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Entry संहार

संहारsaṃhāra1 Drawing or bringing together, collecting; अनुभवतु वेणीसंहारमहोत्सवम् Ve.6; कृत्स्नं च धनसंहारं कुर्वन्ति…
1. 1 Drawing or bringing together, collecting; अनुभवतु वेणीसंहारमहोत्सवम् Ve.6; कृत्स्नं च धनसंहारं कुर्वन्ति विधिकारणात् Mb.12.2.8.
2. Contraction, compression, abridgment.
3. Withholding, drawing back, withdrawal (Opposite of प्रयोग or विक्षेप); समर्थो धारणे मोक्षे संहारे चासि पाण्डव Mb.3.4.15; Bhāg.1.7.27; प्रयोगसंहारविभक्तमन्त्रम् R.5.57,45.
4. Restraining, holding back.
5. Destruction, especially of the universe, universal destruction; संहारे समनुप्राप्ते व्यादितास्य इवान्तकः Rām.7.62.5.
6. Close, end, conclusion.
7. An assemblage, a group.
8. A fault in pronunciation.
9. A charm or spell for withdrawing magical weapons.
10. Practice, skill.
11. A division of hell.
Derived forms and compounds
- -भैरवः one of the forms of Bhairava.
- -मुद्रा Name of a particular posture in the Tantra worship; it is thus defined: अधोमुखे वामहस्ते ऊर्ध्वास्यं दक्षहस्तकम् । क्षिप्ताङ्गुलीरङ्गुलीभिः संगृह्य परिवर्तयेत् ॥
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