Sanskrit-Lexikon

saṃdaṃśa (m)

a pair of tongs or pincers or nippers
a particular Ekāha
a particular Naraka or hell (where the flesh of the wicked is tortured with pincers)
compression (of the lips)
connection
junction
name of those parts of the body which are used for grasping or seizing (as the thumb and forefinger together)
the site of a village etc. (fixed according to the compass)
too great compression of the teeth in the pronunciation of vowels