picks up, takes; picks up (improperly), takes (what has not been formally offered, cf. patiggaṇhāti); takes up, accepts; grasps; takes hold of mentally, grasps, comprehends; learns.

to take up, acquire, learn [cp. BSk. udgṛhṇāti in same sense, e.g. Divy.18 Divy.77 etc.] Snp.912 (uggahaṇanta = uggahaṇanti = uggaṇhanti Snp-a.561); imper. uggaṇha Ja.ii.30 (sippaṃ); uggaṇhāhi Mi …

favors, treats with kindness; protects, helps; acknowledges, admits.

(from uggaṇhāti) one who grasps, comprehends; (fr.

(from uggaṇhāti) one who grasps, comprehends; (fr.

(& ˚ita) commiserated, made happy, satisfied MN.i.457; SN.ii.274; SN.iii.91; SN.iv.263; AN.iii.172; Ja.iii.428.

pp. of anuggaṇhāti

to have pity on, to feel sorry for, to help, give protection DN.i.53 (vācaṃ; cp. DN-a.i.160: sārato agaṇhaṇto); Ja.ii.74; Cnd.50 (ppr. med -gayhamāna = anukampamāna); Pp.36; Pv-a.181 (imper. *[an …

…(= nakkhatta-yogaṃ uggaṇhāti); -divasa the day of birth, birthday Ja.iii.391 Ja.iv.38;…

…151; Pv-a.61 * ˚ṃ uggaṇhāti to accept from his teacher a particular instrument of meditation Vism.277 sq. (see [˚assa uggaho &…

…Dhp-a.i.166, ˚ṃ uggaṇhāti id. Pv.iii.5#4.

• -rājā the king of the nakkhattas (i.e. the moon)…

…cp. SN.v.150 sq. (˚ṃ uggaṇhāti) MN.i.119 (= five sorts of mental images); Cnd.659; Dhs-a.53 (= ākāra). See below n-gāhin &…

…= Cnd.386. pariyattiṃ uggaṇhāti to undertake the learning (of the Scriptures) Dhp-a.ii.30; cp Kp-a.91 (tipiṭaka-sabba-p
■…

seized, taken up Snp.352, Snp.785, Snp.801, Snp.837, Snp.907; Mnd.76, Mnd.100, Mnd.193.

pp. of samuggaṇhāti

to seize, grasp, embrace; ger. samuggahāya Snp.797; Mnd.105
pp samuggahīta.

saṃ + uggaṇhati

…Mil.250
■ sippaṃ uggaṇhāti to learn a craft Vv-a.138.

• -āyatana object or branch of study, art DN.i.51;…

learning, taking up, studying Pv-a.3 (sipp˚). As uggaṇhana at Vism.277.

fr. uggaṇhāti

one who takes up, acquires or learns AN.iv.196.

n. ag. to ugganhāti, Caus. uggaheti

…= Cnd.152 (= gahita parāmaṭṭha).

pp. of uggaṇhāti

to take hold of, to take up Snp.791 (= gaṇhāti Mnd.91)
ger uggahāya Snp.837.

poetic form of uggaheti (see uggaṇhati), but according to Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. representing Ved. udgