(ā), f. stretching out, extension (only ifc.), [Kathās.]
(ifc. f(A). ) producing a sound, striking a note on (loc.), [ib.]
a partic. process to which mineral substances (esp. quicksilver) are subjected (two others being given called ṛtu-s° and prati-sāraṇā; °ṇā-traya n. ‘the three Sāraṇā processes’), [Sarvad.]