Galagrahana, Galagrahaṇa, Gala-grahana: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGalagrahaṇa (गलग्रहण).—
1) seizing by the throat, throttling, smothering.
2) a kind of disease; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.33.5.
3) Name of certain days in the dark fortnight of a month :-i. e. the 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th and the three following days.
4) a day on which a course of study is commenced, but immediately preceding a day on which it is prohibited.
5) study, begun but immediately interrupted.
Derivable forms: galagrahaṇam (गलग्रहणम्).
Galagrahaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gala and grahaṇa (ग्रहण). See also (synonyms): galagraha.
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: Grahana, Gala.
Ends with: Langalagrahana, Pudgalagrahana.
Full-text: Galagraha.
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