Dictionary meanings for avagrah from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
9 U. 1 To let loose, let go (as reins).
2 To divide, separate (as words or parts of words); pitṛpā- ṇamityatra hi pitṛ pāṇamityṛkāro'vagṛhyate P. VIII. 2. 46 Com.
3 To break off, discontinue; to distinguish, discrimi- nate, discern.
4 To punish, chastise; maṃdopi nāma na mahānavagṛhya sādhyaḥ Śi. 5. 49.
5 To seize, choke; gadgadikāvagṛhyamāṇa- kaṃṭhā K. 307, 328.
6 To capture, take in possession,...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
-gṛhṇāti (Pot. -gṛh ṇīyāt) to let loose, let go La1t2y.; to keep back from (abl.), impede, stop PBr.; Car.; Ka1d.; to divide Sus3r.; (in Gr.) to separate (as words or parts of a word) S3a1n3khS3r. &c (cf. ava-grāham below); to perceive (with one's senses),... mfn. (in Gr.) separable Pra1t. &c 012558 97,3 17149 ind.p. having separated, laying hold with the feet (pādābhyām) Sus3r., forcibly, by force S3is3. v, 49....