[śliṣ-ghañ] 1 An embrace.

2 Clinging or adhering to.

3 Union, junction, contact; niraṃtaraśleṣaghanāḥ K. (where it has the next sense also).

4 Pun, paronomasia, double entendre, susceptibility of a word or sentence, to yield two or more interpretations (regarded as a figure of speech and very commonly used by poets; for def. see K. P. Kārikās 84 and 96); aśleṣi na śleṣakaverbhavatyāḥ śloka- dvayārthaḥ sudhiyā...