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saṃvaraṇa

saṃ-°váraṇa mf(I)n. covering, containing, [Pracaṇḍ.]

shutting, closing (with vali f. ‘one of the three folds of skin which cover the anus’), [Suśr.]

saṃ-°váraṇa m. N. of the author of the hymns, [RV. v, 33]; [34] (having the patr. Prājāpatya), [Anukr.]

of a king (son of Ṛkṣa, husband of Tapatī, and father of Kuru), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

of another man, [Vās., Introd.]

saṃ-°váraṇa (am), n. the act of covering or enclosing or concealing, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

closing, shutting, [RPrāt.]; [Suśr.]

concealment, secrecy, [Mālatīm.]

a cover, lid, [BhP.]

an enclosure, sanctuary (as place of sacrifice), [RV.]; [AV.]

a dam, mound, [R.]

saṃ-°varaṇa n. id.