Upasamgrihya, Upasaṃgṛhya: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Upasaṃgṛhya can be transliterated into English as Upasamgrhya or Upasamgrihya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpasaṃgṛhya (उपसंगृह्य).—ind. Having taken, holding. E. upa and sam before grah to take, lyap aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upasaṃgṛhya (उपसंगृह्य):—[=upa-saṃgṛhya] [from upasaṃ-grah] [indeclinable participle] taking hold of, clasping, embracing, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti]
2) [v.s. ...] embracing (especially pādau or pādayoḥ, the feet of a revered person; the word pādau being not unfrequently omitted), [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Suśruta] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] partaking of, receiving, accepting, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] getting or entering into, experiencing, [Mahābhārata xii]
5) [v.s. ...] winning over, conciliating, propitiating, [Daśakumāra-carita]
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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Partial matches: Samgrihya, Upa.
Full-text: Sammodana.
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