([ in a few passages only etc.]) or grabh- ([ ;rarely ]) cl.9 P.gṛbhṇāti-gṛhṇ/āti- (also A1.gṛhṇīte-,irreg. gṛhṇate-;3. pluralgṛbhṇate-; imperative 2. sg.gṛhāṇ/a-,[ ṇ/ā-, saṃhitā-pāṭha-, parasmE-padaPassive voiceNominal verbpluraln. ] etc.; gṛbhṇān/a-& gṛhṇ-[Ved.]; gṛhṇa-; -gṛhṇāhi-, -gṛbhṇīhi-Seeprati-grabh-; A1.gṛbhṇīṣva-[ ] or gṛhṇ-;3. sg.P.gṛhṇītāt-;Ved. imperativegṛbhāy/a-etc.Seesub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit orderya-confer, comparegṛhaya-; perf.jagrāha- etc.;1. sg.gr/abhā-; gṛbhm/a-; A1.gṛhe-, ;3. pluralgṛbhr/e-& gṛbhrir/e-; P.Potentialgṛbhyāt-, ; parasmE-padagṛbhv/as-, ; future 2nd grahīṣyati-, te- etc.[ confer, compare ];sometimes wrongly spelt gṛh-; grahiṣy-; Conditionalagrahaiṣyat-; future 1st grahītā-; Aoristagrabham-; bhīt- etc.; hīt-[ ] etc.; -/ajagrabhīt-etc.Seesaṃ-grah-; subjunctive 2. pluralgrabhīṣṭa-; A1.agrahīṣṭa-; aghṛkṣata- [not in ];Ved. 3. pluralagṛbhran-[ ] and agṛbhīṣata-; ind.p.gṛbhītv/ā-; gṛhītv/ā-, ; grahāya-; infinitive moodgrahītum-[ etc.; confer, compare;wrongly spelt gṛh- ]; Passive voicegṛhyate-[ future 1st grahītā-or grāhitā-future 2nd grahīṣyate-or grāhiṣy-Aoristagrāhi-,3. dual numberagrahīṣātām-or agrāhiṣ- ];Ved. subjunctive 3. pluralgṛhyāntai- on ;Ved. Passive voice 3. sg.gṛhate-[ ]or gṛhe-[ ] or gṛhaye-[ ; confer, comparegṛhaya-]; subjunctive 1. pluralgṛhāmahi-; Potentialgṛhīta-) 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 : Causalgrāhayati-, 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 (Aoristajigrahat-) ; to make any one learn, make acquainted or familiar with (accusative) etc.: Desiderativejighṛkṣati- (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 : Intensivejarīgṛhyate- ; ([ confer, compareZend gerep,geurv; Gothic greipa; German greife; Lithuanian gre1bju; Slavonic or Slavonian grablju1; Hibernian or Irish grabaim,"I devour, stop."])
