प्रग्रह /pragraha/ m.
1) растягивание, вытягивание
2) схватывание, захватывание
3) астр. затмение
4) одержимость
5) встреча
6) почёт, уважение
1) поводья; узда
8) верёвка
9) предводитель, вождь
10) попутчик

существительное, м.р.

	sg.	du.	pl.
Nom.	pragrahaḥ	pragrahau	pragrahāḥ
Gen.	pragrahasya	pragrahayoḥ	pragrahāṇām
Dat.	pragrahāya	pragrahābhyām	pragrahebhyaḥ
Instr.	pragraheṇa	pragrahābhyām	pragrahaiḥ
Acc.	pragraham	pragrahau	pragrahān
Abl.	pragrahāt	pragrahābhyām	pragrahebhyaḥ
Loc.	pragrahe	pragrahayoḥ	pragraheṣu
Voc.	pragraha	pragrahau	pragrahāḥ

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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  प्रग्रह [ pragraha ] [ pra-graha ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) holding in front , stretching forth Lit. MBh.

   seizing , clutching , taking hold of ( [ °haṃ gataḥ ] , seized , taken) Lit. ib. Lit. Hariv.

   a partic. manner of fighting Lit. MBh. ( = [ śatror uttānapā-tanārtham pādākarṣaṇam ] , or = [ gala-hastakaḥ ] Lit. Nīlak.)

   the seizure of the sun or moon , beginning of an eclipse ( cf. [ graha ] ) Lit. Sūryas.

   friendly reception , kindness , favour Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.

   obstinacy , stubbornness ( [ °haṃgataḥ ] , obstinate , stubborn) Lit. MBh.

   a rein , bridle Lit. KaṭhUp. Lit. MBh.

   a ray of light (like all words meaning " rein " or " bridle " ) Lit. L.

   a rope , halter , cord , string , thong Lit. MBh.

   the cord or string suspending a balance Lit. L.

   a guide , leader , ruler (also as N. of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa) Lit. MBh.

   a companion , satellite Lit. ib.

   binding Lit. L.

   taming , breaking (a horse) Lit. L.

   the arm Lit. L.

   a species of plant Lit. Car. ( Cassis Fistula Lit. L.)

   a vowel not subject to the rules of Saṃdhi Lit. TPrāt. ( [ -tva ] n. Sch. ; cf. 1. [ pra-gṛhya ] )

   N. of a partic. sacrificial rite (also [ -homa ] Lit. KātyŚr. Sch.)

   [ pragraha ] m. f. n. receiving , kind , hospitable (with [ sabhā ] f. a hall of reception , an audience hall) Lit. R. (B.)

   mf ( [ ā ] ) n. = [ ūrdhvabāhu ] (?) Lit. R. Sch. ( cf. [ práñjali-pragr ] )

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