पीडन

A dictionary, Marathi and English

Inflicting pain, paining, afflicting.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

n   Inflicting pain.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पीडन  mfn.  mfn. pressing, afflicting, molesting, paining ( cf. चक्षु-प्°)
पीडन  n.  n. the act of pressing or squeezing, [R.]; [Kathās.]; [Gīt.]
पीडन-द्रव्य   an instrument for pressing, press (= ), [Suśr.]

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पीडन द्रव्य

the act of oppressing or suppressing, Paining, harassing, afflicting, [R.]; [Kām.]; [Rājat.]
devastation, laying a country waste, [W.]
misfortune, calamity, [Mn. ix, 299]
ग्रह-प्°   obscuration, eclipse (of a planet cf.), [Suśr.]

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ग्रह प्°

suppression (of sounds, a fault in pronunciation), [RPrāt.]

Shabda-Sagara

पीडन  n.  ( -नं)
1. Inflicting pain, paining, distressing.
2. Devastation, laying a country waste.
3. Squeezing, pressing, rubbing.
4. Tak- ing, holding, as in पाणिपीडन “taking the hand” i. e. marrying.
5. Threshing, (corn).
6. An instrument for pressing.
7. An eclipse, (In astronomy).
8. A fault in the pronounciation of vowels.
E. पीड् to give pain, aff. ल्युट्.

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पीड् ल्युट्