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meanings of "pratigraha"
m.{a-stem}
1.receiving;
2.receiving or accepting a donation;
3.the right of receiving or accepting a donation;
4.the right of receiving gifts (which is a peculiar prerogative of braahmaNas);
5.a gift;
6.a receiver (of a gift);
7.kind or friendly reception;
8.favour;
9.marrying;
10.listening to;
11.the rear of an army;
12.a spitting-pot;
13.the sun near the moon's node;
14.a chamber-vessel (for sick persons);
15.a grasper
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