As a deity name
Name 55 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अग्राह्य · adj
न ग्रहण करने योग्य । अग्रहणिय । धारण करने के अयोग्य · न लेने लायक · त्याज्य । छोड़ने लायक । ४ न मानने योग्य । अविचारणीय (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
अग्राह्य · agrāhya · adj.
Not to be received or taken, unacceptable — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 70
Cited formation "अग्राह्य" is अ- + ग्राह्य: ग्राह्य means "To be taken", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अग्राह्य" is अ- + ग्राह्य: ग्राह्य means "To be taken", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
not to be conceived or perceived or obtained or admitted or trusted, to be rejected.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
a-grāhya mfn. not to be conceived or perceived or obtained or admitted or trusted, to be rejected.
agrāhya a. Not acceptable, that which ought not to be taken or accepted as a gift, present &c.; ˚hyaṃ śivanirmālyaṃ patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ jalaṃ; not to be perceived, admitted or trusted; not to be considered or taken into account. — hyā N. of the clay or mṛttikā which ought not to be taken for purposes of purification.
agrāhya mfn. (-hyaḥ-hyā-hyaṃ) 1 Not fit or proper to be accepted. 2 Not to be attained. 3 Not to be trusted or consented to. E. a neg. grāhya to be taken.
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