आकृष्टि

{ ākṛṣṭiḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आ-कृष्टि  f.  f. attracting, drawing towards one's self (as of the bow-string in bending the bow), [Kap. &c.]

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आ कृष्टि

मन्त्र   (in Tāntric texts) attracting of an absent person into one's presence (by a magic formula), also the formula () used for this purpose.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आकृष्टिः [ākṛṣṭiḥ]  f. f.
Attraction (in general).
Attraction, gravitation (in astr.); आकृष्टिशक्तिश्च मही तया यत् खस्थं गुरु स्वाभिमुखं स्वशक्त्या । आकृष्यते तत्पततीव भाति समे समन्तात् क्व पतत्वियं खे ॥ [Golādh.1.]
Drawing or bending of a bow; ज्या˚ [Amaru.1.]
(Tantric texts) Attracting an absent person by a magic formula. -Comp.
-मन्त्रः   an incantation by which another person is attracted; आकृष्टिमन्त्रोपमम् [H.1.93.]

Shabda-Sagara

आकृष्टि  f.  ( -ष्टिः)
1. Pulling, dragging.
2. Drawing, attraction.
E. आङ् before कृष् to drag, affix क्तिन्.

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आङ् कृष् क्तिन्