The Sanskrit term Saṃhṛ can be transliterated into English as Samhr or Samhri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃhṛ (संहृ).—1 P. (sometimes Ā. also)

1) To bring or draw together.

2) To draw out, suck; नृपदीपो धनस्नेहं प्रजाभ्यः संहरन्नपि (nṛpadīpo dhanasnehaṃ prajābhyaḥ saṃharannapi) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.221.

3) (a) To contract, abridge, compress; महिमानं यदुत्कीर्त्य तव संह्रियते वचः (mahimānaṃ yadutkīrtya tava saṃhriyate vacaḥ) R.1.32. (b) To drop; संह्रियतामियम् (saṃhriyatāmiyam) K.

4) To bring together, collect, accumulate.

5) To destroy, annihilate (opp. sṛj); अमुं युगान्तोचितकालनिद्रः संहृत्य लोकान् पुरुषोऽधिशेते (amuṃ yugāntocitakālanidraḥ saṃhṛtya lokān puruṣo'dhiśete) R.13.6.

6) To withdraw, withhold, draw or take back; यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः (yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.58; अभिमुखे मयि संहृतमीक्षितम् (abhimukhe mayi saṃhṛtamīkṣitam) Ś.2.11; 6.3; न हि संहरते ज्योत्स्नां चन्द्रश्चाण्डालवेश्मनि (na hi saṃharate jyotsnāṃ candraścāṇḍālaveśmani) H.1.58; R.4. 16;12.13.

7) To curb, restrain, suppress; क्रोधं प्रभो संहर संहरेति यावद्गिरः खे मरुतां चरन्ति (krodhaṃ prabho saṃhara saṃhareti yāvadgiraḥ khe marutāṃ caranti) Kumārasambhava 3.72.

8) To wind up, close; अभिषेकविधानं तु तस्मात् संहृत्य लक्ष्मण (abhiṣekavidhānaṃ tu tasmāt saṃhṛtya lakṣmaṇa) Rām.2.22.11.

9) To seize, take.

1) To unite, bind by obligations.

11) To lead astray, corrupt; शूरान् भक्तानसंहार्यान् कुले जातानरोगिणः (śūrān bhaktānasaṃhāryān kule jātānarogiṇaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.57.23 (com. asaṃhāryān parairapratāryān).

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

Saṃhṛ (संहृ):—[=saṃ-√hṛ] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -harati, te, to bring or draw together, unite, compress, collect, contract, abridge, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to throw together, mix up, [???];

—to close, clench (the fist), [Mahābhārata];

—to concentrate (the mind) on ([locative case]), [ib.];

—to support, maintain, [Jātakamālā];

—to take or fetch from ([ablative]), [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to lay hold of, attract, take for one’s self, appropriate, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to take away, carry off, rob, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata];

—to lay or draw aside, withdraw, withhold from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to restrain, curb, check, suppress, [ib.] ;

—to crush together, crumple up, destroy, annihilate (often opp. to √sṛj, ‘to emit or create’), [Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.;

— [Passive voice] -hriyate, to be brought or put together etc., [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.:

—[Causal] -hārayati, te, to bind t° ([Ātmanepada] ‘one’s own hair etc.’, also ‘cut’), [Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra; Caraka] : -jihīrṣati, to wish to bring together etc., [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Intensive] -jarīharti, to destroy repeatedly, [Catalogue(s)]

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

Saṃhṛ (संहृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Saṃhara, Sāhara.

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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.

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Partial matches: Hri, Sam.

Starts with: Samhrina, Samhrish, Samhrishita, Samhrishta, Samhrishtamanas, Samhrishtaromanga, Samhrishtavadana, Samhrishtavat, Samhrishte, Samhrishtin, Samhrita, Samhritabusam, Samhritayavam, Samhriti, Samhritimant, Samhritimat, Samhritya, Samhriyamana, Samhriyamanabusam, Samhriyamanayavam.

Ends with: Anusamhri, Pratisamhri, Samupasamhri, Shodashamhri, Upasamhri.

Full-text (+15): Samhara, Samhriyamana, Samharin, Samupasamhri, Samharakarin, Samjihirshu, Samharika, Anusamhri, Samharakhya, Samharavarman, Samharabuddhimat, Samhritayavam, Samhriyamanayavam, Samharavegavat, Samharakala, Samhritabusam, Samhritimat, Samhriyamanabusam, Samhrita, Samharabhairava.

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