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Entry उपग्रह

उपग्रहupagraha1 Confinement, seizure.
1. 1 Confinement, seizure.
2. Defeat, frustration; अपि च विहिते मत्कृत्यानां निकाममुपग्रहे Mu.4.2.
3. A prisoner.
4. Joining, addition.
5. (a) Favour, encouragement, assistance, conciliation; सोपग्रहम् K.156. परविषये कृत्याकृत्यपक्षोपग्रहः । Kau. Atmanepada 1. अमित्रोपग्रहं चास्य ते कुर्युः क्षिप्रमापदि Mb.12.96.14. (b) Favourableness, kindness, complacence; सोपग्रहं K.264.
6. Use.
7. A kind of peace purchased by giving over every thing; Compare क्रियते प्राणरक्षार्थं सर्वदानादुपग्रहः H.4.121.
8. The voice or pada of a verb; सुप्तिङुपग्रहलिङ्गनराणां Mbh. III.1.85;1.4; and 2.127.
9. A pile or heap of kuśa grass.
10. The presiding spirit or cause which directs a planet's motion.
11. A minor planet राहु, केतु etc.), a secondary heavenly body, such as a comet, meteor.
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