प्रतिग्रह

{ pratigrahḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   pratigraha m S Acceptance of a gift. 2 Acceptance, admission, allowing. 3 In law. The actual receiving or getting possession of a gift: also the right or title to a possession which consists in gift.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  Acceptance of a gift. Acceptance, admission.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रति-°ग्रह  m.  m. receiving, accepting, acceptance of gifts (as the peculiar prerogative of Brāhmans; cf. [IW. 237; 262]), [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ( °ग्रहं-√ कृ, to receive presents, [Mn.])

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प्रति °ग्रह

   friendly reception, [MBh.]
   favour, grace, [MBh.]
   taking a wife, marrying, [R.]
   receiving with the ear i.e. hearing, [Kathās.]
केश   a grasper, seizer (-, a hair-cutter, barber), [Gobh.] a receiver, KātyŚr.; [R.]
   a chamber-vessel or any similar convenience for sick persons, [Car.]
   a spittoon, [L.]
   a gift, present ( esp. a donation to a Brāhman at suitable periods), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. ( instr. ‘as a present’ [Kathās.])
    N. of the objects or functions corresponding to the 8 ग्रहs, [L.]
क्रिया-कार   = , [L.]

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क्रिया कार

   the reserve of an army (a detachment posted with the general 400 yards in the rear of a line), [W.]
   the sun near the moon's node, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रतिग्रहः [pratigrahḥ]   1 Receiving, accepting.
   Receiving or accepting a donation; अयाचितोपपन्ने तु नास्ति दोषः प्रतिग्रहे
   The right of receiving or accepting a donation.
   The right of receiving gifts (which is a peculiar prerogative of Brāhmaṇas); अध्यापनमध्ययनं यजनं याजनं तथा । दानं प्रतिग्रहं चैव ब्राह्मणानामकल्पयत् ॥ [Ms.1.88;4.86;] [Y.1.118]
   A gift, present, donation; राज्ञः प्रतिग्रहोऽयम् [Ś.1;] [Śi.14.35.]
   A receiver (of a gift).
   Kind or friendly reception; प्रतिग्रहाय पाण्डूनां प्रेषयामास कौरवान् [Mb.1.27.12.]
   Favour, grace.
   Marrying; तत्प्रतिग्रहलाभाय जित्वा भूपान् स्वयंवरे [Bm.1.456.]
   Listening to.
   The rear of an army.
   A spitting-pot.
   The sun near the moon's node.
   a chambervessel (for sick persons).
   a grasper, seizer; केश- प्रतिग्रहः = barber.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रतिग्रह  m.  ( -हः)
   1. Acceptance, assent.
   2. Proper donation to Brāh- [Page478-b+ 60] mans, whatever is a fit present to a Brāhman at suitable periods. 3. The acceptance of such a gift.
   4. Friendly reception.
   5. Favor. 6. Marrying.
   7. A spitting-pot.
   8. The reserve of an army, ā detachment posted with the general four hundred yards in the rear of the line.
   9. The sun near the moon's node.
    E. प्रति again, &c. and ग्रह taking.

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प्रति ग्रह

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : अनुष्ठा