pratyāhāra | प्रत्याहार | pratyAhAra
praty-āhāra | प्रत्य्-आहार | m. drawing back (troops from a battle), retreat, MBh.
withdrawal (esp. of the senses from external objects), abstraction, MBh.; Mn.; Pur.; Vedāntas. (cf. IW. 93)
withdrawing (of created things), re-absorption or dissolution of the world, MBh.
(in gram.) the comprehension of a series of letters or roots &c. into one syllable by combining for shortness the first member with the Anubandha (s.v.) of the last member
a group of letters &c. so combined (as ac | अच् | or hal | हल् | in the ŚivaSūtras), Pāṇ. i, 1, 1 &c.
(in dram.) N. of a partic. part of the Pūrva-raṅga (s.v.), Sāh.
speaking to, address (˚raṃ-√ kf | ˚रं-√ क्फ़् |, with gen., to speak to a person), Kāraṇḍ. (prob. w.r. for pravyāh˚ | प्रव्याह्˚ |)
sound, ib. (prob. w.r. for id.)
withdrawal (esp. of the senses from external objects), abstraction, MBh.; Mn.; Pur.; Vedāntas. (cf. IW. 93)
withdrawing (of created things), re-absorption or dissolution of the world, MBh.
(in gram.) the comprehension of a series of letters or roots &c. into one syllable by combining for shortness the first member with the Anubandha (s.v.) of the last member
a group of letters &c. so combined (as ac | अच् | or hal | हल् | in the ŚivaSūtras), Pāṇ. i, 1, 1 &c.
(in dram.) N. of a partic. part of the Pūrva-raṅga (s.v.), Sāh.
speaking to, address (˚raṃ-√ kf | ˚रं-√ क्फ़् |, with gen., to speak to a person), Kāraṇḍ. (prob. w.r. for pravyāh˚ | प्रव्याह्˚ |)
sound, ib. (prob. w.r. for id.)