1 Keeping or warding off, driving away, expulsion; Vikr. 1. 8.

2 Prohibition; as in śāstrapatiṣedhaḥ.

3 Denial, refusal.

4 Negation, con- tradiction.

5 A negative particle.

6 An exception. Comp. akṣaraṃ, u- ktiḥ f. words of denial, refusal; Ś. 3. 25. upamā one of the several kinds of Upamā mentioned by Daṇ- ḍin. It is thus explained: na jātu śaktiriṃdoste mukhena pratigarjinuṃ. kalaṃkino ja-...