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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gras (ग्रस्).—I. 1 Ā. [ग्रसते, ग्रस्त (grasate, grasta)]

1) To swallow, devour, eat up, consume; स इमां पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां संक्षिप्य ग्रसते पुनः (sa imāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ saṃkṣipya grasate punaḥ) Mb.; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 11.3.

2) To seize.

3) To eclipse; द्वावेव ग्रसते दिनेश्वरनिशाप्राणेश्वरौ भासुरौ (dvāveva grasate dineśvaraniśāprāṇeśvarau bhāsurau) Bhartṛhari 2.34; हिमांशुमाशु ग्रसते तन्म्रदिम्नः स्फुटं फलम् (himāṃśumāśu grasate tanmradimnaḥ sphuṭaṃ phalam) Śiśupālavadha 2.49.

4) To slur over words.

5) To destroy. -With सं (saṃ) to destroy; संग्रस्यतेऽसौ पुरुषाऽ धिपेन (saṃgrasyate'sau puruṣā' dhipena) Bhaṭṭikāvya 12.4. -II. 1 P., 1 U. (grasati, grāsayati-te) To eat, devour.

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

Gras (ग्रस्).—[grasa] r. 1st cl. (u) grasu (grasate) 1. To eat. 2. To swallow, to devour. r. 1st and 10th cls. (grasati grāsayati) To take, to seize. bhvā-ātma-saka-seṭ . curā-ubha0 .

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

Gras (ग्रस्).— (akin to 2. gṛ10), i. 1, and † 10, [Parasmaipada.] and [Ātmanepada.] 1. To seize with the mouth, Mahābhārata 3, 2383. 2. To seize, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 245; to devour, Mahābhārata 3, 13829.

— Comp. ptcple. of the pf. pass., vāta-grasta, m. 1. Epileptic. 2. Rheumatic. vāyu-grasta, Frantic, Da- śak. in Chr. 200, 9. Ptcple. of the fut. pass., grasya, Eatable, Mahābhārata 5, 1107.

— With the prep. upa upa, To swallow, Mahābhārata 2, 2693.

— With pra pra, To swallow, Mahābhārata 1, 1153.

— Cf. perhaps from a [frequentative.],

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

Gras (ग्रस्).—grasati grasate [participle] gramita & grasta put in the mouth, swallow, devour, consume, vex, afflict; destroy, annihilate. [Causative] grāsaṃyati cause to devour.

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

1) Gras (ग्रस्):—1. gras [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] grasati, te (perf. [Potential] [Ātmanepada] jagrasīta, [Ṛg-veda v, 41, 17]; p. [Ātmanepada] and [Passive voice] jagrasāna, [Ṛg-veda]),

—to seize with the mouth, take into the mouth, swallow, devour, eat, consume, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc.;

—to swallow up, cause to disappear, [Mahābhārata iii, 1597; Rāmāyaṇa i, 56, 13-17];

—to eclipse, [Mahābhārata i, 1166; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to swallow or slur over words, pronounce indistinctly, [Pāṇinīya-śikṣā] ([Ṛg-veda]) 27;

—to suppress, stop or neglect (a lawsuit), [Manu-smṛti viii, 43] :—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] grāsayati, to cause to swallow or devour, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to consume, swallow, [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 76];—

2) cf. γράω; [Latin] grā-men; [German] gras; [English] grass.

3) 2. gras mfn. ifc. ‘swallowing’ (e.g. piṇḍa- q.v.)

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Gras (ग्रस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Gasa, Ghisa.

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Gras 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

Gras in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a morsel; victim; eclipsed part (of Sun or Moon)..—gras (ग्रास) is alternatively transliterated as Grāsa.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 1.117.1 < [Sukta 117]

Rig Veda 7.24.3 < [Sukta 24]

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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)

Chapter 6 - Celestial Practice < [Book 14 - Great Compassion Cycle]

Chapter 4 - Tsethang Monastery < [Book 15 - Monastic Systems]

Chapter 17a - Gotshangpa together with his great sons < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]

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Triveni Journal

What does the Kirtimukha mean? < [Aug - Sept 1939]

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