वीरहत्या (vIrahatyA)

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Capeller Eng

English

 वीरहत्या f.
  the killing of a man (-child).

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 वीर—हत्या f.
  the killing of a man,  murder of a son,  Mn.
   xi,  41.

Vedic Reference

English

 Vīra-hatyā,  ‘murder of a man, ’ is one of the crimes referred
to in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka.^1 The Vīra-han,  ‘man-slayer, ’
is often mentioned in the older texts.^2 Cf. Vaira.
1) x. 40.
2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā,  i. 5,  2,  1
 ii. 2, 
5,  5
 Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā,  xxxi. 7
 Kapi-
ṣṭhala Saṃhitā,  xxxvii. 7
 Maitrāyaṇī
Saṃhitā,  iv. 1,  9
 Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, 
iii. 2,  8,  12
 Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā,  xxx. 5
Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,  xii. 6,  8
 xvi. 1, 
12,  etc.

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