grahaRa
grahaṇa , nt. , confused with gahana , thicket, entanglement (?): in Mv i.34.7 (prose) -durga-saṃsāra-kāntāragrahaṇa-dāruṇāto mahā-prapātāto uddharitvā, Senart thinks that grahaṇa is a copyistʼs hyper- Skt. alteration of gahana, which is a near-synonym of kāntāra ( esp. in Pali , where diṭṭhi-kantāra and diṭṭhi-gahana are often closely associated); in spite of this, I think grahaṇa may be sound and orig. : rescuing from a great abyss that is dreadful because of the grip of the forest of the saṃsāra etc. In Mv i.91.14—17 occur four lines of verse in which the mss. repeatedly vary between gahana and grahaṇa; the text is both very corrupt and fragmentary; Senartʼs note is a very earnest effort to disentangle it, but I find it hardly convincing, tho I am inclined to agree that puns are here contained, involving gahana, entanglement, obstruction, difficulty , as well as thicket , and grahaṇa, seizure, imprisonment (perhaps also eclipse , as by Rāhu, so Skt. ); the text, with the most important vv.ll. , reads: 14 vanagahanaṃ ( mss. °grahanaṃ or °ṇaṃ) balagahanaṃ (3 mss. °grah°) girigahanāni ( em. ; 5 mss. °gahanaṃ, one °grahaṇaṃ) tyāgagrahaṇāni (3 mss. °gahanāni), 15 viṣamāprati- ( mss. viṣamapati-)-saṃniṣaṇṇavanāni tu manuṣyagahanāni (5 mss. °graha°), 16 tṛṇagulmakaṇṭakalatākulāni vṛkṣagrahaṇā- ( mss. °grahaṇya- or °nya-)gahanāni (3 mss. grahaṇāni), 17 śaṭhanikṛtipaiśunyāni tu manuṣyagahanāni (5 mss. °grahanāni or °ṇāni). Tho Senart ʼs interpretation seems very dubious, I cannot suggest with confidence any improvements. The meter is meant for āryā. See also gahana, gahana-tā .