1. to hold back, restrain Dhp.326; Ja.iv.97; Mil.184; Vism.133
   ■ Opp paggaṇhāti.
2. to rebuke, censure (c. instr.) AN.iii.187; Ja.iii.222; Mil.9 (musāvādena); Dhp-a.i.29. ger. niggayha, pp. niggahīta (q.v.). Cp. abhi˚.

Sk. nigṛhṇāti, ni + gaṇhāti