grah [ RV. in a few passages only, AV. &c.] or graB [ RV. ; rarely, AV. ] cl. 9. P. gfBRAti , gfhRA/ti (also Ā. gfhRIte , irreg. gfhRate , MuṇḍUp. ; 3. pl. gfBRate , RV. ; Impv. 2. sg. gfhARa/ , [ °RA/ , Saṃhitā-pāṭha , p. Pass. nom. pl. n. , Gmn. ] x, 103, 12 ; AV. xi, 1, 10 ; ŚBr. &c.; gfBRAna/ & gfhR° [ Ved. ]; gfhRa , Hcat. ; Pañcad. i, 71 ; -gfhRAhi , -gfBRIhi See prati-√ graB ; Ā. gfBRIzva [ VS. i, 18 ] or gfhR° ; 3. sg. P. gfhRItAt ; Ved. Impv. gfBAya/ &c. See s.v. °ya cf. gfhaya ; perf. jagrAha , RV. x, 161, 1 ; AV. &c.; 1. sg. °gra/BA or °gra/Ba , RV. ; °gfBma/ , RV. ; Ā. °gfhe , x, 12, 5 &c.; 3. pl. °gfBre/ & °gfBrire/ , RV. ; P. Pot. °gfByAt , x, 31, 2 ; p. °gfBva/s , iv, 23, 4 ; fut. 2nd grahIzyati , °te , MBh. &c. [ cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 37 ]; sometimes wrongly spelt gfh° , MBh. iv, 1650 ; xii, 7311 ; grahizy° , R. vi, 82, 74 ; Cond. agrahEzyat , AitUp. iii, 3 ff. ; fut. 1st grahItA , Pāṇ. vii, 2, 37 ; aor. agraBam , RV. i, 191, 13 ; AV. ; °BIt , RV. i, 145, 2 ; AV. &c.; °hIt [ Pāṇ. vii, 2, 5 ] AV. &c.; -a/jagraBIt &c. See saM-√ grah ; Subj. 2. pl. graBIzwa , RV. ii, 29, 5 ; Ā. agrahIzwa , BhP. iv, 30, 11 ; aGfkzata , Pāṇ. vii, 3, 73 , Sch. [not in Kāś. ]; Ved. 3. pl. agfBran [ RV. v, 2, 4 ] and agfBIzata ; ind.p. gfBItvA/ , AV. xii, 3, 20 ; gfhItvA/ , xix, 58, 3 &c.; grahAya , Hariv. ; Divyāv. ; inf. grahItum [ MBh. &c.; cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 37 ; wrongly spelt gfh° , R. v, 2, 25 ; Hit. ]; Pass. gfhyate [ fut. 1st grahItA or grAhitA fut. 2nd grahIzyate or grAhizy° aor. agrAhi , 3. du. agrahIzAtAm or agrAhiz° , Pāṇ. vi, 4, 62 and vii, 2, 37 ]; Ved. Subj. 3. pl. gfhyAntE , Kāś. on iii, 4, 8 and 96 ; Ved. Pass. 3. sg. gfhate [ RV. v, 32, 12 ] or gfhe [ MaitrS. i, 9, 5 ] or gfhaye [ Kāṭh. ix, 13 ; cf. gfhaya ]; Subj. 1. pl. gfhAmahi , RV. viii, 2, 16 ; Pot. gfhIta , MaitrS. ii, 5, 2 ) to seize, take (by the hand, pARO or kare , exceptionally pARim (double acc. ), RV. i, 125, 1 ; Sāy. ; cf. Vop. v, 6 ), grasp, lay hold of ( e.g. pakzaM , to take a side, adopt a party, Prab. ; pARim , ‘to take by the hand in the marriage ceremony’, marry, AV. xiv, 1, 48 ff. ; Gobh. ii, 1, 11 ; MBh. &c.), RV. &c.; to arrest, stop, RV. ix, 78, 1 ; Kathās. iv, 32 ; to catch, take captive, take prisoner, capture, imprison, RV. &c.; to take possession of, gain over, captivate, MBh. xiii, 2239 ; R. ii, 12, 25 ; Ragh. ; Cāṇ. ; to seize, overpower ( esp. said of diseases and demons and the punishments of Varuṇa ), RV. ; AV. ; MaitrS. &c.; to eclipse, VarBṛS. v ; to abstract, take away (by robbery), R. iv, 53, 25 ; Śak. iii, 21 ; Bhaṭṭ. ; to lay the hand on, claim, Mn. ; Yājñ. ; Ragh. i, 18 ; Pañcat. ; to gain, win, obtain, receive, accept (from abl. , rarely gen. ), keep, RV. &c. (with double acc. Vop. v, 6 ); to acquire by purchase (with instr. of the price), Mn. viii, 201 ; Yājñ. ii, 169 ; R. &c.; to choose, MBh. xiii ; R. i, 39, 13 f. ; Kathās. liii ; to choose any one ( acc. ) as a wife; to take up (a fluid with any small vessel), draw water, RV. viii, 69, 10 ; VS. x, 1 ; TS. vi &c.; to pluck, pick, gather, Hariv. 5238 ; Śak. iv , vi ; to collect a store of anything, VarBṛS. xlii, 10 f. ; to use, put on (clothes), Mn. ii, 64 ; MBh. iii, 16708 ; Bhag. ; Ratnāv. i &c.; to assume (a shape), BhP. i f. ; to place upon ( instr. or loc. ), Mn. viii, 256 ; Kathās. ; to include, Pāṇ. viii, 4, 68 , Sch. ; Vop. i, 5 ; to take on one's self, undertake, undergo, begin, RV. x, 31, 2 ; MBh. iii , xiii ; BhP. &c.; to receive hospitably (a guest), take back (a divorced wife), MBh. v, 7068 ; R. i ; Śak. v, 25 ; BhP. iii, 5, 19 ; ‘to take into the mouth’, mention, name, RV. i, 191, 13 & x, 145, 4 ; AV. ; TS. &c.; to perceive (with the organs of sense or with ma/nas ), observe, recognise, RV. i, 139, 10 and 145, 2 ; VS. i, 18 ; ŚBr. xiv ; MuṇḍUp. ; ŚvetUp. &c.; (in astron. ) to observe, VarBṛS. xliii, 30 ; to receive into the mind, apprehend, understand, learn, Nal. ; R. ; Ragh. v, 59 ; Pañcat. i, 1, 23 ; (in astron. ) to calculate, Sūryas. ; to accept, admit, approve, MBh. i, 6299 ; R. ii ; Mṛcch. ix, 18 ; Kād. ; BhP. i, 2, 12 ; Kathās. ; to obey, follow, MBh. ; R. ; Mṛcch. ix, 30/31 ; BhP. iii f. ; to take for, consider as, Mn. i, 110 ; Mālav. v &c.; ( Pass. ) to be meant by ( instr. ), Yājñ., Sch. ; Pāṇ. ; Siddh. and Sch. : Caus. grAhayati , to cause to take or seize or lay hold of R. vii ; Suśr. ; Ragh. xv, 88 ; Daś. ; to cause to take (by the hand [ pARim ] in the marriage ceremony), Ragh. xvii, 3 ; to cause to marry, give away a girl ( acc. ) in marriage to any one ( acc. ), Kum. i, 53 ; to cause any one to be captured, Yājñ. ii, 169 ; R. vi, 1, 21 ; Daś. ; to cause any one to be seized or overpowered (as by Varuṇa 's punishments or death &c.), TS. ii , vi f. ; TBr. i ; MBh. viii, 3281 ; to cause to be taken away, Hit. ; to make any one take, deliver anything ( acc. ) over to any one ( acc. ; e.g. Asanam with acc. ‘to cause to take a sea...
