Pragrihnati, Pragṛhṇāti: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Pragṛhṇāti can be transliterated into English as Pragrhnati or Pragrihnati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPragṛhṇāti (प्रगृह्णाति).—(not in this meaning in Sanskrit; = Pali paggaṇ-hāti, used with cittaṃ as object), exercises, activates (the mind): cittaṃ °ṇāti Mahāvyutpatti 964 (follows vīryam ārabhate); pragrahakāle (see pragraha) cittaṃ °ṇāti Bodhisattvabhūmi 205.16.
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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