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graha: masculine vocative singular stem: graha

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

abhihāraḥ	2.4.17	Masculine	Singular	abhigrahaṇam

abhiyogaḥ	3.4.13	Masculine	Singular	abhigrahaḥ

avagrāhaḥ		Masculine	Singular	avagrahaḥ	draught

bāliśaḥ	3.3.226	Masculine	Singular	pragraham, raśmiḥ

dundubhiḥ	3.3.143	Masculine	Singular	kiraṇaḥ, pragrahaḥ

karṇaḥ	2.6.95	Masculine	Singular	śrotram, śrutiḥ, śravaṇam, śravaḥ, śabdagrahaḥ

marutaḥ	3.3.65	Masculine	Singular	grahabhedaḥ, dhvajaḥ

mūrkhaḥ	3.3.112	Masculine	Singular	lipsā, upagrahaḥ

pradhānam	3.1.58	Neuter	Singular	agryaḥ, agraḥ, pravarhaḥ, mukhyaḥ, pravekaḥ, agriyaḥ, prāgryaḥ, parārdhyaḥ, vareṇyaḥ, uttamaḥ, pramukhaḥ, agrīyaḥ, prāgraharaḥ, anavarārdhyaḥ, varyaḥ, anuttamaḥ

pratigrāhaḥ	1.2.140	Masculine	Singular	patadgrahaḥ

samāhṛtiḥ		Feminine	Singular	saṅgrahaḥ	compilation

śarīram	2.6.71	Neuter	Singular	tanūḥ, dehaḥ, varṣma, gātram, tanuḥ, kāyaḥ, saṃhananam, kalevaram, mūrtiḥ, vigrahaḥ, vapuḥ

sūraḥ	1.3.28-30	Masculine	Singular	sahasrāṃśuḥ, raviḥ, chāyānāthaḥ, jagaccakṣuḥ, pradyotanaḥ, lokabāndhavaḥ, aryamā, dhāmanidhiḥ, divākaraḥ, braghnaḥ, bhāsvān, haridaśvaḥ, arkaḥ, aruṇaḥ, taraṇiḥ, virocanaḥ, tviṣāṃpatiḥ, haṃsaḥ, savitā, tejasāṃrāśiḥ, karmasākṣī, trayītanuḥ, khadyotaḥ, sūryaḥ, bhagaḥ, dvādaśātmā, abjinīpatiḥ, ahaskaraḥ, vibhākaraḥ, saptāśvaḥ, vikartanaḥ, mihiraḥ, dyumaṇiḥ, citrabhānuḥ, grahapatiḥ, bhānuḥ, tapanaḥ, padmākṣaḥ, tamisrahā, lokabandhuḥ, dinamaṇiḥ, inaḥ, ādityaḥ, aṃśumālī, bhāskaraḥ, prabhākaraḥ, vivasvān, uṣṇaraśmiḥ, mārtaṇḍaḥ, pūṣā, mitraḥ, vibhāvasuḥ, aharpatiḥ(53)	the sun

svatantraḥ	3.1.14	Masculine	Singular	apāvṛtaḥ, svairī, svacchandaḥ, niravagrahaḥ

uparāgaḥ		Masculine	Singular	grahaḥ	an eclipse

vandī		Feminine	Singular	pragrahaḥ, upagrahaḥ

vistāraḥ	2.4.22	Masculine	Singular	vigrahaḥ, vyāsaḥ

yuddham	2.8.107	Neuter	Singular	āyodhanam, pravidāraṇam, saṃkhyam, ‍samaraḥ, kalahaḥ, abhisaṃpātaḥ, saṃyogaḥ, saṃgrāmaḥ, ‍saṃyat, samit, janyam, mṛdham, samīkam, a‍nīkaḥ, ‍vigrahaḥ, kaṃliḥ, abhyāmardaḥ, āhavaḥ, ‍samitiḥ, yut, pradhanam, āskandanam, ‍sāṃparāthikam, raṇaḥ, saṃprahāraḥ, saṃsphoṭaḥ, ‍samāghātaḥ, samudāyaḥ, ājiḥ

Monier-Williams Search

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graha

mfn. (

; gaRa vṛṣādi-) in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' (

Va1rtt. 1) seizing, laying hold of, holding

(see aṅkuśa--, dhanur--,etc.)

graha

mfn. obtaining,

graha

mfn. perceiving, recognising,

graha

m. "seizer (eclipser)", rāhu- or the dragon's head

etc.

graha

m. a planet (as seizing or influencing the destinies of men in a supernatural manner;sometimes 5 are enumerated, viz. Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn

;also 7 id est the preceding with rāhu- and ketu-

;also 9 id est the sun[ see

] and moon with the 7 preceding

;also the polar star is called a graha-,

(

);the planets are either auspicious śubha--, sad--,or inauspicious krūra--, pāpa--

;with jaina-s they constitute one of the 5 classes of the jyotiṣka-s)

graha

m. the place of a planet in the fixed zodiac

graha

m. the number"nine"

graha

m. Name of particular evil demons or spirits who seize or exercise a bad influence on the body and mind of man (causing insanity etc.;it falls within the province of medical science to expel these demons;those who especially seize children and cause convulsions etc. are divided into 9 classes according to the number of planets

)

etc.

graha

m. any state which proceeds from magical influences and takes possession of the whole man

graha

m. a crocodile

(in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(ā-).)

