Sanskrit

Noun

घात • ‎(ghāta) m

1. a blow, bruise.
2. slaying, killing.
3. injuring, hurting, devastation, destruction.

Derived terms

• घातक ‎(ghātaka)
• घातिन् ‎(ghātin)
• घातुक ‎(ghātuka)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 377