(usually -˚) killing murdering; slaughter, destruction, robbery DN.i.135 (gāma˚, etc. village robbery); setu˚ the pulling down of a bridge (fig.) Vin.i.59, etc. (see setu); pantha highway robbery, brigandage, “waylaying” Ja.i.253. Thig.474, Thig.493 (= samugghāta Com.); Snp.246 (ina˚) Vv-a.72 (pāṇa˚ + pāṇa-vadha & ˚atipāta). Cp. next vi˚; saṃ˚.

Sk. ghāta & ghātana; to han (ghan), strike, kill; see etym. under ghana² & hanti