apakarṣaṇa

a. Taking or drawing away, removing, diminishing (opp. vardhaka); na cāsti sadṛśaṃ tena kiṃcitsthaulyāpakarṣaṇaṃ Suśr. --ṇaṃ 1 Removing, taking away; drawing away or down, de-...

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[apte] a. Taking or drawing away, removing, diminishing (opp. vardhaka); na cāsti sadṛśaṃ tena kiṃcitsthaulyāpakarṣaṇaṃ Suśr. --ṇaṃ 1 Removing, taking away; drawing away or down, de- priving (one) of, drawing out, extracting. --2 Lessening, making inferior, detraction. --3 Super- seding. --4 Denying; abolishing.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: ADJ
Occurrences: 36
Texts: 16

DCS: water

Occurrences

Appears in 18 texts.

Astangahrdayasamhita Astangasamgraha Carakasamhita Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Matsyapurana Naradasmrti Nyayasutra Pancarthabhasya Ramayana Rasendracudamani Susrutasamhita Vasisthadharmasutra Visnupurana mahabharata mahabharata

Top Texts by Occurrence

Carakasaṃhitā 6 · 16.7%Suśrutasaṃhitā 6 · 16.7%Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 3 · 8.3%Mahābhārata 3 · 8.3%Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 2 · 5.6%

Concordance Sample

Rāmāyaṇasurface: apakarṣaṇam

ghoraṃ tejaḥprabhaṃ nāma paratejo'pakarṣaṇam

Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitāsurface: apakarṣaṇau

tvaksirāsnāyupiśitalagnaśalyāpakarṣaṇau

Matsyapurāṇasurface: apakarṣaṇam

eṣa varṣāmi śiśiraṃ daityamāyāpakarṣaṇam