Dictionary meanings for nigrah from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
9 P. 1 To keep or hold down, keep in check.
2 To curb, restrain, suppress, control; nigṛhya śo- kaṃ K. 25; svakaṃ tejo nigṛhya Pt. 3. 174; Bg. 2. 68, R. 5. 59, 14. 85.
3 To stop, obstruct; nigṛhīto balāda [Page0619-c+ 57] dvāṃri Mb.
4 To punish, chastise; Ms. 8. 310; 9. 308.
5 To seize, catch, apprehend, lay hold of; tamāryagṛhyaṃ nigṛhītadhenuḥ R. 2. 33.
6 To close or contract (as eyes); māthuro'- kṣiṇī...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. A1. -gṛhṇāti, ṇīte (dat. inf. -gr/abhe RV.), to hold down, lower, depress RV.; TS.; Ka1tyS3r.; to keep or hold back, draw near, attract RV.; AV.; S3Br. &c; to seize, catch, hold, hold fast, stop, restrain, suppress, curb, tame, punish Mn.; MBh. &c; to... mfn. held down or back, seized, caught, checked MBh. &c 546,1 108113 mfn. harassed, assailed, attacked W. 546,1 108114 n. (in music) a partic. method of beating...