उपग्रहः [upagrahḥ] 1 Confinement, seizure.
Defeat, frustration; अपि च विहिते मत्कृत्यानां निकाममुपग्रहे
[Mu.4.2.] A prisoner.
Joining, addition.
(a) Favour, encouragement, assistance, conciliation; सोपग्रहम्
[K.156.] परविषये कृत्याकृत्यपक्षोपग्रहः ।
[Kau.A.1.] अमित्रोपग्रहं चास्य ते कुर्युः क्षिप्रमापदि
[Mb.12.96.14.] (b) Favourableness, kindness, complacence; सोपग्रहं
[K.264.] Use.
A kind of peace purchased by giving over every thing; cf. क्रियते प्राणरक्षार्थं सर्वदानादुपग्रहः
[H.4.121.] The voice or pada of a verb; सुप्तिङुपग्रहलिङ्गनराणां
[Mbh. III.1.85;1.4;] and 2.127.
A pile or heap of kuśa grass.
The presiding spirit or cause which directs a planet's motion.
A minor planet राहु, केतु &c.), a secondary heavenly body, such as a comet, meteor.