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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vigrah (विग्रह्).—9 P.

1) To hold or seize, catch hold of; विजगृहे तिसृणां जयिनं पुराम् (vijagṛhe tisṛṇāṃ jayinaṃ purām) Kirātārjunīya 18.12.

2) To quarrel, fight, contend; विगृह्य चक्रे नमुचिद्विषा बली य इत्थमस्वास्थ्यमहर्दिवं दिवः (vigṛhya cakre namucidviṣā balī ya itthamasvāsthyamahardivaṃ divaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 1.51; Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.86;17.23; Kirātārjunīya 14.24.

3) To divide into parts, separate (into constituent members).

4) To dissolve, analyse, resolve in general.

5) To receive, welcome (as a guest).

6) To preceive, observe.

7) To stretch or spread out.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vigrah (विग्रह्):—[=vi-√grah] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -gṛhṇāti, ṇīte ([Vedic or Veda] also -gṛbhṇāti, ṇīte), to stretch out or apart, spread out, [Atharva-veda];

—to distribute, divide ([especially] to draw out fluids at several times), [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to hold apart, separate, isolate, [???];

— (in gram.) to analyse (cf. vi-graha);

—to wage war, fight against ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata];

—to quarrel, contend with ([instrumental case] with or without saha, or sārdham), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to seize, lay hold of ([accusative] or [locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Mṛcchakaṭikā];

—to receive in a friendly manner, welcome, [Mahābhārata];

—to perceive, observe, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :

—[Causal] -grāhayati, to cause to fight, cause to wage war against, Das, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :

—[Desiderative] -jighṛkṣati, to wish to fight against, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vigrah (विग्रह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vigaha.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vigrah in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a strife, quarrel; form, idol (e.g. [devavigraha]); (in Grammar) resolution (of a compound word) into constituent pats, separation or analysis of a compound word; ~[hi] bellicose; pugnacious, quarrelsome..—vigrah (विग्रह) is alternatively transliterated as Vigraha.

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Partial matches: Grah, Vi.

Starts with (+21): Vigraha, Vigraha-dramma, Vigraha-dramma-visvovaka, Vigrahabhamjaka, Vigrahabhamjana, Vigrahadhyana, Vigrahadramma-visovaka, Vigrahagrahana, Vigrahakara, Vigrahakarala, Vigrahakari-soca, Vigraham, Vigrahamgey, Vigrahana, Vigrahapala-dramma, Vigrahapala-satka-dramma, Vigrahapaladeva, Vigrahapaliya-dramma, Vigrahapara, Vigrahaparigraha.

Full-text (+7): Vigraha, Vigaha, Vigrihita, Vijigrahayishu, Vigrahita, Vigrihyasambhasha, Vigraham, Vigrahecchu, Vigrahavyavartani, Vigrahya, Vigrahaparigraha, Vijighrikshu, Vigrahadhyana, Vigrahaya, Vigrihyagamana, Vigrihyayana, Vigrahapaladeva, Vigrihyasana, Vigrihyavada, Vigrahin.

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The Garuda Purana (abridged)

Nrisinha Stotra < [The Divine Strotras]

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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)

Kāṇḍa IV, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Fourth Kāṇḍa]

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Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)

15. Minor matters (Khuddaka)

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