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ājighṛkṣu

See ā-grah-.

anujighṛkṣā

See anu-grah-.

grah

([

in a few passages only

etc.]) or grabh- ([

;rarely

]) cl.9 P. gṛbhṇāti- gṛhṇ/āti- (also A1. gṛhṇīte-,irreg. gṛhṇate-

;3. plural gṛbhṇate-

; imperative 2. sg. gṛhāṇ/a-,[ ṇ/ā-, saṃhitā-pāṭha-, parasmE-pada Passive voice Nominal verb plural n.

]

etc.; gṛbhṇān/a-& gṛhṇ-[Ved.]; gṛhṇa-

; -gṛhṇāhi-, -gṛbhṇīhi-See prati-grabh-; A1. gṛbhṇīṣva-[

] or gṛhṇ-;3. sg. P. gṛhṇītāt-;Ved. imperative gṛbhāy/a-etc.See sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order ya- confer, compare gṛhaya-; perf. jagrāha-

etc.;1. sg. gr/abhā-

; gṛbhm/a-

; A1. gṛhe-,

;3. plural gṛbhr/e-& gṛbhrir/e-

; P. Potential gṛbhyāt-,

; parasmE-pada gṛbhv/as-,

; future 2nd grahīṣyati-, te-

etc.[ confer, compare

];sometimes wrongly spelt gṛh-

; grahiṣy-

; Conditional agrahaiṣyat-

; future 1st grahītā-

; Aorist agrabham-

; bhīt-

etc.; hīt-[

]

etc.; -/ajagrabhīt-etc.See saṃ-grah-; subjunctive 2. plural grabhīṣṭa-

; A1. agrahīṣṭa-

; aghṛkṣata-

[not in

];Ved. 3. plural agṛbhran-[

] and agṛbhīṣata-; ind.p. gṛbhītv/ā-

; gṛhītv/ā-,

; grahāya-

; infinitive mood grahītum-[

etc.; confer, compare

;wrongly spelt gṛh-

]; Passive voice gṛhyate-[ future 1st grahītā-or grāhitā- future 2nd grahīṣyate-or grāhiṣy- Aorist agrāhi-,3. dual number agrahīṣātām-or agrāhiṣ-

];Ved. subjunctive 3. plural gṛhyāntai-

;Ved. Passive voice 3. sg. gṛhate-[

]or gṛhe-[

] or gṛhaye-[

; confer, compare gṛhaya-]; subjunctive 1. plural gṛhāmahi-

; Potential gṛhīta-

) to seize, take (by the hand, pāṇau-or kare-,exceptionally pāṇim-(double accusative)

; confer, compare

), grasp, lay hold of (exempli gratia, 'for example' pakṣaṃ-,to take a side, adopt a party

; pāṇim-,"to take by the hand in the marriage ceremony", marry

etc.)

etc. ; to arrest, stop

; to catch, take captive, take prisoner, capture, imprison

etc. ; to take possession of, gain over, captivate

; to seize, overpower (especially said of diseases and demons and the punishments of varuṇa-)

etc. ; to eclipse

; to abstract, take away (by robbery)

; to lay the hand on, claim

; to gain, win, obtain, receive, accept (from ablative,rarely genitive case), keep

etc. (with double accusative

) ; to acquire by purchase (with instrumental case of the price)

etc. ; to choose

; to choose any one (accusative) as a wife ; to take up (a fluid with any small vessel), draw water

; to pluck, pick, gather

; to collect a store of anything

; to use, put on (clothes)

i etc. ; to assume (a shape)

; to place upon (instrumental case or locative case)

; to include

; to take on one's self, undertake, undergo, begin

etc. ; to receive hospitably (a guest), take back (a divorced wife)

; "to take into the mouth", mention, name

etc. ; to perceive (with the organs of sense or with m/anas-), observe, recognise

etc. ; (in astronomy) to observe

; to receive into the mind, apprehend, understand, learn

; (in astronomy) to calculate

; to accept, admit, approve

; to obey, follow

; to take for, consider as

etc. ; (Passive voice) to be meant by (instrumental case)

and Scholiast or Commentator : Causal grāhayati-, to cause to take or seize or lay hold of

; to cause to take (by the hand[ pāṇim-]in the marriage ceremony)

; to cause to marry, give away a girl (accusative) in marriage to any one (accusative)

; to cause any one to be captured

; to cause any one to be seized or overpowered (as by varuṇa-'s punishments or death etc.)

