grāhi ग्राहि grā́hi f. a female spirit seizing men (and causing death and diseases, swoon, fainting fit), [RV. x, 161, 1]; [AV.] (Sleep is described as her son, [xvi, 5, 1]). in comp. for °hin. grāhin ग्राहिन् mfn. ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 134]) ifc. seizing, taking, holding, laying hold of [R.]; [Śak. ii, 6/7] (v.l.), [Bhartṛ.]; [Kathās.] catching, engaged in catching, [xxv, 49] picking, gathering, [Sāh. ii, 5/6] containing, holding, [Daś. vii, 207] gaining, obtaining, acquiring, [R. iii, 72, 1] keeping, [Cāṇ.] ([Subh.]) purchasing, [Kathās. lvii, 20] drawing, attracting, fascinating, alluring, [MBh. xiii, 1403]; [R. i], [v] choosing, [MārkP. xxvii, 28] searching, scrutinizing, [Śak. ii, 6/7] ‘perceiving, acknowledging’, see guṇa- astringent, obstructing, constipating, [Car. vi, 8]; [Suśr.] m. = °hi-phala, [L.] grāhiṇī ग्राहिणी f. (iṇī) a variety of the Alhagi plant, [L.] a variety of Mimosa, [Npr.] a great kind of lizard, [Npr.] grāhikā ग्राहिका f. with vali, one of the 3 folds which lead off the feces from the body, [ŚārṅgS. vi, 8] ifc. the taking hold of [Daś. vii, 193] (v.l. grah°). grāhika ग्राहिक mfn. insisting upon with tenacity, [Kathās. il, 16.] grāhita ग्राहित mfn. made to take or seize, [W.] made to accept or take (a seat &c.), [Vikr. iii, 0]/[1]; [Daś. vii, 266]; [Kathās. li, 71] made to undertake or to be occupied with (instr.), [R. G. i, 7, 14] taught, [MBh. iii, 12195.] grāhiphala ग्राहिफल grāhi—phala m. ‘having astringent fruits’, Feronia elephantum, [L.]