grāha

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. (hī f.) [grah bhāve ghañ] Seiz- [Page0473-b+ 57] ing, clutching; taking, holding, re- ceiving &c. --haḥ 1 Seizing, grasp- ing. --2 A crocodile, shark; rāgagra hava- tī Bh. 3. 45. --3 A prisoner. --4 Accept- ing. --5 Understanding, knowledge. --6 Persistence, importunity. --7 De- termination, resolve; Bg. 17. 19. --8 A disease. --9 Any large fish or marine animal. --10 Morbid affec- tion, disease. --12 Beginning,...

[mw] haka, &c, see grah. 045302 374,1 69079

Root

Appears in 49 texts

Lexicon Preview

a. (hī f.) [grah bhāve ghañ] Seiz- [Page0473-b+ 57] ing, clutching; taking, holding, re- ceiving &c. --haḥ 1 Seizing, grasp- ing. --2 A crocodile, shark; rāgagra hava- tī Bh. 3....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

107

Texts Appeared In

32

DCS: name of a teacher | Monier-Williams: grAha/ , ˚haka , &c. See √ grah .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 51 47.7%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 6 5.6%
3. Garuḍapurāṇa 5 4.7%
4. Arthaśāstra 4 3.7%
5. Haribhaktivilāsa 4 3.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: grāhāt

  kaurme dhṛto 'drir amṛtonmathane svapṛṣṭhe grāhāt prapannam ibharājam amuñcad ār

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: grāha

  mantharāprabhavas tīvraḥ kaikeyīgrāhasaṃkulaḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: grāhām

  līnamīnajhaṣagrāhāṃ kṛśāṃ girinadīm iva