paṭiggaṇhāti : [paṭi + gah + ṇhā] takes; receives; accepts.

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

Paṭiggaṇhāti (paṭigaṇhāti) [paṭi+gaṇhāti] to receive, accept, take (up) D i.110 (vatthaŋ), 142; Vin i.200; ii.109, 116 (a sewing -- needle); S iv.326 (jātarūpa -- rajataŋ); Sn 479, 689, 690; Dh 220; J i.56, 65; DA i.236; PvA 47. In special phrase accayaŋ paṭiggaṇhāti to accept (the confession of) a sin, to pardon a sin Vinii.192; D i.85; M i.438; J v.379. -- pp. paṭiggahita (q. v.). -- Caus. ˚ggaheti Vin ii.213; M i.32.

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