Dictionary meanings for gras from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
I. 1 A. [grasate, grasta] 1 To swallow, devour, eat up, consume; [Page0471-c+ 56] sa imāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ saṃkṣipya grasate punaḥ Mb.; Bg. 11. 30.
2 To seize.
3 To eclipse; dvāveba grasate dineśvaraniśā- prāṇeśvarau bhāsurau Bh. 2. 34; himāṃśumāśu grasate tanmradimnaḥ sphuṭaṃ phalaṃ Śi. 2. 49.
4 To slur over words.
5 To de- story. WITH saṃ to destroy; Bk. 12. 4. II. 1 P., 10 U. (grasati, grāsayati-te)...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
cl.1 P. A1. gr/asati, te (perf. Pot. A1. jagrasīta RV. v, 41, 17; p. A1. and Pass. jagrasān/a RV.), to seize with the mouth, take into the mouth, swallow, devour, eat, consume RV.; TS. &c; to swallow up, cause to disappear MBh. iii, 1597; R. i, 56, 13-17; to... mfn. ifc. swallowing (e.g. piṇḍa- q.v.) 044975 371,2 68547 f. (irreg. pr. p. f.), N. of a Na1ga nāga virgin Ka1ran2d2. i, 45. 044976 371,2 68548 n....