ग्रासः [grāsḥ] [ग्रस् कर्मणि घञ्]
A mouthful, a quantity of anything equal to a mouthful;
[Ms.3.133;6.28;] [Y.3.55.] Food, nourishment; ग्रासाच्छादनमात्रं तु दद्या- दिति निदर्शनम्
[Mb.12.165.63.] The part of the sun or the moon eclipsed.
The morsel bitten.
The act of swallowing.
Slurring, indistinct pronunciation; fault in a pronunciation of the gutturals.
(In geom.) A piece cut out by the intersection of two circles
An eclipse. -Comp.
-आच्छादनम् food and clothing; i. e. bare subsistence; see ग्रास (2);
[Ms.9.22.] -प्रमाणम् the size of a morsel.
-शल्यम् any extraneous substance lodged in the throat.
-ग्रासीकृ To swallow; ग्रासीकर्तुं प्रवृत्तोऽभूदुत्थायाजगरो महान्
[Ks.9.57.]