Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (At the end of comp.) Bringing, fetching, taking, seiz- ing; samitkuśaphalāharaiḥ R. 1. 49. raḥ 1 Taking, seizing.
2 Accomplish- ing, performing.
3 Offering a sacri- fice.
4 Drawing in breath, inhaling.
5 The air so inhaled.
6 Inspiration, breath inspired. Comp. karaṭā, [Page0272-b+ 57] celā, nivapā, niṣkirā, vasanā, vi- tanā, senā compounds of the class called mayūravyaṃsakādi.