grah I. 9 U. (In Vedic literature graB; gfhRAti, jagrAha, agrahIt, grahItuM, gfhIta caus. grAhayati ; desid. jiGfkzati ) 1 To seize, take, take or catch hold of, lay hold of, catch, grasp; tayorjagahatuH pAdAn rAjA rAjYI ca mAgaDI R. 1. 57 ; AlAne gfhyate hastI vAjI valgAsu gfhyate Mk. 1. 50 ; taM kaMWe jagrAha K. 363 ; pARiM gfhItvA , caraRaM gfhItvA &c. 2 To receive, take, accept, exact; prajAnAmeva BUtyarTaM sa tAByo balimagrahIt R. 1. 18 ; Ms. 7. 124 ; 9. 162. 3 To apprehend, capture, ( pb ) take prisoner; baMdigrAhaM gfhItvA V. 1 ; yAMstatra corAn gfhRIyAt Ms. 8. 34. 4 To arrest, stop, catch; Bg. 6. 35. 5 To captivate, attract; mahArAjagfhItahfdayayA mayA V. 4 ; hfdaye gfhyate nArI Mk. 1. 50 ; mADuryamIzwe hariRAn grahItuM R. 18. 13. 6 To win over, persuade, induce to one's side; lubDamarTena gfhRIyAt Chāṇ. 33 ; Pt. 1 69 , 184. 7 (Hence) To please, gratify, satisfy, propitiate; grahItumAryAn paricaryayA muhurmahAnuBAvAhi nitAMtama rTinaH Śi. 1. 17. 33. 8 To affect, seize or possess (as a demon, spirit &c.); as in piSacagfhIta, vetAla gfhIta . 9 To assume, take; dyutimagrahId grahagaRaH Śi. 9. 23 ; Bk. 19. 29. 10 To learn, know, recognize, understand; Ki. 10. 8 , Pt. 1. 43. 11 To regard, consider, believe, take for; mayApi mftpiMqabudDinA taTEva gfhItaM Ś. 6 ; parihAsavijalpitaM saKe paramATena na gfhyatAM vacaH Ś. 2. 18. evaM jano gfhRAti M. 1 ; Mu. 3. 12 To catch or perceive (as by an organ of sense); jyAninAdamaTa gfhRatI tayoH R. 11. 15. 13 To master, grasp, comprehend; R. 18. 46. 14 To guess, conjecture, infer; netravaktravikArESca gfhyateM'targataM manaH Ms. 8. 26. 15 To utter, mention (as a name); yadi mayAnyasya nAmApi na gfhItaM K. 305 ; na tu nAmApi gfhRIyAt patyO prete parasya tu Ms. 5. 157. 16 To buy, purchase; kiyatA mUlyenEtatpustakaM gfhItaM Pt. 2 ; Y. 2. 169 ; Ms. 8. 201. 17 To deprive (one) of, take away from, rob or seize away; Bk. 9. 9 ; 15. 63. 18 To wear, put on (as clothes &c.); vAsAMsi jIrRAni yaTA vihAya navAni gfhRAti naro' parARi Bg. 2. 22. 19 To conceive. 20 To observe (as a fast). 21 To eclipse. 22 To undertake, undergo, begin. 23 To take up, draw (water.) 24 To stop, intercept. 25 To withdraw, draw back. 26 To include. 27 To receive hospitably (as a guest). [The senses of this root may be variously modified according to the noun with which it is joined]. — Caus. 1 To cause to take, catch, seize or accept. 2 To give away in marriage; Ku. 1. 52 3 To teach, make one acquainted with. 4 To make one take, deliver over to. 5 To ( pb ) become familiar with. -WITH anusaM to salute humbly. — apa to take away, tear off. — aBi to seize forcibly. II. 1 P. , 10 U. ( grahati , grAhayati-te ) To take, receive, &c.