Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

pīḍana पीडन – affliction; suffering

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

affliction; suffering

Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

pīḍana ·a. & n. vexing, paining.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Pīḍana, as, ā, am, molesting, paining, disagree- able; (am), n. the act of pressing, squeezing, rub- bing; an instrument for pressing, press; oppressing, inflicting pain, paining, distressing; laying a country waste, devastation; (in astrology) the oppression or suppression of a planet &c., i. e. eclipse [cf. graha- p˚]; suppressing sounds, a fault in the pronunciation of vowels.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

pīḍana (wie eben) 1〉 adj. belästigend, peinigend, unangenehm: cakṣu˚ ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 2,10. — 2〉 n. a〉 das Drücken, Pressen R. 5,15,29. R. 6,98,24. SUŚR. 1,25,16. SUŚR. 1,29,12. SUŚR. 1,98,5. SUŚR. 1,99,17. SUŚR. 2,1,6. SUŚR. 2,200,3. KATHĀS. 23,71. GĪT. 10,11. MĀRK. P. 15,55. CAURAP. 48. Schol. zu KAP. 1,121. ati˚ KATHĀS. 18,370. pīḍana = pīḍanadravya (SUŚR. 2,8,4) Mittel zum Pressen SUŚR. 2,7,5. — b〉 das Bedrängen, Belästigen, Peinigen, Quälen AK. 2,8,2,78. H. 800. R. 2,22,16. KĀM. NĪTIS. 8,57. KĀM. NĪTIS. 8,58. Spr. 1831. fg. RĀJA-TAR. 1,188. H. 1372 (atyanta˚). Calamität M. 9,299. PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 38,14. pīḍanaṃ punaḥ saptadhā daivāgnyudakavyādhimarakavidravadurbhikṣāsurī vṛṣṭirbhavati (die Stelle ist verdorben) PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 38,24. fgg. nakṣatra˚ die Calamität eines Gestirns so v. a. seine Verfinsterung SUŚR. 2,400,21; vgl. nakṣatragrahapīḍana unter grahapīḍana. — c〉 das Quetschen, ein Fehler der Aussprache ṚV. PRĀT. 14,2. ṚV. PRĀT. 14,4. ṚV. PRĀT. 14,5. ṚV. PRĀT. 14,8. Cit. beim Schol. zu AV. PRĀT. 1,29. Schol. zu VS. PRĀT. 1,54. — Vgl. graha˚ und pāṇi˚ (auch KUMĀRAS. 8,1_in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 116,b,3).

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

pīḍana — 1〉 Adj. belästigend, peinigend, unangenehm in cakṣu˚ — 2〉 n. — a〉 das Drücken, Pressen, Quetschen Spr. 7708. — b〉 Mittel zum pressen. — c〉 Das Quetschen, ein Fehler der Aussprache. — d〉 das Bedränge, Belästigen, Peinigen, Quälen, Anwendung von Gewaltmitteln JOLLY, Schuld. 316. — e〉 Calamität. — f〉 Verfinsterung (eines Gestirns).

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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pīḍanaṃ [pīḍ bhāve lyuṭ] 1 Paining, distressing, oppressing, inflicting pain; Ms. 9. 299; Pt. 1. 345. 2 (a) Squeezing, pressing; dorvallibaṃdhanibiḍastanapīḍanāni Gīt. 10; daṃtauṣṭhapīḍananakhakṣataraktasiktāṃ Ch. P. 44. (b) Pressure; Māl. 9. 38. 3 An instrument for pressing. 4 Taking, holding, seizing; as in karapīḍana or pāṇipīḍana q. v. 5 Laying waste, devastation. 6 Threshing corn. 7 An eclipse; as in grahapīḍana q. v. 8 Suppressing sounds, a fault in the pronunciation of vowels.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

pīḍana belästigend, quälend (—˚); n. das Drücken, Pressen, Drängen; Leid, Qual, Unglücksfall; Verfinsterung (eines Gestirns).

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

pīḍana n. compression; oppression, vexation; prononciation trop forte, tg.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.32-3.33: Praxis-Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 2.10: The Sheltered Place 1 occurrence

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