सं-√ ग्रह् (or √
ग्रभ्)
P. Ā. -गृह्णाति,
-गृह्णीते (
Ved. generally
-गृभ्णाति,
-गृभ्णीते), to seize or hold together, take or lay hold of. grab, grasp, gripe, clasp, clench, snatch,
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to take, receive (kindly or hospitably), encourage, support, favour, protect,
[Hit.] ;
[BhP.] ;
to seize on, attack (as an illness),
[MBh.] ;
to apprehend, conceive, understand,
[BhP.] ;
to carry off,
ib. &c.;
to gather together, assemble, collect, compile,
ib. &c.;
to include, comprehend, contain,
[Gaut.] ;
[Pat.] ;
to draw together, contract, make narrower, abridge,
[ŚBr.] ;
to draw together (a bow in order to unstring it),
[MBh.] ;
to hold in, restrain, check, govern,
[MBh.] ;
to constrain, force,
[Mn. viii, 48] ;
to keep together, close, shut (as the mouth),
KātyŚr.;
to concentrate (the mind),
[BhP.] ;
to take in marriage, marry,
ib.;
to mention, name,
ib.;
Caus. -ग्राहयति, to cause to grasp or take hold of or receive or comprehend or understand, impart, communicate (with
acc. of thing and
acc. or
dat. of person),
[Car.] ;
[BhP.] :
Desid. जिघृक्षति, to wish to take hold of &c.;
to wish to collect,
[MBh.] ;
to wish to take in marriage, desire to marry,
[Daś.]