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आकृष्टि

   { ākṛṣṭiḥ }
Script: Devanagari

आकृष्टि

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
आ-कृष्टि  f. f. attracting, drawing towards one's self (as of the bow-string in bending the bow), [Kap. &c.]
ROOTS:
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.

आकृष्टि

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
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.]

आकृष्टि

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
आकृष्टि  f.  (-ष्टिः)
   1. Pulling, dragging.
   2. Drawing, attraction.
   E. आङ् before कृष् to drag, affix क्तिन्.
ROOTS:
आङ् कृष् क्तिन्

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