āharaṇa

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[apte] a. Taking away, robbing; as in amṛtāharaṇaḥ. --ṇaṃ 1 Fetching, bringing (near); samidāharaṇāya prasthitā vayaṃ Ś. 1. --2 Seizing, taking; R. 6. 75. --3. Removing, extracting. --4 Perform- ing, accomplishing (as sacrifice); aśva- medhasya kauravya cakārāharaṇe matiṃ Mb. --5 A dowry or present given to a bride (at the time of her marriage); satvānurū- pāharaṇīkṛtaśrīḥ R. 7. 32. --6 Caus- ing, inducing.

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a. Taking away, robbing; as in amṛtāharaṇaḥ. --ṇaṃ 1 Fetching, bringing (near); samidāharaṇāya prasthitā vayaṃ Ś. 1. --2 Seizing, taking; R. 6. 75. --3. Removing, extracting. --4...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

43

Texts Appeared In

20

DCS: air; wind

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 7 16.3%
2. Mahābhārata 6 14.0%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 6 14.0%
4. Viṣṇupurāṇa 4 9.3%
5. Kāmasūtra 2 4.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: āharaṇam

  ghaṭate ceṣṭate arthakriyām iti ghaṭaḥ candati hlādayati dīpyate ceti candra ity

• Āyurvedadīpikā surface: āharaṇa

  athetyādi sūtre 'thaśabdo brahmādipraṇītatantreṣv alpāyurmedhasāmarthānavadhāraṇ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: āharaṇa

  mṛtaṃ śokena mahatā sītāharaṇajena mām