apakarṣaṇa

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[apte] a. Taking or drawing away, removing, diminishing (opp. vardhaka); na cāsti sadṛśaṃ tena kiṃcitsthaulyāpakarṣaṇaṃ Suśr. --ṇaṃ 1 Removing, taking away; drawing away or down, de- priving (one) of, drawing out, extracting. --2 Lessening, making inferior, detraction. --3 Super- seding. --4 Denying; abolishing.

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Astangahrdayasamhita Astangasamgraha Carakasamhita Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Matsyapurana Naradasmrti Nyayasutra Pancarthabhasya Ramayana Rasendracudamani Susrutasamhita Vasisthadharmasutra Visnupurana mahabharata mahabharata

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a. Taking or drawing away, removing, diminishing (opp. vardhaka); na cāsti sadṛśaṃ tena kiṃcitsthaulyāpakarṣaṇaṃ Suśr. --ṇaṃ 1 Removing, taking away; drawing away or down, de-...

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Part of Speech: ADJ
Total Occurrences: 36
Texts Appeared In: 16

DCS: water

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Rāmāyaṇa surface: apakarṣaṇam

ghoraṃ tejaḥprabhaṃ nāma paratejo'pakarṣaṇam
Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: apakarṣaṇau

tvaksirāsnāyupiśitalagnaśalyāpakarṣaṇau
Matsyapurāṇa surface: apakarṣaṇam

eṣa varṣāmi śiśiraṃ daityamāyāpakarṣaṇam