saṃ-daṃśá m. compression (of the lips) MBh
• too great compression of the teeth in the pronunciation of vowels RPrāt
• junction, connection Subh
• a pair of tongs or pincers or nippers AV. Br. Pur. Suśr
• N. of those parts of the body which are used for grasping or seizing (as the thumb and forefinger together, the opposite eye-teeth, the nippers of a crab &c.) Yājñ. VarBṛS. Suśr. Pañcat. Kathās
• a partic. Naraka or hell (where the flesh of the wicked is tortured with pincers) Pur
• a chapter or section of a book Dāyabh
• a partic. Ekâha Vait
• the site of a village &c. (fixed according to the compass) L

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William