Dictionary meanings for saṃkaṭa from Apte and Monier-Williams.
apte + mw
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Contracted, narrow, strait.
2 Impervious, impassable.
3 Full of, crowded with, beset with, hemmed in; saṃkaṭā hyāhitā- gnīnāṃ pratyavāyairgṛhasthatā Mv. 4. 33; [Page1076-c+ 56] viṣamaśilāsaṃkaṭaskhalitavegaḥ V. 2. 8; U. 1. 8. ṭaṃ 1 A narrow passage, defile, pass.
2 A difficulty, strait, risk, peril, danger; saṃkaṭeṣvaviṣaṇṇa- dhīḥ K.; saṃkaṭe hi parīkṣyaṃte prājñāḥ śūrā- śca saṃgare Ks. 31. 93.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A) n. (prob. Pra1kr2it Prakrit for saṃ-kṛta; cf. 2. vi-kaṭa &c) brought together, contracted, closed, narrow, strait MBh.; Ka1v. &c 1125,2 227927 mf (A) n. crowded together, dense, impervious, impassable MBh.; Ma1rkP. 1125,2 227928 mf (A) n. dangerous, critical MBh. 1125,2 227929 mf (A) n. (ifc.) crowded with, full of Ka1d. 1125,2 227930
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