pratinukha

saṉ-dhí

m. (exceptionally f.;
once in MBh. loc. pl. saṉdhīshu) junction, connection, combination, union with (instr.) KaṭhUp. Subh. ;
association, intercourse with (instr.) MBh. ;
comprehension, totality, the whole essence orﾠ scope of (comp.) Pañcat. ;
agreement, compact TBr. ;
alliance, league, reconciliation, peace between (gen.) orﾠ with (instr. with orﾠ without saha), making a treaty of peace, negotiating alliances (one of a king's six courses of action seeﾠ guṇa;
many kinds are specified e.g.. adṛishṭa-purusha, ucchinna, kāñcana, kapāla, saṉtāna, qq.vv.) Mn. Yājñ. Hit. etc.;
euphonic junction of final andﾠ initial letters in grammar (every sentence in Sanskṛit being regarded as a euphonic chain, a break in which occurs at the end of a sentence andﾠ is denoted by a Virāma orﾠ Avasāna, « stop» ;
this euphonic coalition causing modifications of the final andﾠ initial letters of the separate words of a sentence andﾠ in the final letters of roots andﾠ stems when combined with terminations to form such words) Prāt. Kathās. Sāh. ;
contrivance, management Ragh. Daṡ. ;
place orﾠ point of connection orﾠ contact, juncture, hinge, boundary, boundary line TS. Āpast. MBh. etc.;
critical juncture, crisis, opportune moment MW. ;
a joint, articulation (of the body;
esp. applied to the five junctures of the parts of the eye) RV. etc. etc.;
interstice, crevice, interval MBh. ;
the space between heaven andﾠ earth, horizon ṠBr. GṛṠrS. ;
the interval between day andﾠ night, twilight (= saṉ-dhyā) VS. etc. etc.;
a seam Amar. ;
a fold Pañcat. ;
a wall orﾠ the hole orﾠ cavity orﾠ breach in a wall made by a housebreaker (acc. with chid orﾠ bhid orﾠ Caus. of ut-pad, « to make a breach in a wall») Mn. Mṛicch. Daṡ. ;
the vagina orﾠ vulva L. ;
a juncture orﾠ division of a drama (reckoned to be five, viz. mukha, pratinukha, garbha, vimarṡa, andﾠ nirvahaṇa, qq.vv.;
orﾠ one of the 14 kinds of nirvahaṇa orﾠ catastrophe) Bhar. Daṡar. etc.. ;
a period at the expiration of each Yuga orﾠ age (equivalent to one sixth of its duration andﾠ intervening before the commencement of the next;
occurring alsoﾠ at the end of each Manv-antara andﾠ Kalpa) W. ;
a pause orﾠ rest ib. ;
a part, portion, piece of anything AitBr. Hariv. Naish. Sch. ;
a partic. Stotra. Br. ;
(in mensuration) the connecting link of a perpendicular ib. ;
the common side of a double triangle Ṡulbas. ;
= sâ̱vakāṡa L. ;
N. of a son of Prasuṡruta BhP. ;
f. N. of a goddess presiding over junction orﾠ union VS.