P. -pīḍayati, to compress, press or squeeze together, torment, harass, force (ind.p. -pīḍya = by pressure or force, forcibly) MBh.; Ka1v. &c; to reckon up, calculate together Su1ryas.; Kull.; (in astron.) to obscure, eclipse (cf. below). 148300 1173,1 236149 m. pressing or squeezing together, pressure Kir. 1173,1 236150 f. pain, torture Gobh.; Mn.; Hariv. 148301 1173,1 236151 n. compression, pressing, squeezing...