Grahika, Grāhīka: 5 definitions

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1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Grahika 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

grāhīka (ग्राहीक).—c (Commonly giṛhāīka) A purchaser or a bidder. Ex. pāhata grāhikācī āvaḍī || parīkṣaka taisēñca ratna kāḍhī ||.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Grahika (ग्रहिक).—adj.,? Mahāvyutpatti 2449, in a list of evil qualities; [Boehtlingk] 7.339 guesses ‘etwa bissig’; Tibetan dus (time) po che (great), which I cannot interpret (is it connected with sdud pa, which might render grah, collect, bring together, perhaps in a corrupt form ?); one Chin. rendering vain, futile, time-wasting (does Tibetan mean [consuming] much time?), useless. Etymologically one might guess grasping, avaricious, or the like.

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

1) Grahikā (ग्रहिका):—[from grahaka > grah] f. See grāh.

2) Grāhikā (ग्राहिका):—[from grāhaka > grah] f. with vali, one of the 3 folds which lead off the feces from the body, [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā vi, 8]

3) [v.s. ...] ifc. the taking hold of [Daśakumāra-carita vii, 193] ([varia lectio] grah).

4) Grāhika (ग्राहिक):—[from grah] mfn. insisting upon with tenacity, [Kathāsaritsāgara il, 16.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Grahika 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.

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