pIqanaM [ pIq BAve lyuw ] 1 Paining, distressing, oppressing, inflicting pain; Ms. 9. 299 ; Pt. 1. 345. 2 ( a ) Squeezing, pressing; dorvallibaMDanibiqastanapIqanAni Gīt. 10 ; daMtOzWapIqananaKakzataraktasiktAM Ch. P. 44. ( b ) Pressure; Māl. 9. 38. 3 An instrument for pressing. 4 Taking, holding, seizing; as in karapIqana or pARipIqana q. v. 5 Laying waste, devastation. 6 Threshing corn. 7 An eclipse; as in grahapIqana q. v. 8 Suppressing sounds, a fault in the pronunciation of vowels.