Grahitri, Grahītṛ: 6 definitions

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Grahitri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Grahītṛ can be transliterated into English as Grahitr or Grahitri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Grahītṛ (ग्रहीतृ).—a. (-trī f.) [ग्रह्-तृच् इटो दीर्घः (grah-tṛc iṭo dīrghaḥ)]

1) A taker, an accepter; as in गुणग्रहीतृ (guṇagrahītṛ) q. v.

2) Perceiver, observant; Manusmṛti 1.15.

3) Debtor; ग्रहीता यदि वै नष्टः कुटुम्बार्थे कृतो व्ययः (grahītā yadi vai naṣṭaḥ kuṭumbārthe kṛto vyayaḥ) Manusmṛti 8.166.

4) Purchaser.

5) One who seizes; Śvet. Up.3.19.

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

Grahītṛ (ग्रहीतृ).—mfn. (-tā-trī-tṛ) Taking, disposed to take. E. grah to take, tṛc affix, and ī inserted.

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

Grahītṛ (ग्रहीतृ).—i. e. grah + tṛ, I. m. f. trī, and n. Apprehending, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 15. Ii. m. 1. A purchaser, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 15. 2. A debtor, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 166.

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

Grahītṛ (ग्रहीतृ).—[masculine] seizer, taker, buyer, observer, hearer.

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

1) Grahītṛ (ग्रहीतृ):—[from grah] mfn. one who takes or seizes, [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad iii, 19]

2) [v.s. ...] one who receives, [Manu-smṛti viii, 166]

3) [v.s. ...] a purchaser, [Pañcatantra]

4) [v.s. ...] one who perceives or observes, [Manu-smṛti i, 15; Yoga-sūtra i, 41]

5) [v.s. ...] one who notices or hears, [Bālarāmāyaṇa ii, 48/49] (cf. pāṇi-.)

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

Grahītṛ (ग्रहीतृ):—[(tā-trī-tṛ) a.] Taking.

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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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