As a deity name
Name 760 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
प्रग्रह · noun · masculine
ग्रहण करने या पकड़ने का भाव या ढंग । धारण · लड़ने का एक प्रकार · सूर्य अथवा चंद्रमा के ग्रहण का आंरभ — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रग्रह" is प्र- + ग्रह: ग्रह means "planet", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
seizing, clutching, taking hold of (˚haṃ gataḥ, seized, taken)
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Dictionary citations
pra-˚graha m. (ifc. f(ā). ) holding in front, stretching forth, MBh.
seizing, clutching, taking hold of (˚haṃ gataḥ, seized, taken), ib.; Hariv.
a partic. manner of fighting, MBh. (= śatror uttānapā-tanārtham pādākarṣaṇam, or = gala-hastakaḥ, Nīlak.)
the seizure of the sun or moon, beginning of an eclipse (cf. graha), Sūryas.
friendly reception, kindness, favour, MBh.; Hariv.
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