gahaṇa : [nt.] taking; seizing; acquisition; grasp.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Gahaṇa [fr. gaṇhāti] (adj.) seizing, taking; acquiring; (n.) seizure, grasp, hold, acquisition Vism 114 (in detail). Usually -- ˚: nāma˚ -- divase on the day on which a child gets its name (lit. acquiring a name) J i.199, 262; arahatta˚ DhA i.8; dussa˚ DhA ii.87; maccha˚ J iv.139; hattha˚ J i.294; byanjana˚ -- lakkhaṇa Nett 27. gahaṇatthāya in order to get . . . J i.279; ii.352. <-> amhākaŋ g˚ sugahaṇaŋ we have a tight grip J i.222, 223.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

gahaṇa(<[gaṇhāti握持]): a.n. 握持

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