gráha 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.]