Akarshana, Ākarṣaṇa: 23 definitions
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Akarshana has 21 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ākarṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Akarsana or Akarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Akarshan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀkarṣaṇa (आकर्षण):—(wie eben)
1) n. das Ansichziehen, Herbeiziehen [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 31.] prakarṣaṇākarṣaṇayoḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 7109. 2, 915.] pakveṣṭakānāmākaṣaṇam [Mṛcchakaṭikā 47, 9. 10.] khalīnā [Pañcatantra 258, 22.] dāyādādaparo yojyo na hyastyākarṣaṇe dviṣām [Hitopadeśa III, 92.] lakṣmīrabharasāka [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 338.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 195. 24, 119. 25, 152. 204.] ākarṣaṇa als Zauberkunst [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 904.] —
2) f. ṇī ein Stäbchen (mit einem Haken) zum Ansichziehen eines Astes mit Früchten, Blumen u.s.w. [Śabdakalpadruma]
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Ākarṣaṇa (आकर्षण):—
1) das Herbeiziehen eines Abwesenden (durch Zauberei) [Oxforder Handschriften 94,a,13. 97,b,21. 98,a. 6] und [Nalopākhyāna 1.] keśākarṣaṇa das Ziehen an den Haaren [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 85, 74.] nṛpasutākeśāmbarākarṣaṇa [VENĪS.] in [Sāhityadarpana 147, 14.] — Vgl. sīrākarṣaṇa .
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Ākarṣaṇa (आकर्षण):—n. Anziehung [Sūryasiddhānta 2, 8.] das Spannen: eines Bogens [CARAKA 1, 7.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀkarṣaṇa (आकर्षण):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) heranziehend [Pañcadaṇḍacchattrabandha 37.] —
2) *f. ī ein Haken zum Ansichziehen eines Astes. —
3) n. — a) das Ansichziehen , Anziehung , Herbeiziehen (auch als Zauberkunst). — b) das Ziehen an (geht im Comp. voran). — c) das Spannen (eines Bogens).
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Starts with: Akarshana-paridhi, Akarshanacakti, Akarshanadharini, Akarshanadharma, Akarshanam, Akarshanamudra, Akarshanashakti, Akarshanata.
Ends with (+21): Abhyavakarshana, Akamakarshana, Amitrakarshana, Anakarshana, Andakarshana, Apakarshana, Attakarshana, Avakarshana, Balapakarshana, Cittakarshana, Dantakarshana, Dhyanakarshana, Dirghakarshana, Gandhapakarshana, Gatrakarshana, Gurutvakarshana, Hrasvakarshana, Ikshanakarshana, Jadatvakarshana, Kalindakarshana.
Full-text (+35): Akarshanacakti, Akarshanam, Andakarshana, Akarshanata, Akaddhana, Akarushana, Akarisana, Akarshane, Akarshani, Akrusanem, Akrasanem, Akarasanem, Ayaddhana, Agarisana, Samakarshana, Vyakarshana, Akarshanem, Khalinakarshana, Akrishti, Akarshan.
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