pratigrah | प्रतिग्रह् | pratigrah
prati-√ grah | प्रति-√ ग्रह् | P. Ā. -gfhṛāti | -ग्फ़्हृआति |, -gfhṛīte | -ग्फ़्हृईते | (irreg. 2. sg. Impv. -gfhṛa | -ग्फ़्हृअ |, R.; aor. -ajagraBat | -अजग्रBअत् |, AitBr.), to take hold of, grasp, seize (in astrol. = to eclipse, obscure), AV. &c. &c.; to take (as a present or into possession), appropriate, receive, accept, RV. &c. &c. (ṣirasā | षिरसा |, ‘with the head’ i e. ‘humbly, obediently’, R.); to gain, win over, R.; to take as a wife, marry, Mn.; MBh. &c.; to take = eat, drink, RV.; VS.; TBr.; to receive (a friend or guest), RV. &c. &c.; to receive (anything agreeable as a good word or omen), R.; Kālid.; to assent to, acquiesce in, approve, MBh.; R.; (rarely) to receive (an enemy), oppose, encounter, MBh.; Ragh. : Caus. -grāhayati | -ग्राहयति |, to cause to accept, present with (2 acc.), MBh.; R.; Kālid.; to answer, reply, BhP. : Desid. -jiṅfkśati | -जिङ्फ़्क्शति |, to wish to accept, Gaut.