पीडन

Monier-Williams · pīḍana
pīḍana mfn. pressing, afflicting, molesting, paining (cf. cakṣu-p) ‖ n. the act of pressing or squeezing R. Kathās. Gīt ‖ an instrument for pressing, press (= pīḍana-dravya) Suśr ‖ the act of oppressing or suppressing, Paining, harassing, afflicting R. Kām. Rājat ‖ devastation, laying a country waste W ‖ misfortune, calamity Mn. ix, 299 ‖ obscuration, eclipse (of a planet, cf. graha-p ) Suśr ‖ suppression (of sounds, a fault in prounciation) RPrāt