(p. 963) saṅkaṭa a crucial danger; a great difficulty; a very knotty problem; a critical situation, a tight corner; a crux; great intricacy; a very narrow path, a gorge (usu. গিরিসংকট). ̃কাল n. a critical time; hard times; a crisis. সংকটাপন্ন a. greatly endangered; faced with a great difficulty. সংকটাবস্হা n. a critical situation, a tight corner. 13)