Alternative spellings of this word include Abhigrahan.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhigrahaṇa (अभिग्रहण).—Robbing, seizing in the presence of the owner.

Derivable forms: abhigrahaṇam (अभिग्रहणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhigrahaṇa (अभिग्रहण).—(nt.; Sanskrit Lex.; not in Pali), seizing, grasping: Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 18.8 viṣayābhigrahaṇapravṛttānām (vi- jñānānām).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhigrahaṇa (अभिग्रहण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Robbing, seizing any thing in presence of the owner. E. abhi before graha to take, lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhigrahaṇa (अभिग्रहण):—[=abhi-grahaṇa] [from abhi-grah] n. robbing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhigrahaṇa (अभिग्रहण):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-ṇam) Robbing (perhaps: a thorough robbery; comp. the preceding), or seizing any thing in the presence of the owner. E. grah with abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhigrahaṇa (अभिग्रहण):—[abhi-grahaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Robbing.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abhigrahana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Abhigrahaṇa (अभिग्रहण) [Also spelled abhigrahan]:—(nm) requisition.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abhigrahaṇa (ಅಭಿಗ್ರಹಣ):—

1) [noun] the act of robbing, seizing; pillage; plundering.

2) [noun] the act, fact or manner, of receiving or being received; act or fact of taking up signals; capacity for receiving; reception.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Abhigrahaṇa (अभिग्रहण):—n. taking up; taking over; acquiring; acquisition; adoption;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Grahana, Abhi.

Ends with: Dyutiabhigrahana.

Full-text: Abhigraha, Abhigrahan, Abhihara.

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