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    See also ākṛṣṭi.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 223, col. 1.
    ākṛṣṭiḥ f.

    1 Attraction(in general).

    2 Attraction, gravitation (in astr.); ākṛṣṭiśaktiśca mahī tayā yat khastha guru svābhimukhaṃ svaśaktyā . ākṛṣyate tatpatatīva bhāti same samaṃtāt kva patatviyaṃ khe .. Golādh. 1.

    3 Drawing or bending of a bow; jyā° Amaru. 1.

    Comp.

    — maṃtraḥ an incantation by which another person is attracted; ākṛṣṭimaṃtropamaṃ H. 1. 97.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 308.
    ākṛṣṭiḥ f. 1 Attraction (in general). -2 Attraction, gravitation (in astr.); ākṛṣṭiśaktiśca mahī tayā yat khasthaṃ guru svābhimukhaṃ svaśaktyā | ākṛṣyate tatpatatīva bhāti same samantāt kva patatviyaṃ khe || Golādh.1. -3 Drawing or bending of a bow; jyā˚ Amaru.1. -4 (Tantric texts) Attracting an absent person by a magic formula. -Comp. -mantraḥ an incantation by which another person is attracted; ākṛṣṭimantropamam H.1.93.