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Apte Dictionary

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

निर्वहणम्nirvahaṇam1 End, completion; यान्ति निर्वहणमस्य संसृति- क्लेशनाटकडम्बनाविधेः Ś.14.63.
1. 1 End, completion; यान्ति निर्वहणमस्य संसृति- क्लेशनाटकडम्बनाविधेः Ś.14.63.
2. Maintaining, carrying to the end, sustaining; मानस्य निर्वहणम् Amaru.24.
3. Destruction, annihilation.
4. (In dramas) The catastrophe, the last stage in which the action of the play is brought to a head, the denouement; तत्किंनिमित्तं कुकवि- कृतनाटकस्येव अन्यन्मुखेऽन्यन्निर्वहणे Mu.6.
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