a. Restrictive, limiting. ṇaṃ ṇā 1 Ascertainment, determina- tion; mānaº Dk. 161.

2 Affirmation, emphasis.

3 Limitation (of the sense of words); yāvadavadhāraṇe, evāvadhā- raṇe; mātraṃ kārtsnye'vadhāraṇe Ak.; turatrāva- dhāraṇārthaḥ.

4 Restriction to a certain instance or instances to the exclu- sion of all others.