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grahaग्रहgráha mfn. ([Pāṇ. iii, 3, 58]; g. vṛṣādi) ifc. ([iii, 2, 9], Vārtt. 1) seizing, laying hold of, holding, [BhP. iii, 15, 35] (cf. aṅkuśa-, dhanur-, &c.)
obtaining, [v], [viii]
perceiving, recognising, [iv, 7, 31]
gráha m. ‘seizer (eclipser)’, Rāhu or the dragon's head, [MBh.] &c.
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, [MBh. vi, 4566 f.]; [R. i, 19, 2]; [Ragh. iii, 13] &c.; also 7 i.e. the preceding with Rāhu and Ketu, [MBh. vii, 5636]; also 9 i.e. the sun [cf. [ŚBr. iv, 6, 5, 1] and [5]; [MBh. xiii, 913]; [xiv, 1175]] and moon with the 7 preceding, [Yājñ. i, 295]; [MBh. iv, 48]; [VarBṛS.]; also the polar star is called a Graha, [Garg.] ([Jyot. 5], Sch.); the planets are either auspicious śubha-, sad-, or inauspicious krūra-, pāpa-, [VarBṛS.]; with Jainas they constitute one of the 5 classes of the Jyotiṣkas)
the place of a planet in the fixed zodiac, [W.]
the number ‘nine’
N. of particular evil demons or spirits who seize or exercise a bad influence on the body and mind of man (causing insanity &c.; it falls within the province of medical science to expel these demons; those who esp. seize children and cause convulsions &c. are divided into 9 classes according to the number of planets, [Suśr.]), [MBh.] &c.
any state which proceeds from magical influences and takes possession of the whole man, [BhP. vii], [ix]; [BrahmaP.]; [Hit. ii, 1, 20]
gráha m. a crocodile, [MBh. xvi, 142] (ifc. f(A). ), [R. iv f.]; [BhP. viii]
gráha m. any ladle or vessel employed for taking up a portion of fluid (esp. of Soma) out of a larger vessel, [Mn. v, 116]; [Yājñ. i, 182]
N. of the 8 organs of perception (viz. the 5 organs of sense with Manas, the hands and the voice), [ŚBr. xiv]; [NṛsUp. i, 4, 3, 22]
(= gṛha) a house, [R. vii, 40, 30] (cf. a-, khara-, -druma and -pati)
‘anything seized’, spoil, booty, [MBh. iii, 11461] (cf. °hāluñcana)
as much as can be taken with a ladle or spoon out of a larger vessel, ladleful, spoonful (esp. of Soma), [RV. x, 114, 5]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
the middle of a bow or that part which is grasped when the bow is used, [MBh. iv, 1351] (su-, [1326])
the beginning of any piece of music
grasp, seizing, laying hold of (often ifc.), [Kauś. 10]; [MBh.] &c.
keeping back, obstructing, [Suśr.]
imprisoning, imprisonment (°haṃ-√ gam, ‘to become a prisoner’, [Kām.]), [R. ii, 58, 2]
seizure (by demons causing diseases, e.g. aṅga-, spasm of the limbs), [Suśr.]
seizure of the sun and moon, eclipse, [AV. xix, 9, 7] and [10]; [VarBṛS.]
stealing, robbing, [Mn. ix, 277]; [MBh. vi, 4458]
effort, [Hit.]
insisting upon, tenacity, perseverance in (loc. or in comp.), [BhP. vii, 14, 11]; [Naiṣ. ix, 12]; [Kathās.]; [Rājat. viii, 226]
taking, receiving, reception, [Mn. viii, 180]; [Śṛṅgār.]
taking up (any fluid)
choosing, [MBh. xii, 83, 12]; [Sāh. vi, 136]
‘favour’, see -nigraha
mentioning, employing (a word), [Mn. viii, 271]; [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 21], [Kār. 2]; [Amar.]; [Rājat.]
apprehension, perception, understanding, [Bhāṣāp.]; [BhP.]; [Sarvad.], Sch. on [Jaim.] & [KapS.]
grahaṇīग्रहणीgráhaṇī f. an imaginary organ supposed to lie between the stomach and the intestines (the small intestines or that part of the alimentary canal where the bile assists digestion and from which vital warmth is said to be diffused), [Suśr.]
