search `pragraha' in `Apte Dic'

meanings of "pragraha" [1]

a.{a-stem}

1.holding in front (hands);

2.seizing

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meanings of "pragraha" [2]

m.{a-stem}

1.holding or stretching forth;

2.laying hold of;

3.the commencement of an eclipse;

4.a rein;

5.a check;

6.binding;

7.a prisoner;

8.taming (as an animal);

9.a ray of light;

10.the string of a balance;

11.a vowel not subject to the rules of sandhi or euphony;

12.name of viSNu;

13.the arm;

14.a leader;

15.kindness;

16.the karNikaara tree;

17.the gains in the form of gifts to courtiers;

18.hoarding;

19.folding (hands);

20.obstinacy;

21.a companion

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