vadhanigt-

ni-graha

defeat, overthrow, destruction Kāv. ;
seizing, catching, arresting, holding fast MBh. R. etc.;
suppression of an illness i.e. healing, cure Suṡr. ;
confinement, imprisonment, any punishment orﾠ chastisement Mn. MBh. R. Pañc. etc. ( vadhanigt-, pain of death Kathās.);
reprimand, blame L. ;
aversion, ill-will, dislike, disgust L. ;
anything for catching hold of. a handle (ifc. f. ā) Suṡr. ;
a place orﾠ occasion for being caught hold of, (esp. in Nyāya phil.) an occasion for refutation, a weak point in an argument orﾠ fault in a syllogism (cf. - sthāna);
a boundary, limit L. ;
N. of Ṡiva andﾠ VishṇuKṛishṇa MBh. ;
- sādhana andﾠ - stotra n. N. of wks.;
- sthāna n. (in phil.) the position of being unfit to carry on an argument from impossibility of agreeing about first principles;
- sthāna-sūtra-ṭīkā f. -hâ̱shṭaka n. N. of wks.