saṃdaṃṣa | संदंष | saMdaMSa
saṃ-daṃṣa/ | सं-दंष/ | m. compression (of the lips), MBh.
too great compression of the teeth in the pronunciation of vowels, RPrāt.
junction, connection, Subh.
a pair of tongs or pincers or nippers, AV.; Br.; Pur.; Suśr.
N. of those parts of the body which are used for grasping or seizing (as the thumb and forefinger together, the opposite eye-teeth, the nippers of a crab &c.), Yājñ.; VarBṛS.; Suśr.; Pañcat.; Kathās.
a partic. Naraka or hell (where the flesh of the wicked is tortured with pincers), Pur.
a chapter or section of a book, Dāyabh.
a partic. Ekāha, Vait.
the site of a village &c. (fixed according to the compass), L.
too great compression of the teeth in the pronunciation of vowels, RPrāt.
junction, connection, Subh.
a pair of tongs or pincers or nippers, AV.; Br.; Pur.; Suśr.
N. of those parts of the body which are used for grasping or seizing (as the thumb and forefinger together, the opposite eye-teeth, the nippers of a crab &c.), Yājñ.; VarBṛS.; Suśr.; Pañcat.; Kathās.
a partic. Naraka or hell (where the flesh of the wicked is tortured with pincers), Pur.
a chapter or section of a book, Dāyabh.
a partic. Ekāha, Vait.
the site of a village &c. (fixed according to the compass), L.