Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
9 P. 1 To clasp round, embrace.
2 To encircle; surround, fence or hedge round.
3 To lay hold of, seize.
4 To take, assume.
5 To accept.
6 To favour, patron- ize; devena ca parigṛhītaḥ M. 1; 1. 13.
7 To support, assist, guide; rākṣasa- matiparigṛhītaḥ Mu. 1.
8 To put on (a dress).
9 To take possession of, master, overpower.
10 To conceive, comprehend.
11 To undertake.
12 To receive hospitably....
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. A1. -gṛhṇāti, ṇīte (Impv. 2. sg. -gṛhāṇa MBh. Ka1lid.; impf. -agṛhṇāḥ RV.; 3. sg. -agṛhṇat TS.; 3. pl. -agṛhṇan AV.; A1. -agṛhṇanta MBh.; pf. 1. sg. -jagr/abha RV.; 3. sg. -jagrāha MBh. &c; ind.p. -gṛhya S3Br. MBh. Ka1v. &c), to take hold of on both sides,... mfn. taken hold of on both sides AV. 593,1 117251 mfn. surrounded, embraced, enclosed, enveloped, fenced TS.; S3Br.; MBh. &c 593,1 117252 mfn. seized,...
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