noun
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a stopping, arresting or checking.
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the act of weakening or inactivating (another).
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the act of calming, tranquilising or soothing; tranquilisation; pacification.
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a stiffening, making rigid or immovable.
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the act or an instance of providing (something) with a rigid support.
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name of one of the five arrows of Manmatha, the God of Love.
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magic with an evil pupose; sorcery.
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(rhet.) the condition or feeling of swooning; fainting.