As a deity name
Name 291 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 761 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
निग्रह · noun · masculine
रोक । अवरोध · दमन · चिकित्सा । रोकने का उपाय — Śabdasāgara
निग्रह · ni-grah · s.m.
Keeping down or under, or back, keeping in check, restraining, subduing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1151
Cited formation "निग्रह" is नि- + ग्रह: ग्रह means "planet", and the prefix नि- forms lacking, without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(4) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
keeping down or back, restraining, binding, coercion, suppression, subjugation, &c.
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Dictionary citations
ni-˚graha m. keeping down or back, restraining, binding, coercion, suppression, subjugation, Mn.; MBh. &c.
defeat, overthrow, destruction, Kāv.
seizing, catching, arresting, holding fast, MBh.; R. &c.
suppression of an illness i.e. healing, cure, Suśr.
confinement, imprisonment, any punishment or chastisement, Mn.; MBh.; R.; Pañc. &c. (vadhanigr˚, pain of death, Kathās.)
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