saMhf 1 P. (sometimes A. also) 1 To bring or draw together. 2 To draw out, suck; Pt. 1. 221. 3 ( a ) To contract, abridge, compress; mahimAnaM yadutkIrtya tava saMhri te vacaH R. 10. 30. ( b ) To drop; saMhriyatAmiyaM K. 4 To bring together, collect, accumulate. 5 To destroy, annihilate ( opp. sfj ): amuM yugAMtocitakAlanidraH saMhftya lAkAn puruzo'DiSete R. 13. 6. 6 To withdraw, withhold draw or take back; aBimuKe mayi saMhftamIkzitaM Ś. 2. 11 ; 6. 3 ; na hi saMharate jyotsnAM caMdraScAMqAlaveSmani H. 1. 61 ; R. 4. 16 ; 12. 103. 7 To curb, restrain, suppress; kroDaM praBo saMhara saMhareti yAvadgiraH Ke marutAM caraMti Ku. 3. 72. 8 To wind up, close. 9 To seize, take. 10 To unite, bind by obligations.