; to cause to be taken away

; to make any one take, deliver anything (accusative) over to any one (accusative; exempli gratia, 'for example' āsanam-with accusative"to cause to take a seat, bid any one to sit down"

)

; to make any one choose

(Aorist ajigrahat-) ; to make any one learn, make acquainted or familiar with (accusative)

etc.: Desiderative jighṛkṣati- (confer, compare

), also te-, to be about to seize or take

; to be about to eclipse

; to be about to take away

; to desire to perceive (with the organs of sense), strive to apprehend or recognise

: Intensive jarīgṛhyate-

; ([ confer, compare Zend gerep,geurv; Gothic greipa; German greife; Lithuanian gre1bju; Slavonic or Slavonian grablju1; Hibernian or Irish grabaim,"I devour, stop."])

gṛbhāya

Nom. P. y/ati- (see

vArttika;only imperative y/a-and y/ata-; see anu--, ā-saṃ--, ud--, prati--, saṃ--, sam-ā-grah-;fr. gṛbhāya-are to be derived the forms of grah-(q.v)beginning with gṛbhī-, grabhī-, gṛhī-, grahī-), to grasp, seize

icchayā

ind.according to wish or desire

; icchāṃ ni-grah-,to suppress one's desire.

kanyā

f. ( kan-

), a girl, virgin, daughter

etc.

etc. (kanyāṃ- dā-or pra-dā-or pra-yam-or upa-pad-, Causal to give one's daughter in marriage

; kanyāṃ prati-grah-or hṛ-or vah-,to receive a girl in marriage, marry

)

pāṇi

m. (said to be fr. paṇ-) the hand

etc. etc. (often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' = holding in the hand exempli gratia, 'for example' asi-p-,holding a sword in the, sword in hand; pāṇiṃ-grah-or ṇau-kṛ-,to take the hand of a bride, marry; niṃdā-,to give the hand in marriage)

patnītva

n. wifehood, matrimony (-tve-grah-,to take as a wifehood)

saṃgrabh

See saṃ-grah-, column 2.

saṃgṛbhāya

(see saṃ-grah-) P. -gṛbhāyati-, to grasp together, seize, snatch

saṃjighṛkṣu

mfn. (fr. Desiderative of saṃ-grah-) wishing to gather or collect

saparyā

f. (also plural) worship, homage, adoration (accusative with kṛ-or dā-, vi--or prati-vi-dhā-,and Causal of rac-or ni-vṛt-,"to perform worship, do homage";with labh-or prati-grah-,"to receive worship or homage"; instrumental case with pūj-, abhi-gā-, upa-ās-, praty-ud-i-,"to worship, adore, approach reverentially")

śiras

n. (prob. originally śaras- equals karas-;and connected with karaṅka- q.v) the head, skull (accusative with dā-,"to give up one's head id est life ";with dhṛ-,or vah-,"to hold up one's head, be proud";with Causal of vṛt-or with upa-sthā-,"to hold out the head","acknowledge one's self guilty"See śiropasthāyin-; instrumental case with grah-, dhā-, dhṛ-, vi-dhṛ-, bhṛ-, vah-,or kṛ-,"to hold or carry or place on the head, receive deferentially"; instrumental case with gam-, abhi-gam-, pra-grah-, yā-, pra-ṇam-[ nam-], ni-pat-, pra-ṇi-pat-,"to touch with the head, bow or fall down before"; locative case with kṛ-or ni-dhā-,"to place on one's head"; locative case with sthā-,"to be on or stand over a person's head, stand far above [gen.]")

etc.

svājñā

f. one's own command (jñāṃ-grah-,"to submit to one's command")

udgṛbhāya

See ud-grah-.

vidveṣa

m. hatred, dislike, contempt, aversion to (locative case or genitive case)

etc. (ṣaṃ-gam-,to make one's self odious; ṣaṃ-kṛ-,with locative case,to show hostility towards; ṣaṃ-grah-,with locative case,to conceive hatred against)

vigraha

mfn. (for 2.See vi-grah-) freed from"the Seizer" id est rāhu- (said of the moon)

vigraha

m. distribution (especially of fluids see vi-grah-)

vigraha

m. separate id est individual form or shape, form, figure, the body

etc. (also applied to the shape of a rainbow; accusative with grah-, pari-grah-, kṛ-, upā-dā-,to assume a form)

vijigrāhayiṣu

vi-jighṛkṣu- See under vi-grah-, .

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