पीडन

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) the act of pressing or squeezing
 * 2) press, an instrument for printing
 * 3) the act of oppressing or suppressing, paining, harassing, afflicting
 * 4) devastation, laying a country waste
 * 5) misfortune, calamity ( ix, 299)
 * 6) obscuration, eclipse of a planet
 * 7) suppression of sounds, a fault in pronunciation

Adjective

 * 1) pressing, afflicting, molesting, paining