ग्रहचिन्तक

gráha-cintaka

gráha

(gaṇa vṛishâ̱di) mfn. ifc. III, 2, 9 Vārtt. 1 ;
seizing, laying hold of, holding BhP. III, 15, 35 ;
(cf. aṅkuṡa-, dhanur-, etc.);
obtaining, V, VIII ;
perceiving, recognising, IV, 7, 31 ;
m. « seizer (eclipser)», Rāhu orﾠ the dragon's head MBh. etc.;
a planet (as seizing orﾠ influencing the destinies of men in a supernatural manner;
sometimes 5 are enumerated, viz. Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, andﾠ Saturn MBh. VI, 4566 f. R. I, 19, 2 Ragh. III, 13 etc.. ;
alsoﾠ 7 i.e. the preceding with Rāhu andﾠ Ketu MBh. VII, 5636 ;
alsoﾠ 9 i.e. the sun <cf. ṠBr. IV, 6, 5, 1 and 5 MBh. XIII, 913; XIV, 1175 >
andﾠ moon with the 7 preceding Yājñ. I, 295 MBh. IV, 48 VarBṛS. ;
alsoﾠ the polar star is called a Graha, Garg. (Jyot. 5 Sch.) ;
the planets are either auspicious ṡubha-, sad-, orﾠ inauspicious krūra-, pāpa- VarBṛS. ;
with Jainas they constitute one of the 5 classes of the Jyotishkas);
the place of a planet in the fixed zodiac W. ;
the number « nine» ;
N. of particular evil demons orﾠ spirits who seize orﾠ exercise a bad influence on the body andﾠ mind of man (causing insanity etc.;
it falls within the province of medical science to expel these demons;
those who esp. seize children andﾠ cause convulsions etc. are divided into 9 classes according to the number of planets Suṡr.) MBh. etc.;
any state which proceeds from magical influences andﾠ takes possession of the whole man BhP. VII, IX BrahmaP. Hit. II, 1, 20 ;
a crocodile MBh. XVI, 142 ;
(ifc. f. ā) R. IV f. BhP. VIII ;
any ladle orﾠ vessel employed for taking up a portion of fluid (esp. of Soma) out of a larger vessel Mn. V, 116 Yājñ. I, 182 ;
N. of the 8 organs of perception (viz. the 5 organs of sense with Manas, the hands andﾠ the voice) ṠBr. XIV NṛisUp. I, 4, 3, 22 ;
(= gṛiha) a house R. VII, 40, 30 ;
(cf. a-, khara-, - druma andﾠ - pati);
« anything seized», spoil, booty MBh. III, 11461 (cf. -hâ̱luñcana);
as much as can be taken with a ladle orﾠ spoon out of a larger vessel, ladleful, spoonful (esp. of Soma) RV. X, 114, 5 VS. TS. AitBr. ṠBr. etc.. ;
the middle of a bow orﾠ that part which is grasped when the bow is used MBh. IV, 1351 ( su-, 1326);
the beginning of any piece of music;
grasp, seizing, laying hold of (often ifc.) Kauṡ. 10 MBh. etc.. ;
keeping back, obstructing Suṡr. ;
imprisoning, imprisonment (- haṉ-gam, « to become a prisoner» Kām.) R. II, 58, 2 ;
seizure (by demons causing diseases e.g.. aṅga-, spasm of the limbs) Suṡr. ;
seizure of the sun andﾠ moon, eclipse AV. XIX, 9, 7 and 10 VarBṛS. ;
stealing, robbing Mn. IX, 277 MBh. VI, 4458 ;
effort Hit. ;
insisting upon, tenacity, perseverance in (loc. orﾠ in comp.) BhP. VII, 14, 11 Naish. IX, 12 Kathās. Rājat. VIII, 226 ;
taking, receiving, reception Mn. VIII, 180 Ṡṛiṇgār. ;
taking up (any fluid);
choosing MBh. XII, 83, 12 Sāh. VI, 136 ;
« favour» seeﾠ - nigraha;
mentioning, employing (a word) Mn. VIII, 271 Pāṇ. 7-1, 21, Kār. 2 Amar. Rājat. ;
apprehension, perception, understanding Bhāshāp. BhP. Sarvad. Sch. on Jaim. and KapS. ;
( āya) dat. ind. = gṛihītvā seeﾠ grah (cf. guda-, ṡiro-, hanu-, hṛid-.)
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