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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nigrah (निग्रह्).—9 P

1) To keep or hold down, keep in check.

2) To curb, restrain, suppress, control; निगृह्य शोकम् (nigṛhya śokam) K.25; स्वकं तेजो निगृह्य (svakaṃ tejo nigṛhya) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.174; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.68; R.5.59; 14.85.

3) To stop, obstruct; निगृहीतो बलाद् द्वारि (nigṛhīto balād dvāri) Mb.

4) To punish, chastise; अधार्मिकं त्रिभिर्न्यायैर्निगृह्णीयात् प्रयत्नतः (adhārmikaṃ tribhirnyāyairnigṛhṇīyāt prayatnataḥ) Manusmṛti 8.31;9.38.

5) To seize, catch, apprehend, lay hold of; तमार्यगृह्यं निगृहीतधेनुः (tamāryagṛhyaṃ nigṛhītadhenuḥ) R.2.33.

6) To close or contract (as eyes); माथुरोऽक्षिणी निगृह्य (māthuro'kṣiṇī nigṛhya) Mṛcchakaṭika 2.

7) To subdue, conquer, overpower; प्रज्ञया निग्रहीतुं शक्यः (prajñayā nigrahītuṃ śakyaḥ) Mu.1; 1.28.

8) To draw in, restrain; निगृह्यन्तामभीशवः (nigṛhyantāmabhīśavaḥ) Ś.1.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nigrah (निग्रह्):—[=ni-√grah] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -gṛhṇāti, ṇīte ([dative case] [infinitive mood] -grabhe, [Ṛg-veda]), to hold down, lower, depress, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to keep or hold back, draw near, attract, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.;

—to seize, catch, hold, hold fast, stop, restrain, suppress, curb, tame, punish, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to contract, close (as the eyes), [Mṛcchakaṭikā ii, 13/14] [Causal] -grāhayati, to cause to be apprehended or seized, [Daśakumāra-carita] :

—[Causal] of [Desiderative] -jighṛkṣayati (p. ṣayat), to cause any one to desire to overpower or excel, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nigrah (निग्रह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇigiṇha.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nigrah in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) restraint; self-repression; subdual; ~[vada] rigorism; hence ~[vadi] (a, nm)..—nigrah (निग्रह) is alternatively transliterated as Nigraha.

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Partial matches: Grah, Ni.

Starts with (+7): Nigraha, Nigrahacakra, Nigrahadharani, Nigrahaka, Nigrahakatva, Nigrahambadu, Nigrahamgey, Nigrahana, Nigrahanem, Nigrahanugraha, Nigrahanugrahasamartha, Nigrahartha, Nigrahasadhana, Nigrahashatka, Nigrahashtaka, Nigrahasthana, Nigrahasthanasutratika, Nigrahastotra, Nigrahavadisu, Nigrahi.

Ends with: Abhinigrah, Manonigrah, Pratinigrah, Samnigrah, Santaan-nigrah, Upanigrah, Vinigrah.

Full-text (+8): Nigraha, Nigrihitri, Nigrahana, Nijighrikshayat, Nigrahitavya, Nigrihiti, Nigrahastotra, Nigrahashtaka, Vinigraha, Nigrahasadhana, Pratinigrah, Nigrabhitri, Niginha, Nigrahasthanasutratika, Nigrahya, Nigrahakatva, Vinigrah, Nigrahaka, Nigrihita, Icchaya.

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