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    See also abhisyanda, abhisyaṃdaḥ, abhiṣyanda, abhiṣyandaḥ.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 140, col. 2.
    abhiṣyaṃ(syaṃ)daḥ

    1 Oozing, flowing, trickling.

    2 Weakness of, or running at, the eyes.

    3 Great increase or enlargement, surplus, excess, superfluous portion; svargābhiṣyaṃdavamanaṃ kṛtvevopaniveśitaṃ (oṣadhiprasthaṃ) Ku. 6. 37 by drawing off the surplus population i. e. by emigration (abhiṣyaṃdaḥ atirekaḥ atiriktajana iti yāvat tasya vamanaṃ niḥsāraṇaṃ kṛtvā sthitamiva); cf. also R. 15. 29 Hemacandra's remarks thereon.