pratigrah
prati-√ grah P. Ā. -gfhRAti , -gfhRIte ( irreg. 2. sg. Impv. -gfhRa , R. ; aor. -ajagraBat , AitBr. ), to take hold of, grasp, seize (in astrol. = to eclipse, obscure), AV. &c. &c.; to take (as a present or into possession), appropriate, receive, accept, RV. &c. &c. ( SirasA , ‘with the head’ i e. ‘humbly, obediently’, R. ); to gain, win over, R. ; to take as a wife, marry, Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to take = eat, drink, RV. ; VS. ; TBr. ; to receive (a friend or guest), RV. &c. &c.; to receive (anything agreeable as a good word or omen), R. ; Kālid. ; to assent to, acquiesce in, approve, MBh. ; R. ; (rarely) to receive (an enemy), oppose, encounter, MBh. ; Ragh. : Caus. -grAhayati , to cause to accept, present with (2 acc. ), MBh. ; R. ; Kālid. ; to answer, reply, BhP. : Desid. -jiGfkzati , to wish to accept, Gaut.