saṃkaṭa

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[apte] a. 1 Contracted, narrow, strait. --2 Impervious, impassable. --3 Full of, crowded with, beset with, hemmed in; saṃkaṭā hyāhitā- gnīnāṃ pratyavāyairgṛhasthatā Mv. 4. 33; [Page1076-c+ 56] viṣamaśilāsaṃkaṭaskhalitavegaḥ V. 2. 8; U. 1. 8. --ṭaṃ 1 A narrow passage, defile, pass. --2 A difficulty, strait, risk, peril, danger; saṃkaṭeṣvaviṣaṇṇa- dhīḥ K.; saṃkaṭe hi parīkṣyaṃte prājñāḥ śūrā- śca saṃgare Ks. 31. 93.

[mw] mf (A) n. (prob. Pra1kr2it Prakrit for saṃ-kṛta; cf. 2. vi-kaṭa &c) brought together, contracted, closed, narrow, strait MBh.; Ka1v. &c 1125,2 227927 mf (A) n. crowded together, dense, impervious, impassable MBh.; Ma1rkP. 1125,2 227928 mf (A) n. dangerous, critical MBh. 1125,2 227929 mf (A) n. (ifc.) crowded with, full of Ka1d. 1125,2 227930

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a. 1 Contracted, narrow, strait. --2 Impervious, impassable. --3 Full of, crowded with, beset with, hemmed in; saṃkaṭā hyāhitā- gnīnāṃ pratyavāyairgṛhasthatā Mv. 4. 33;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

77

Texts Appeared In

27

DCS: a summons; a name | Monier-Williams: saM-kawa ( am ), n. a narrow passage, strait, defile, pass, MBh. ; Kāv.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 17 22.1%
2. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 11 14.3%
3. Avadānaśataka 8 10.4%
4. Mātṛkābhedatantra 5 6.5%
5. Matsyapurāṇa 4 5.2%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: saṃkaṭe

  ramaṇīye vanoddeśe puṣpasaṃstarasaṃkaṭe

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: saṃkaṭe

  vividhavyādhibhayodayamaraṇajarāsaṃkaṭe 'pi martyānām

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: saṃkaṭe

  durgām ikṣvākuśārdūlaḥ kiṣkindhāṃ girisaṃkaṭe