[pīḍ bhāve lyuṭ] 1 Paining, distressing, oppressing, inflicting pain; Ms. 9. 299; Pt. 1. 345.

2 (a) Squeezing, pressing; dorvallibaṃ- dhanibiḍastanapīḍanāni Gīt. 10; daṃtauṣṭha- pīḍananakhakṣataraktasiktāṃ Ch. P. 44. (b) Pressure; Māl. 9. 38.

3 An in- strument for pressing.

4 Taking, holding, seizing; as in karapīḍana or pāṇipīḍana q. v.

5 Laying waste, devastation.

6 Threshing corn.

7 An eclipse; as in...