= °ṇī-gada, [Aṣṭāṅg. iii, 8]; [Hcat. i, 7]
f. of °ṇa, q.v.
grahaṇaग्रहणgráhaṇa mfn. ifc. seizing, holding, [Hariv. 2734]
resounding in (?), [Śak. ii, 0/1, 6]
gráhaṇa n. the hand, [L.]
an organ of sense, [Yogas. i, 41]
a prisoner, [MBh. xiii, 2051]
a word mentioned or employed (e.g. vacana-, ‘the word vacana’), [Pat.] & [Kāś.]
seizing, holding, taking, [ŚBr. xiv]; [Mn. ii, 317]; [MBh.] &c.
taking by the hand, marrying, [i, 1044]
catching, seizure, taking captive, [Mn. v, 130]; [MBh.] &c.
seizure (as by a demon causing diseases), demoniacal possession, [Hcat.]
seizure of the sun or moon, eclipse, [Āp. i, 11]; [Yājñ. i, 218]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
gaining, obtaining, receiving, acceptance, [R. i, 3, 18]; [Pañcat.]; [Kathās. xci, 37]
choosing, [Sāṃkhyak.]; [Prab.]; [Sāh. vi, 201]
purchasing, [Pañcat.]
taking or drawing up (any fluid), [ŚBr. iv]; [KātyŚr.]
the taking up of sound, echo, [W.]
attraction, [Megh.]; [Ragh. vii, 24]; [Pañcat. v, 13, 5/6]
putting on (clothes), [MBh. ii, 840]; [Ragh. xvii, 21]
assuming (a shape), [Yājñ. iii, 69]; [MBh. xiv]; [Devīm.]
undertaking, devoting one's self to (in comp.), [R. v, 76, 22]; [Pañcat.]
service, [BhP. iii, 1, 44]
including, [Pāṇ.], [Kāś.]
mentioning, employing (a word or expression), [KātyŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [VPrāt.]; [Pāṇ.], Vārtt., [Pat.] & [Kāś.]; [Sāh. vi, 205]
mentioning with praise, acknowledgment, [Suśr.]
assent, agreement, [W.]
perceiving, understanding, comprehension, receiving instruction, acquirement of any science, [Mn. ii, 173]; [MBh. iii], [xiv]; [Ragh.] &c.
acceptation, meaning, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 68], Vārtt. 5, [Pat.], [Kāś.] & [Siddh.] on [Pāṇ.]
gráhaṇa (cf. kara-, keśa-, garbha-, cakṣur-, nāma-, pāṇi-, punar-.)
grahaṇiग्रहणिf. = °ṇī, [Uṇ.]
grahakaग्रहकm. a prisoner, [L.]
grahatāग्रहताgraha—tā f. the state of being a planet, [v, 1].
grahamuṣग्रहमुष्graha—muṣ m. (? for -puṣ = -puṣa) the sun, [Gal.]
grahatvaग्रहत्वgraha—tva n. = -tā, [Hariv.]; [BhP. v f.]
the state of a ladleful or spoonful, [Kāṭh. ix, 16.]
grahadhāraग्रहधारgraha—dhāra m. = grahādh°, [Gal.]
grahaṇīyaग्रहणीयmfn. to be accepted as a rule or law, to be taken to heart, [MBh. v], [xii.]
grahaṇakaग्रहणकcontaining, including, [Siddh.]
grahadāyaग्रहदायgraha—dāya m. the length of life as granted by the planets, [VarBṛ. vii, 9.]
grahadaśāग्रहदशाgraha—daśā f. the aspect of the planets, [W.]
grahagaṇaग्रहगणgraha—gaṇa m. a whole number of demons causing diseases, [Suśr. vi, 60, 4]
a whole number of planets taken collectively, [W.]
grahamayaग्रहमयgraha—maya mfn. consisting of planets, [Bhartṛ. i, 16.]
grahanāśaग्रहनाशgraha—nāśa m. ‘destroying (the influence of) planets’, Alstonia scholaris, [L.]
grahanemiग्रहनेमिgraha—nemi m. the moon, [L.]
the section of the moon's course between the asterisms Mūla and Mṛga-śiras, [Gal.]
grahapīḍāग्रहपीडाgraha—pīḍā f. id., [MārkP. lviii]; [Devīm.]
grahapūjāग्रहपूजाgraha—pūjā f. worship of the planets.
grahapatiग्रहपतिgraha—pati m. = -grāmaṇī, [L.]
the moon, [MBh. xii, 6288] (gṛha-p°, B)
for gṛha-p°, [xiii, 4133]
Calotropis gigantea, [L.]
