upagraha 1

upa-graha m. (for 2. s.v.) seizure, confinement L

• a prisoner L

• a handful (of Kuśa grass) Kāty

• adding, addition (of a sound) Comm. on Pāṇ

• an e used as Nidhana (q.v.) at the end of a Sāman Lāṭy. vii, 8, 11

• alteration, change SaṃhUp. ii, 3

• propitiation, conciliation, coaxing Daśar

• a kind of Sandhi or peace (purchased by the cession of everything) Kām. Hit

• the Pada or voice of a verb Comm. on Pāṇ

• a kind of demon causing diseases (supposed to preside over the planets) Hariv. 9562

 

upagraha 2

upa-graha m. (fr. graha with upa implying inferiority), a minor planet or any heavenly body of a secondary kind, a comet, meteor, falling star &c. MBh. &c

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William