निग्रह

Monier-Williams · nigraha
ni-graha m. keeping down or back, restraining, binding, coercion, suppression, subjugation &c ‖ defeat, overthrow, destruction ‖ seizing, catching, arresting, holding fast &c ‖ suppression of an illness i.e. healing, cure ‖ confinement, imprisonment, any punishment or chastisement &c. (vadhanigt, pain of death ) ‖ reprimand, blame ‖ aversion, ill-will, dislike, disgust ‖ anything for catching hold of. a handle (ifc. f. ā) ‖ 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. {-sth