grahapuṣaग्रहपुषgraha—puṣa m. ‘cherishing the planets (with light)’, the sun, [L.]
graharājaग्रहराजgraha—rāja m. = -grāmaṇī, [L.]
the moon, [L.]
the planet Jupiter, [L.]
grahayāgaग्रहयागgraha—yāga m. = -yajña
grahayāluग्रहयालुv.l. for gṛh°, 148.
grahayogaग्रहयोगgraha—yoga m. = -yuti, [Romakas.]
grahayutiग्रहयुतिgraha—yuti f. conjunction of planets.
grahabhaktiग्रहभक्तिgraha—bhakti f. division (of countries) with respect to the presiding planets, [VarBṛS.]
pl. N. of [VarBṛS. xvi.]
grahaṇāntaग्रहणान्तmfn. being at the close of study, [ĀśvGṛ. i, 22, 3]; [Gaut. ii, 47.]
grahaṇīrujग्रहणीरुज्grahaṇī—ruj f. id., [L.]
grahaṇavatग्रहणवत्grahaṇa—vat mfn. meant in reality, not to be taken in a different way, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 1] and Vārtt. 1 and [iv, 1, 4] Vārtt. 2.
grahaśāntiग्रहशान्तिgraha—śānti f. propitiation of the planets (by sacrifices &c.), [xliii.]
grahadrumaग्रहद्रुमgraha—druma for gṛha-d°, [L.]
grahakāṇḍaग्रहकाण्डgraha—kāṇḍa n. ‘section treating of Grahas of Soma which are taken up by a ladle’, N. of [ŚBr. iv.]
grahamardaग्रहमर्दgraha—marda m. (friction i.e.) opposition between certain planets.
grahasvaraग्रहस्वरgraha—svara m. the 1st note of a musical piece.
grahavarṣaग्रहवर्षgraha—varṣa m. a planetary year, [VarBṛS.]
grahavipraग्रहविप्रgraha—vipra m. = -cintaka, [W.]
grahayāyyaग्रहयाय्यv.l. for gṛh°, [Vop. xxvi, 164.]
grahayajñaग्रहयज्ञgraha—yajña m. a sacrifice offered to the planets, [Yājñ. i, 294]; [VarBṛS.]; [MatsyaP. ccxxxviii]
grahayuddhaग्रहयुद्धgraha—yuddha n. = -marda, [AV.Pariś.]; [VarBṛS.]
N. of [VarBṛS. xvii.]
grahabhojanaग्रहभोजनgraha—bhojana m. a horse, [L.]
grahaṇāntamग्रहणान्तम्ind. until (the Veda) has been thoroughly apprehended or learned, [Baudh.]
grahaṇīdoṣaग्रहणीदोषgrahaṇī—doṣa m. id., [MBh. iii, 13857] (‘constipation’ Sch.), [Suśr.]
grahaṇīgadaग्रहणीगदgrahaṇī—gada m. a morbid affection of the Grahaṇī, dysentery, [Bhpr.]
grahaṇīharaग्रहणीहरgrahaṇī—hara n. ‘removing dysentery’, cloves, [L.]
grahaṇīrogaग्रहणीरोगgrahaṇī—roga m. id., [Suśr.] (metrically also °ṇi-r°).
grahaṇīyatāग्रहणीयताgrahaṇīya—tā f. acceptableness, [W.]
grahaṇaphalaग्रहणफलgrahaṇa—phala n. N. of two astronomical works.
grahaṇagataग्रहणगतgrahaṇa—gata mfn. eclipsed, [VarBṛS. xv, 31.]
grahaṇirogaग्रहणिरोगgrahaṇi—roga See °ṇī-r°.
grahadīpikāग्रहदीपिकाgraha—dīpikā f. N. of wk.
grahagaṇitaग्रहगणितgraha—gaṇita n. ‘calculation of the planets’, the astronomical part of a Jyotiḥ-śāstra, [VarBṛS. ii.]
grahagocaraग्रहगोचरgraha—gocara n. N. of wk.
grahagrastaग्रहग्रस्तgraha—grasta mfn. possessed by a demon, [Hcar. iv.]
grahakautukaग्रहकौतुकgraha—kautuka n. N. of wk.
grahalāghavaग्रहलाघवgraha—lāghava n. N. of an astronomical work of the 16th century.
