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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आकुञ्चनम्ākuñcanam1 Bending, contraction, compression; Ku.78. &c. also उत्क्षेपणं तथावक्षेपणमाकुञ्चनं तथा Bhāsā. P.
1. 1 Bending, contraction, compression; Ku.78. etc. also उत्क्षेपणं तथावक्षेपणमाकुञ्चनं तथा Bhāsā. Parasmaipada
2. Contraction regarded as one of the 5 karmans quod vide, which see
3. Collecting, heaping.
4. Curving.
5. Contortion.
6. A kind of army movement; आकुञ्चनं तथा यानं प्रयाणमप- यानकम् Śukra.4.11.
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