Pratigrah: 4 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratigrah (प्रतिग्रह्).�9. U.
1) To hold, seize, take, support; वर्षधरप्रतिगृहीतमेनम् (ṣaپṛhīٲԲ) M.4; Manusmṛti 2.48.
2) To take, accept, receive; ददात� प्रतिगृह्णात� (dadāti pratigṛhṇāti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2; अमोघाः प्रतिगृह्णन्तावर्ध्यानुपदम�- शिषः (amoghā� pratigṛhṇantāvardhyānupadamā- śiṣa�) R.1.44;2.22.
3) To receive or accept as a present.
4) To receive inimically, oppose, encounter, resist; to attack, assault; प्रतिजग्रा� कालिङ्गस्तमस्त्रैर्गजसाधनः (pratijagrāha kāliṅgastamastrairgajasādhana�) R.4.4;12.47.
5) To take in marriage, marry; विधिवत� प्रतिगृह्याप� त्यजेत� कन्यां विगर्हिताम� (vidhivat pratigṛhyāpi tyajet kanyā� vigarhitām) Manusmṛti 9.72.
6) To obey, conform or listen to.
7) To resort to, betake oneself to.
8) To eclipse.
9) To assent to, admit.
1) To occupy, take possession of.
11) To deprive (one) of.
12) To welcome, receive; प्रत्यगृह्णाद्यथान्याय� विदुरश्च महामना� (pratyagṛhṇādyathānyāya� viduraśca mahāmanā�) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.66.6.
13) To eat, drink. -Caus.
1) To cause to accept, give, present.
3) To allow to take or retain; मुष्टं प्रतिग्राहयत� स्वमर्थं पात्रीकृतो दस्युरिवास� ये� (muṣṭa� pratigrāhayatā svamartha� pātrīkṛto dasyurivāsi yena) Ś.5.2.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratigrah (प्रतिग्रह्):—[=پ-∻] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -ṛhṇāt, -ṛhṇīt (irreg. 2. sg. [imperative] -ṛhṇa, [Rāmāyaṇa]; [Aorist] -ajagrabhat, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]),
—to take hold of, grasp, seize (in [astrology] = to eclipse, obscure), [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.;
—to take (as a present or into possession), appropriate, receive, accept, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (ś, ‘with the head� i e. ‘humbly, obediently� [Rāmāyaṇa]);
—to gain, win over, [Rāmāyaṇa];
—to take as a wife, marry, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to take = eat, drink, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa];
—to receive (a friend or guest), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to receive (anything agreeable as a good word or omen), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kālidāsa];
—to assent to, acquiesce in, approve, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];
� (rarely) to receive (an enemy), oppose, encounter, [Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa] :
‰ڰ䲹ܲ -ⲹپ, to cause to accept, present with (2 [accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Kālidāsa];
—to answer, reply, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :
‰ڶٱپ -ᾱṛkṣaپ, to wish to accept, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pratigrah (प्रतिग्रह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ʲḍi.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPratigrah is another spelling for प्रतिग्र� [pratigraha].—[pratigraha / pratigrahaṇa] n. 1. receiving; accepting; 2. gift (as to a Brahmin);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+1): Pratigraahak, Pratigraha, Pratigrahadhana, Pratigrahaka, Pratigrahakalpa, Pratigrahan, Pratigrahana, Pratigrahaniya, Pratigrahaprapta, Pratigrahaprayashcittaprakara, Pratigraharuci, Pratigrahavivarjita, Pratigrahetar, Pratigrahi, Pratigrahin, Pratigrahisu, Pratigrahita, Pratigrahitar, Pratigrahitavya, Pratigrahitri.
Full-text (+9): Pratigrahin, Pratigraha, Pratigrahaka, Pratigrahaniya, Pratigrahitri, Pratigrihita, Pratigrahana, Pratiprahitavyam, Upapratigrah, Saparya, Sampratigrah, Pratigrihitri, Pratigrihitavya, Padigaha, Pratigrahakalpa, Pratigrahaprapta, Pratigrahitavya, Pratigrahaprayashcittaprakara, Pratigrahadhana, Pratigrihya.
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