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Entry ग्रास

ग्रासgrāsaA mouthful, a quantity of anything equal to a mouthful; Ms.3.133;6.28; Y.3.55.
[ग्रस् कर्मणि घञ्]
1. A mouthful, a quantity of anything equal to a mouthful; Ms.3.133;6.28; Y.3.55.
2. Food, nourishment; ग्रासाच्छादनमात्रं तु दद्या- दिति निदर्शनम् Mb.12.165.63.
3. The part of the sun or the moon eclipsed.
4. The morsel bitten.
5. The act of swallowing.
6. Slurring, indistinct pronunciation; fault in a pronunciation of the gutturals.
7. (In geom.) A piece cut out by the intersection of two circles
8. An eclipse.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आच्छादनम् food and clothing; id est, that is bare subsistence; see ग्रास (2); Ms.9.22.
- -प्रमाणम् the size of a morsel.
- -शल्यम् any extraneous substance lodged in the throat.
- -ग्रासीकृ To swallow; ग्रासीकर्तुं प्रवृत्तोऽभूदुत्थायाजगरो महान् Ks.9.57.
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