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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. निग्रहnigraha1 Keeping in check, restraint, curbing, subjection; as in इन्द्रियनिग्रह Ms.6.92; Y.1.222; Bh.1.66; चञ्चलं…
    1. 1 Keeping in check, restraint, curbing, subjection; as in इन्द्रियनिग्रह Ms.6.92; Y.1.222; Bh.1.66; चञ्चलं मनः...... तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् Bg.6.34; तस्य ता वपुषाक्षिप्ता निग्रहार्थं जजृम्भिरे Bu. Ch.4.6.
    2. Suppression, obstruction, putting down; तथेन्द्रियाणां दह्यन्ते दोषाः प्राणस्य निग्रहात् Ms.6.71.
    3. Overtaking, capturing, arresting; त्वन्निग्रहे तु वरगात्रि न मे प्रयत्नः Mk.1. 22; Śi.2.88.
    4. Confinement, imprisonment.
    5. Defeat, overthrow, vanquishing.
    6. Dispelling, destruction, removing; दिनमुखानि रविर्हिमनिग्रहैर्विमलयन् मलयं नगम- त्यजत् R.9.25;15.6; Ku.5.53.
    7. Arresting of disease, cure.
    8. Punishment (Opposite of अनुग्रह) निग्राहानु- ग्रहस्य कर्ता Pt.1; निग्रहोऽप्ययमनुग्रहीकृतः R.11.9,55;12. 52,63.
    9. Rebuke, reprimand, blame.
    10. Aversion, dislike, disgust.
    11. (In Nyāya Philosophy) A flaw in an argument, a fault in a syllogism (by which a disputant is put down in argument); Compare Mu.5.1.
    12. A handle.
    13. A limit, boundary.
    14. The Supreme Being.
    15. Transgressing (अतिलङ्घन); निग्रहाद्धर्मशास्त्राणा- मनुरुद्ध्यन्नपेतभीः Mb.12.24.13.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -स्थानम् the reason of defeat, unfitness to be argued with, one of the 16 categories of the Naiyāyikas; एवमपि प्रकृतं दूषयितुमशक्नु- वतस्तत्सिद्धान्तान्तरदूषणे निग्रहस्थानमापद्यते । ŚB. on MS.1.1.5.

    In the Gita3·336·34

    प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ॥

    prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati. — All existences follow their nature and what shall coercing it avail? Even the man of knowledge acts according to his own nature. 3·33
    • निग्रहःnigrahaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun nigraha (coercing, control).
    • निग्रहम्nigrahamaccusative singular of the masculine noun nigraha (control, coercing).
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  2. अनिग्रहanigrahaa.Unrestrained, invincible, unconquerable.

    Unrestrained, invincible, unconquerable.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -हः

      1. Non-restraint.
      2. Non-refutation.
      3. Not admitting one's defeat in argument; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्थानम् occasion of non-refutation.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. निग्रहnigraham. keeping down or back, restraining, binding, coercion, suppression, subjugation Mn. MBh. &c.
    1. masculine gender keeping down or back, restraining, binding, coercion, suppression, subjugation Mn. MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender defeat, overthrow, destruction Ka1v.
    3. masculine gender seizing, catching, arresting, holding fast MBh. R. etc.
    4. masculine gender suppression of an illness id est healing, cure Sus3r.
    5. masculine gender confinement, imprisonment, any punishment or chastisement Mn. MBh. R. Pan5c. etc. (वधनिग्त्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, pain of death Katha1s.)
    6. masculine gender reprimand, blame Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender aversion, ill-will, dislike, disgust Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender anything for catching hold of. a handle (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) Sus3r.
    9. masculine gender a place or occasion for being caught hold of, (especially in Nya1ya न्याय philosophy) an occasion for refutation, a weak point in an argument or fault in a syllogism (confer, compare -स्थान)
    10. masculine gender a boundary, limit Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव and Vishn2u-Kr2ishn2a विष्णु-कृष्ण MBh.
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  2. अनिग्रहanigrahamfn. unrestrained
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unrestrained
    2. masculine gender non-restraint, non-refutation, not owning one's self refuted.
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  3. अनिग्रहस्थानanigrahasthānan. (in phil.) occasion of non-refutation.

    neuter gender (in philosophy) occasion of non-refutation.

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  4. इन्द्रियनिग्रहindriyanigraham. restraint of the organs of sense.

    masculine gender restraint of the organs of sense.

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  5. उपनिग्रह्upanigrahP. A1. -गृह्णाति, णीते, to press down upon TS.; to bring or push near to AitBr. A1pS3r.

    Parasmaipada Atmane-pada -गृह्णाति, णीते, to press down upon TS.; to bring or push near to AitBr. A1pS3r.

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  6. उपस्थनिग्रहupasthanigraham. restraint of sexual desire Ya1jn5. iii, 314.

    masculine gender restraint of sexual desire Ya1jn5. iii, 314.

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  7. गदनिग्रहgadanigraham. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अनिग्रहanigraha[a-nigraha] m. lack of restraint.

    [a-nigraha] masculine lack of restraint.

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