Galagraha, Gala-graha: 10 definitions
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Galagraha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsGalagraha (गलग्रह):—[galagraham] Spasm in throat.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygalagraha (गलग्रह).—m S A common term for certain lunar days; viz. 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th, and the day of conjunction. On these days muñja is not to be performed. 2 Seizing by the throat, throttling. v kara. 3 Quinsy.
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gaḷagraha (गळग्रह).—m (Seizer of the neck. galagraha S q. v.) 2 Applied fig. to a person that hangs upon unweariedly in supplication or enforcement; to a worrying beggar, a dun, a taskmaster &c.: also to one who (by want of punctuality, by unfaithfulness &c.) stops, obstructs, detains, hinders: also to a clog, encumbrance, embarrassment; or to constraint, force &c. Ex. tumhī bhōjanāsa yēṇyā- viṣayīṃ malā ga0 ghālatāṃ parantu malā phāvaṇāra nāhīṃ. 3 Quinsy. 4 A sort of tongs (for hot cooking pots &c.)
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgaḷagraha (गळग्रह).—m(Seizure of the neck.) A person that hangs upon unweariedly in sup- plication or enforcement; a worrying beggar, a dun, a taskmaster; also a clog, encumbrance.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGalagraha (गलग्रह).—
1) seizing by the throat, throttling, smothering.
2) a kind of disease; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.33.5.
3) Name of certain days in the dark fortnight of a month :-i. e. the 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th and the three following days.
4) a day on which a course of study is commenced, but immediately preceding a day on which it is prohibited.
5) study, begun but immediately interrupted.
Derivable forms: galagrahaḥ (गलग्रहः).
Galagraha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gala and graha (ग्रह). See also (synonyms): galagrahaṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGalagraha (गलग्रह).—m.
(-haḥ) 1. A sauce of fish ground up with salt, pepper, Ghee, &c. 2. A day on which a course of study is commenced, but immediately preceding a day on which study is prohibited. 3. The fourth lunation of the dark fortnight, the seventh eighth, and ninth, the thirteenth and three days following. 4. Seizing any one by the throat, throttling, choking. E. gala the throat, and graha what takes, &c.; also galagrahaṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Galagraha (गलग्रह):—[=gala-graha] [from gala > gal] m. seizing by the throat, throttling, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] compression of the throat (a kind of disease), [Mahābhārata xii, 11267; Suśruta; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
3) [v.s. ...] a fish-sauce (prepared with salt, pepper, ghee etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of certain days in the dark fortnight (viz. the 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, and 3 following days), [Nārada-smṛti, nāradīya-dharma-śāstra]
5) [v.s. ...] begun but immediately interrupted study, [Rājamārt.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGalagraha (गलग्रह):—[gala-graha] (haḥ) 1. m. A fish sauce; a day of study before a day of relaxation; a lunation; throttling.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGaḷagraha (ಗಳಗ್ರಹ):—[noun] = ಗಳಗ್ರಾಹಿತ್ವ - [galagrahitva -] 1; 2) a throat disease of horses.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Galagrahana.
Ends with: Langalagraha, Mangalagraha.
Full-text: Viruddhamatikarita, Galagrahana.
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