1 Drawing back, march- ing back, retreat.

2 Keeping back, withholding.

3 Restraining the organs.

4 Dissolution of the world,

5 (In gram.) The comprehension of several letters or affixes into one syllable, effected by combining the first letter of a Sūtra with its final indicatory letter, or in the case of several Sūtras, with the final letter of the last member; thus aṇ is the pratyāhāra of the Sūtra aiuṇ;...