graha

m. any ladle or vessel employed for taking up a portion of fluid (especially of soma-) out of a larger vessel

graha

m. Name of the 8 organs of perception (viz. the 5 organs of sense with manas-, the hands and the voice)

graha

m. (equals gṛha-) a house

(see a--, khara--, -druma-and -pati-)

graha

m. "anything seized", spoil, booty

(see hāluñcana-)

graha

m. as much as can be taken with a ladle or spoon out of a larger vessel, ladleful, spoonful (especially of soma-)

etc.

graha

m. the middle of a bow or that part which is grasped when the bow is used

(su--,

)

graha

m. the beginning of any piece of music

graha

m. grasp, seizing, laying hold of (often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound')

etc.

graha

m. keeping back, obstructing

graha

m. imprisoning, imprisonment (haṃ-gam-,"to become a prisoner"

)

graha

m. seizure (by demons causing diseases exempli gratia, 'for example' aṅga--,spasm of the limbs)

graha

m. seizure of the sun and moon, eclipse

graha

m. stealing, robbing

graha

m. effort

graha

m. insisting upon, tenacity, perseverance in (locative case or in compound)

graha

m. taking, receiving, reception

graha

m. taking up (any fluid)

graha

m. choosing

graha

m. "favour" See -nigraha-

graha

m. mentioning, employing (a word)

graha

m. apprehension, perception, understanding

and

Macdonell Search

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graha

a. (--°ree;) seizing, holding; gaining; perceiving; m. seizer, esp. Râhu, who seizes and thus eclipses sun and moon; planet (which seizes men by magical influence: generally reckoned to be five in number: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, or seven: the same + Râhu and Ketu, or nine: the same + sun and moon); demon of disease; imp; crocodile; booty; vessel (for drawing Soma); draught (of Soma); organ (of which eight are enumerated); seizure, grasp, grip; draught (of a fluid); theft, robbery; insistence on (lc., --°ree;), endeavour; receipt; welcome; mention; perception, understanding.

Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects

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graha

(‘Seizing ’) is a term applied to the sun in the śatapatha Brāhmana, most probably not in the later sense of ‘ planet,’ but to denote a power exercising magical influence. The sense of ‘ planet ’ seems first to occur in the later literature, as in the Maitrāyanī Upanisad. The question whether the planets were known to the Vedic Indians is involved in obscurity. Oldenberg recognizes them in the Adityas, whose number is, he believes, seven : sun, moon, and the five planets. But this view, though it cannot be said to be impossible or even unlikely, is not susceptible of proof, and has been rejected by Hillebrandt, Pischel, von Schroeder,Macdonell, and Bloomfield, among others. Hillebrandt sees the planets in the five Adhvaryus mentioned in the Rigveda, but this is a mere conjecture. The five bulls (uksānah) in another passage of the Rigveda have received a similar interpretation with equal uncertainty, and Durga, in his commentary on the Nirukta, even explains the term bhūmija, ‘ earth-born,’ which is only mentioned by Yāska, as meaning the planet Mars.Thibaut, who is generally sceptical as to the mention of planets in the Veda, thinks that Brhaspati there refers to Jupiter; but this is extremely improbable, though in the Taittirīya Samhitā Brhaspati is made the regent of Tisya. A reference to the planets is much more probable in the seven suns (sapta sūryāh) of the late Taittirīya Áranyaka. On the other hand, Ludwig’s efforts to find the five planets with the sun, the moon, and the twenty-seven Naksatras (lunar mansions) in the Rigveda, as corresponding to the number thirty-four used in connexion with light19 (jyotis) and the ribs of the sacrificial horse, is far¬fetched. See also Sukra, Manthin, Vena.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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graha	viśvajanīna niyantar viprāyāma te (KS. nyantar vipra ā satī) MS.1.11.4: 165.13; KS.14.3. Cf. next, and ye grahāḥ.

Vedabase Search

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graha	as crocodiles	SB 10.50.25-28

graha	by being seized	SB 10.26.6

graha	influential planets like the moon	SB 3.11.13

graha	planetary system	SB 3.7.33

graha	planets	SB 1.19.30

		SB 4.9.20-21

graha	seized	SB 12.6.70

graha	the asteroids	SB 2.6.13-16

graha	the controlling planets	SB 10.53.12

		SB 11.23.42

graha	the influential planets	SB 2.5.11

graha	the mouth	SB 11.27.46

graha	the nine planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto)	SB 4.12.25

graha	the planets	SB 2.8.15

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graha	adjective holding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) laying hold of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) obtaining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) perceiving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) recognising (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) seizing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 51715/72933

graha	noun (masculine neuter) a crocodile (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a planet (as seizing or influencing the destinies of men in a supernatural manner) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) any ladle or vessel employed for taking up a portion of fluid (esp. of Soma) out of a larger vessel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) as much as can be taken with a ladle or spoon out of a larger vessel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) booty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Krampf Lähmung ladleful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of particular evil demons or spirits who seize or exercise a bad influence on the body and mind of man (causing insanity etc) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of the 8 organs of perception (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Rāhu or the dragon's head (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) spoil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) spoonful (esp. of Soma) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the number "nine" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the place of a planet in the fixed zodiac (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Verhalten [einer Körperfunktion] [gramm.] the verb grah Frequency rank 550/72933

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graha	1. planet; 2. disease affecting children; seizures.

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