ग्रहण [ grahaṇa ] [ gráhaṇa ] m. f. n. ifc. seizing , holding Lit. Hariv. 2734

  resounding in (?) Lit. Śak. ii , 0/1 , 6

  [ grahaṇa ] n. the hand Lit. L.

  an organ of sense Lit. Yogas. i , 41

  a prisoner Lit. MBh. xiii , 2051

  a word mentioned or employed (e.g. [ vacana- ] , " the word [ vacana ] " ) Lit. Pat. and Lit. Kāś.

  seizing , holding , taking Lit. ŚBr. xiv Lit. Mn. ii , 317 Lit. MBh.

  taking by the hand , marrying , Lit. i , 1044

  catching , seizure , taking captive Lit. Mn. v , 130 Lit. MBh.

  seizure (as by a demon causing diseases) , demoniacal possession Lit. Hcat.

  seizure of the sun or moon , eclipse Lit. Āp. i , 11 Lit. Yājñ. i , 218 Lit. VarBṛS.

  gaining , obtaining , receiving , acceptance Lit. R. i , 3 , 18 Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Kathās. xci , 37

  choosing Lit. Sāṃkhyak. Lit. Prab. Lit. Sāh. vi , 201

  purchasing Lit. Pañcat.

  taking or drawing up (any fluid) Lit. ŚBr. iv Lit. KātyŚr.

  the taking up of sound , echo Lit. W.

  attraction Lit. Megh. Lit. Ragh. vii , 24 Lit. Pañcat. v , 13 , 5/6

  putting on (clothes) Lit. MBh. ii , 840 Lit. Ragh. xvii , 21

  assuming (a shape) Lit. Yājñ. iii , 69 Lit. MBh. xiv Lit. Devīm.

  undertaking , devoting one's self to ( in comp.) Lit. R. v , 76 , 22 Lit. Pañcat.

  service Lit. BhP. iii , 1 , 44

  including Lit. Pāṇ. Lit. Kāś.

  mentioning , employing (a word or expression) Lit. KātyŚr. Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. VPrāt. Lit. Pāṇ. Vārtt. Lit. Pat. and Lit. Kāś. Lit. Sāh. vi , 205

  mentioning with praise , acknowledgment Lit. Suśr.

  assent , agreement Lit. W.

  perceiving , understanding , comprehension , receiving instruction , acquirement of any science Lit. Mn. ii , 173 Lit. MBh. iii , xiv Lit. Ragh.

  acceptation , meaning Lit. Pāṇ. 1-1 , 68 Vārtt. 5 Lit. Pat. Lit. Kāś. and Lit. Siddh. on Lit. Pāṇ.

  [ grahaṇī ] f. an imaginary organ supposed to lie between the stomach and the intestines (the small intestines or that part of the alimentary canal where the bile assists digestion and from which vital warmth is said to be diffused) Lit. Suśr.

  [ grahaṇa ] n. = [ °ṇī-gada ] Lit. Ashṭâṅg. iii , 8 Lit. Hcat. i , 7 ( cf. [ kara- ] , [keśa- ] , [ garbha- ] , [ cakṣur- ] , [ nāma- ] , [ pāṇi- ] , [ punar- ] .)