abl. asmā lokā dh.) AN.ii.67 AN.v.76, AN.v.77; Iti.11; Thag.225, Thag.610; Ja.iii.260, Ja.iii.318, Ja.iii.441, Ja.iii.457 Ja.iv.61 …

dhaṃseti¹

caus. pr. 3 sg. of dhamsati dares to attack; offends

dhaṃseti²

caus. pr. 3 sg. of dhamsati makes fall; deprives of; destroys; scatters, disperses

…dhona & a secondary root Idg; *dheṷes in dhaṃsati

…odhasta).

Sk. avadhvasta, pp. of ava + dhvaṃsati: see dhaṃsati

…(q.v.).

pa + dhaṃsati

adjective destructive, ruinous Pv-a.15 (˚vacano speaking destructively, scandalmonger).

fr. paridhaṃsati

…with paripatati & parihāyati.

pari + dhaṃsati

to be left, to be deserted, to come to ruin (= dhaṃsati) Ja.iii.260.

Pass. of parihāyati, Sk. ˚hīyate

…Ja.iv.108; Mnd.5 (paridhaṃsati + Mil.249 (id.); Pp.12 (read ˚hāyeyya for ˚hāreyya) Snp-a.167 (+ vinassati); Pp-a 181 (nassati +);…

…ruin, to come to fall, to come to naught Mil.91 (opp. sambhavati) combined with paridhaṃsati at Mnd.5; Mil.249,…

…Cp. also viddhasta.

pp. of uddhaṃseti, see dhaṃsati & cp. anuddhaṃ seti

…+ dhaṃsati, in lit. meaning of dhvaṃs, see dhaṃsati

…Vv.63#14 (= vinaṭṭha Vv-a.265).

pp. of viddhaṃsati

demolition, destruction Ja.iv.58 (˚kārin).

fr. vidhaṃsati

…pupphāni na vikirīyanti na v.).

vi + dhaṃsati

…(intrs., with vikirati & viddhaṃsati) 2. vidhameti: Mnd.5; Ja.iii.261 (poet. vidhamemasi [write ˚se!] = vidhamema,…

…vikirati vidhamati viddhaṃsati“: the water scatters, drops falls off; applied figuratively to bad qualities at same passage); Snp-a.172 …

…Vin.ii.205 = Iti.11 (˚ato dhaṃsati, whereas Vin ˚ā padhaṃsati); Iti.9, Iti.27 (abhabbo ˚ssa adhigamāya); Thig.6; Snp.79 (˚adhivāhana),…