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.