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    See also ākarṣaḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 102.
    ākarṣa m. (-rṣaḥ)

    1 Pulling, hauling.

    2 Pulling to or towards, dragging, attracting.

    3 Attraction, fascination.

    4 Magnetic attraction.

    5 A magnet, a loadstone.

    6 A dice or die.

    7 Playing with dice.

    8 A board for such a game.

    9 Drawing the bow.

    10 An organ of sense.

    11 Spasm.

    E. āṅ, kṛṣa to draw or make furrows, ghañ aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 80, col. 2.
    ā-karṣa (ṣaḥ) 1. m. Attraction; dice,
    a gaming board; spasm.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 68, col. 1.
    ākarṣa ākarṣa, i. e. ā-kṛṣ + a,

    m. 1. Attraction, Prab. 61, 16. 2.

    Playing with dice, MBh. 2, 2110. 3. A

    proper name, MBh. 2, 1270.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 110, col. 3.
    ākarṣa ā-karṣa, ā-karṣin, &c. See under

    ā-kṛṣ.
    ☞ p. 111, col. 3.
    Ā-karṣa, as, m. drawing or attracting towards

    one's self, pulling to or towards, dragging, attracting,

    hawling; drawing the bow; attraction, fascination;

    spasm; playing with dice; a die or dice; a board for

    such a game; an organ of sense; magnetic attrac-

    tion; a magnet, a loadstone; N. of a prince.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 57.
    ākarṣa m. drawing towards one's self.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 36, col. 1.
    ākarṣa ā-karṣ-a, m. attraction; -aṇa, a. (ī)
    attracting; n. pulling; attraction; -ikā, f. N.
    of a city; -in, a. dragging along.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 126, col. 2.
    ā-karṣa a °rṣaka, &c. See ā-√ kṛṣ.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    ā-karṣa b m. drawing towards one's self (as of a rope), BhP.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    attraction, fascination or an object used for it, KātyŚr.; MBh. v, 1541
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    dragging (as of a stone), Car.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    bending (of a bow), L.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    spasm, L.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    playing with dice, MBh. ii, 2116
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    a die (cf. ākarṣa-phalaka below), L.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    a play-board, L.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    an organ of sense, L.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    a magnet, L.
    ☞ p. 1318, col. 3.
    an instrument for collecting ashes, shovel, Kauś. (Sch.)
    ☞ p. 1318, col. 3.
    a partic. part of an elephant's trunk, L.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    N. of a prince, MBh. ii, 1270, ed. Calc.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 3.
    N. of a people, ib., ed. Bomb.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 84, col. 1.
    ākarṣa

    m. (-rṣaḥ)

    1. Pulling, hawling.

    2. Pulling to or towards, dragging,
    attracting.

    3. Attraction, fascination.

    4. Magnetic attraction.

    5. A
    magnet, a loadstone.

    6. A dice or die.

    7. Playing with dice.

    8. A
    board of such a game.

    9. Drawing the bow.

    10. An organ of sense.
    11. Spasm.

    E. āṅ, kṛṣ to draw or make furrows, ghañ aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 67, col. 1.
    ākarṣa ākarṣa m. (kṛṣ) action de tirer à soi, d'attirer.

    Action de tirer de l'arc; de tirer, dans un jeu de hasard, comme de jeter les dés.

    Table à jeu.

    Au fig. sens, organe des sens.

    Attraction, t. de physique.

    ākarṣaka m. aimant; barreau aimanté.

    ākarṣaṇa n. action de tirer à soi; attraction; soustraction.

    ākarṣāmi 1, tirer à soi, attirer; entraîner, emporter; et les autres sens d'ākarṣa.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 107, col. 1.
    ā-karṣa- m. fait de tirer à soi; de retirer; fascination; n. d'un corps aimanté; jeu de dés.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 584.
    ākarṣa (von karṣ mit ā) m.

    1) Ansichziehung H. an. 3, 731. MED. ṣ. 31. madhvityākarṣaiḥ (?) kuśaiḥ KĀTY. ŚR. 13, 3, 20. PRAB. 61, 16.

