निग्रह [ nigraha ] [ ni-graha ] m. keeping down or back , restraining , binding , coercion , suppression , subjugation Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

   defeat , overthrow , destruction Lit. Kāv.

   seizing , catching , arresting , holding fast Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

   suppression of an illness i.e. healing , cure Lit. Suśr.

   confinement , imprisonment , any punishment or chastisement Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Pañc. ( [ vadhanigt ] , pain of death Lit. Kathās.)

   reprimand , blame Lit. L.

   aversion , ill-will , dislike , disgust Lit. L.

   anything for catching hold of. a handle (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) Lit. Suśr.

   a place or occasion for being caught hold of , (esp. in Nyāya phil.) an occasion for refutation , a weak point in an argument or fault in a syllogism ( cf. [ -sthāna ] )

   a boundary , limit Lit. L.

   N. of Śiva and Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa Lit. MBh.