grahamātṛkāग्रहमातृकाgraha—mātṛkā f. N. of a Buddh. goddess.
grahanāśanaग्रहनाशनgraha—nāśana m. id., [L.]
for gṛha-n° (a pigeon), [L.]
grahanāyakaग्रहनायकgraha—nāyaka m. = -grāmaṇī, [Hcat. i, 8, 435]
the planet Saturn, [L.]
grahapīḍanaग्रहपीडनgraha—pīḍana n. ‘pain by Rāhu’, an eclipse, [R. v, 73, 58]; [Hit. i, 2, 48.]
grahasāraṇīग्रहसारणीgraha—sāraṇī f. N. of wk.
grahatilakaग्रहतिलकgraha—tilaka m. N. of wk.
grahavarmanग्रहवर्मन्graha—varman v.l. for guha-v°.
grahavinodaग्रहविनोदgraha—vinoda m. N. of wk.
grahabhītijitग्रहभीतिजित्graha—bhīti-jit m. ‘conquering the fear of the demons’, N. of a perfume, [L.]
grahaṇāntikaग्रहणान्तिकmfn. id., [Mn. iii, 1]; [Yājñ. i, 36.]
grahaṇīroginग्रहणीरोगिन्grahaṇī—°rogin mfn. affected with dysentery, [Suśr.]; [Hcat. i, 7.]
grahaṇīyatvaग्रहणीयत्वgrahaṇīya—tva n. id., [W.]
grahacintakaग्रहचिन्तकgraha—cintaka m. id., [VarBṛS. xxiv, 4.]
grahagrāmaṇīग्रहग्रामणीgraha—grāmaṇī m. ‘planet-chief’, the sun, [Bālar. iii.]
grahakallolaग्रहकल्लोलgraha—kallola m. ‘wave (? or enemy) of the planets’, Rāhu, [L.]
grahakoṣṭhakaग्रहकोष्ठकgraha—koṣṭhaka n. N. of wk.
grahakṣetrinग्रहक्षेत्रिन्graha—kṣetrin for gṛha-kṣ°, [Hariv. ii, 8, 19.]
grahamardanaग्रहमर्दनgraha—mardana n. id., [VarBṛS. xvi, 40.]
grahanigrahaग्रहनिग्रहgraha—nigraha m. du. favour and punishment, [Hit.]
grahavicārinग्रहविचारिन्graha—vicārin m. = -cintaka, [Sāh.]
grahavimardaग्रहविमर्दgraha—vimarda m. = -marda, [VarBṛS. cvii, 2.]
grahaṇīkapāṭaग्रहणीकपाटgrahaṇī—kapāṭa m. a kind of mixture (for curing diarrhoea &c.)
grahasamāgamaग्रहसमागमgraha—samāgama m. = -yuti, [xx, 5].
grahaṇīpradoṣaग्रहणीप्रदोषgrahaṇī—pradoṣa m. id., [Suśr.]
grahaśṛṅgāṭakaग्रहशृङ्गाटकgraha—śṛṅgāṭaka n. triangular position of the planets with reference to each other, [xx]
N. of [VarBṛS. xx] (treating also of many other positions of the planets).
grahacaritavidग्रहचरितविद्graha—carita-vid m. ‘knowing the course of planets’, an astrologer, [viii].
grahakuṇḍalikāग्रहकुण्डलिकाgraha—kuṇḍalikā f. the mutual relation of planets and prophecy derived from it, [VarBṛ. xviii, 10 f.], Sch.
grahavarṣaphalaग्रहवर्षफलgraha—varṣa—phala n. N. of [VarBṛS. xix] (describing the good and evil fortune belonging to certain days, months, or years ruled over by particular planets).
grahaṇapañcāṅgaग्रहणपञ्चाङ्गgrahaṇa—pañcāṅga n. N. of two astronomical works.
grahayāgatattvaग्रहयागतत्त्वgraha—yāga—tattva n. N. of wk.
grahayajñatattvaग्रहयज्ञतत्त्वgraha—yajña—tattva n. N. of part of [Smṛtit.]
grahasthitivarṇanaग्रहस्थितिवर्णनgraha—sthiti-varṇana n. N. of wk.
grahayāmalatantraग्रहयामलतन्त्रgraha—yāmala-tantra n. N. of a Tantra.
grahaṇasambhavādhikāraग्रहणसम्भवाधिकारgrahaṇa—sambhavādhikāra m. N. of an astronomical work.