Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

saṃkocana संकोचन – contraction; constriction

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

contraction; constriction

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive neuter

saṃkocana1 ·n. the same.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

saṃkocana ·f. ī2 contracting, astringent.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

saṃkocana (von kuc mit sam) 1〉 m. N. pr. eines Berges R. 6,2,27. — 2〉 f. ī Mimosa pudica RATNAM._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 n. = saṃkoca 1〉a〉 SUŚR. 2,38,2. saṃkocane yatnamakarot (uṣṭraḥ) MBH. 12,4186. netra˚ das Sichschliessen der Augen SĀH. D. 236.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

saṃkocana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) zusammenziehend, contrahirend [Page7-017-b] in gātrasaṃkocanī. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Berges. — 3〉 *f. ī Mimosa pudica. — 4〉 n. = saṃkoca 1〉a〉 VĀSAV. 104,1. Comm. zu ĀPAST. ŚR. 8,10,7. netra˚ das Schliessen der Augen.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

saṃkocanaṃ Contraction. — nī The sensitive plant.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

saṃkocana, f. ī zusammenziehend; n. s. vor.

Occurrences in source texts (6)

GoS 3 occurrences
GoS 20–28: Setting Sarasvatī in Motion 2 occurrences

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GoS 50–63: Three Locks 1 occurrence

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HP 3 occurrences
HP 2.44-2.47: Eight Kumbhakas 1 occurrence

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HP 3.66-3.72: Jālandhara and the Bandhas 2 occurrences

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