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grahaṇa

gráhaṇa 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-.)