ग्रह् 9 U. (In Vedic literature ग्रभ्; गृह्णति, जग्राह, अग्र- हीत्, ग्रहीतुम्, गृहीत caus. ग्राहयति; desid. जिवृक्षति) 1 To seize, take, take or catch hold of, lay hold of, catch, grasp; तयोर्जग्रहतुः पादान् राजा राज्ञी च मागधी R.1.57; आलाने गृह्यते हस्ती वाजी वल्गासु गृह्यते Mk.1.5; तं कण्ठे जग्राह K.363. पाणिं गृहीत्वा, चरणं गृहीत्वा &c. -2 To receive, take, accept, exact; प्रजानामेव भूत्यर्थं स ताभ्यो बलिमग्रहीत् R.1.18; Ms.7.124; 9.162. -3 To apprehend, capture, take prisoner. बन्दिग्राहं गृहीत्वा V.1; यांस्तत्र चोरान् गृह्णीयात् Ms.8.34. -4 To arrest, stop, catch; अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते Bg.6.35. -5 To captivate, attract; महाराजगृहीत- हृदयया मया V.4; हृदये गृह्यते नारी Mk.1.5; माधुर्यमीष्टे हरिणान् ग्रहीतुम् R.18.13. -6 To win over, persuade, induce to one's side; लुब्धमर्थेन गृह्णीयात् Chāṇ.33; Pt.1.69,184. -7 (Hence) To please, gratify, satisfy, propitiate; ग्रहीतुमार्यान् परिचर्यया मुहुर्महानुभावा हि नितान्तमर्थिनः Śi.1.17,33. -8 To affect; seize or possess (as a demon, spirit &c.); as in पिशाचगृहीत, वेतालगृहीत. -9 To assume, take; द्युतिमग्रहीद् ग्रहगणः Śi.9.23; Bk.19.29. -1 To learn, know, recognize, understand; युवतीजनैर्जग्रहे मुनि- प्रभावः Ki.1.8; Pt.1.43. -11 To regard, consider, believe, take for; मयापि मृत्पिण्डबुद्धिना तथैव गृहीतम् Ś.6; परिहासविजल्पितं सखे परमार्थेन न गृह्यतां वचः Ś.2.19; एवं जनो गृह्णाति M.1; Mu.3. -12 To catch or perceive (as by an organ of sense); ज्यानिनादमथ गृह्णती तयोः R.11.15. -13 To master, grasp, comprehend; न्यस्ताक्षरामक्षरभूमि- कायां कार्त्स्न्येन गृह्णाति लिपिं न यावत् R.18.46. -14 To guess, conjecture, infer; नेत्रवक्त्रविकारैश्च गृह्यते$न्तर्गतं मनः Ms.8.26. -15 To utter, mention (as a name); यदि मयान्यस्य नामापि न गृहितम् K.35; न तु नामापि गृह्णीयात् पत्यौ प्रेते परस्य तु Ms.5.157. -16 To buy, purchase; कियता मूल्येनैतत्पुस्तकं गृहीतम् Pt.2; Y.2.169; Ms.8.21. -17 To deprive (one) of, take away from, rob or seize away; यथा रणे प्राणान् बहूनामग्रहीद् द्विषाम् Bk.9.9;15.63. -18 To wear, put on (as clothes &c.); वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरो$पराणि Bg.2.22. -19 To conceive. -2 To observe (as a fast). -21 To eclipse. -22 To undertake, undergo, begin. -23 To take up, draw (water.); अपस्फुरं गृभायत सोममिन्द्राय पातवे Rv.8.69.1. -24 To stop, intercept. -25 To withdraw, draw back; यथोर्ण- नाभिः सृजते गृह्णते Muṇḍa.1.7. -26 To include. -27 To receive hospitably (as a guest). [The senses of this root may be variously modified according to the noun with which it is joined]. -Caus. 1 To cause to take, catch, seize or accept. -2 To give away in marriage; अयाचितारं न हि देवदेवमद्रिः सुतां ग्राहयितुं शशाक Ku.1.52. -3 To teach, make one acquainted with. -4 To make one take, deliver over to. -5 To become familiar with; -With अनुसम् to salute humbly. -अप to take away, tear off. -अभि to seize forcibly. -II. 1 P., 1 U. (ग्रहति, ग्राहयति-ते) To take, receive, &c.
verb (class 6 parasmaipada) (in astron.) to calculate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in astron.) to observe (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to abstract (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to accept (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to admit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to apprehend (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to approve (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to arrest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to captivate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to capture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to catch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to claim (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to consider as (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to eclipse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to follow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to gain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to gain over (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to grasp (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to imprison (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to lay hold of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to lay the hand on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to learn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to observe (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obtain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to overpower (esp. said of diseases and demons and the punishments of Varuṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to perceive
to receive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to receive into the mind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to recognise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to seize (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to sense
to stop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take (by the hand) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take away (by robbery) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take captive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take possession of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take prisoner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to understand (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to win (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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