1 End, completion; Śi. 14. 63.

2 Maintainig, carrying to the end, sustaining; mānasya nirvahaṇaṃ Ama- ru. 24.

3 Destruction, annihilation.

4 (In dramas). The catastrophe, the last stage in which the action of the play is brought to a head, the denouement; tatkiṃnimittaṃ kukavikṛtanāṭakasyeva anya- nmukhe'nyannirvahaṇe Mu. 6.