    — 2) das Spannen des Bogens H. an. 3, 730. MED. ṣ. 30.

    — 3) Krampf WILS.

    — 4) Würfelspiel (das Ansichziehen der Würfel vor dem Wurf) AK. 3, 4, 223. H. an. MED. ākarṣaste 'vākphalaḥ MBH. 2, 2116.

    — 5) Würfel AK. H. an. MED.

    — 6) Spielbrett diess.

    — 7) Sinnesorgan H. an. MED.

    — 8) N. pr. eines Fürsten MBH. 2, 1270.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1086.
    ākarṣa

    1) rajjvākarṣa BHĀG. P. 10, 9, 3.

    — 9) MBH. 5, 1541 unter den Sachen, die in einem Hause nicht fehlen dürfen; der Schol. ergänzt viṣādīnām . Vielleicht Magnet (vgl. ākarṣaka) .

    ☞ vol. 7, p. 1707.
    ākarṣa

    1) das Schleppen: eines Steines CARAKA 1, 7.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 158, col. 1.
    ākarṣa m.

    — 1) Ansichziehung , Heranziehung (auch als Zauberkunst).

    — 2) das Schleppen.

    — 3) *das Spannen (eines Bogens).

    — 4) *Krampf.

    — 5) Würfelspiel MBH. 2,63,6.

    — 6) *Würfel.

    — 7) *Spielbrett.

    — 8) ein best. anziehender oder klebriger Körper KĀTY. ŚR. 13,3,21. MBH. 5,40,9.

    — 9) *Sinnesorgan.

    — 10) *Boot GAL.

    — 11) Pl. N.pr. eines Volkes MBH. 2,34,11. Sg. (wohlN.pr. ihres Fürsten) MBH. ed. Calc.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 38, col. 1.
    ākarṣa m. das Heranziehen.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 89, col. 3.
    ākarṣa m. *Spielbrett, S II, 191, 4.

    — °Haken oder Kohlenschaufel? Kauś. 36, 9 [nach Dārila].

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 97.
    ākarṣa;
    dyūtākṣasāriphalakāstrayo'pyākarṣasaṃjñakāḥ .
    5.1.1.845

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 587, col. 2.
    ākarṣa pu0 ākṛṣyate viṣayāntarato'nena ā + kṛṣa—ghañ .
    1 pāśake, 2 śāriphalake, 3 dyūte, 4 indriye dhanvino
    5 dhanurabhyāse ca . bhāve ghañ . 6 ākarṣaṇe . ādhāre
    ghañ . 7 nikaṣe upale . khalādigataṃ dhānvamākṛṣyate'nena
    karaṇe ghañ . aṅkuśākāre (ākum̐ḍā) iti khyāte 8 kāṣṭha-
    bhede . “ākarṣaḥ śveva ākarṣaśvaḥ” si0 kau0 . ākarṣati
    karttari ac . 9 ākarṣake tri0 . madhvityākarṣaiḥ kuśaiḥ”
    kātyā0 13, 3, 20 . madhvākarṣaiḥ kuśaiḥ” karka0 “ākarṣaste-
    'vākphalaḥ supraṇītohṛdi prauḍhomantrapadaḥ samādhiḥ” bhā0
    sa0 6 a0 ākarṣakaḥ hṛdayākarṣakaḥ samādhiḥ cintanam
    avākphalaḥ nīcaphalaḥ . ākarṣe (ṣe) ṇa carati ṣṭhal
    ākarṣikaḥ . ākarṣaṇacāriṇi tri0 striyāṃ ṅīṣ .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 28, col. 2.
    Ākarṣa. § 287 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 34, 1270 (among the

    kings who came to Yudhiṣṭhira's rājasūya).

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 87, col. 1.
    ĀKARṢA . People living in the land named Ākarṣa are

    called Ākarṣas. (Śloka 11, Chapter 34, Sabhā Parva,

    M.B.).