Atigraha: 5 definitions
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAtigraha (अतिग्र�).�a. [atikrānto graham]
1) Difficult to be comprehended, incomprehensible.
-�, -� 1 Object of an apprehensive organ, such as स्पर्श (貹ś) 'touch' the object of त्वच�, रस (tvac, rasa) of जिह्वा (ᾱ) &c. The Grahas are eight in number; प्रा�, वाच्, जिह्वा, चक्षुस�, श्रोत्�, मनस्, हस्त� (ṇa, 峦, ᾱ, cakṣus, śrotra, manas, hastau), & त्वच� (tvac); the corresponding پs being अपान, नामन�, रस, रू�, शब्द, का�, कर्मन् (Բ, 峾, rasa, ū貹, śabda, 峾, karman) & स्पर्श (貹ś). अथ हैनं जारत्कार� आर्तभागः पप्रच्� याज्ञवल्क्येति होवा� कत� ग्रहाः कत्यतिग्रह� इत� � अष्ट� ग्रह� अष्टावतिग्रह� इत� (atha haina� jāratkārava ārtabhāga� papraccha yājñavalkyeti hovāca kati grahā� katyatigrahā iti | aṣṭau grahā aṣṭāvatigrahā iti) B�. Up.3.2.1.
2) Right knowledge, correct apprehension.
3) Act of overtaking, surpassing &c.
4) One who siezes or takes to a very great extent..
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Atigraha (अतिग्र�):—[=ati-graha] [from ati-grah] m. act of taking over or beyond surpassing, one who takes or seizes to an extraordinary extent, (in [philosophy]) = پ.
2) پ (अतिग्राह):—[=پ-] [from ati-grah] m. the object of a graha (q.v.) or organ of apprehension (these are eight, and their corresponding ati-grahas or objects, are Բ, ‘fragrant substance�; 峾 ‘n�; rasa ‘fdzܰ�; ū貹 ‘fǰ�; sabda ٴdzܲԻ�; 峾 ‘d�; karman ‘aپDz�; 貹ś ‘touch�), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtigraha (अतिग्र�):—m.
(-�) I. Overtaking, surpassing. E. grah with ati, kṛt aff. ac. Ii. [tatpurusha compound] (In the philosophical terminology of the Upanishads) that which goes beyond the grahas or the eight instruments of apprehension i. e. the objects or functions of apprehension themselves: thus with the graha ṇa (meaning there ‘the nose�) corresponds the atigraha Բ (meaning there ‘fragrant substance�), with the graha 峦, the atigraha 峾 and likewise, with the other six grahas ᾱ, cakṣus, śrotra, manas, hasta, tvac, the atigrahas rasa, ū貹, śabda, 峾, karman and 貹ś.—Also called پ. E. ati and graha (in the sense of the accusative).
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پ (अतिग्राह):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-�) The same as atigraha in its philo-sophical meaning. E. ati and (in the sense of the accus.).
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Section II - Yajnavalkya and Artabhaga < [Chapter III]
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