nigrahaH 1 Keeping in check, restraint, curbing, subjection; as in iMdriyanigraha Ms. 6. 92 ; Y. 1. 222 ; Bh. 1. 66 , Bg. 6. 34. 2 Suppression, obstruction, putting down; Ms. 6. 71. 3 Overtaking, capturing, arresting; tvannigrahe tuvaragAtri na me prayatnaH Mk. 1. 22 ; Śi. 2. 88. 4 Confinement, imprisonment. 5 Defeat, overthrow, vanquishing. 6 Dispelling, destruction, removing; R. 9. 25 , 15. 6 ; Ku. 5. 53. 7 Arresting of disease, cure. 8 Punishment ( opp. anugraha ); nigrahAnugrahasya kartA Pt. 1 ; nigraho'pyayamanugrahIkftaH R. 11. 90 , 55 ; 12. 52 , 63. 9 Rebuke, reprimand, blame. 10 Aver. sion, dislike, disgust. 11 (In Nyāya phil. ) A flaw in an argument, a fault in a syllogism (by which a disputant is put down in argument); cf. Mu. 5. 10. 12 A handle. 13 A limit, boundary. 14 The Supreme being. Comp. — sTAnaM the reason of defeat, unfitness to be argued with, one of the 16 categories of the Naiyāyikas.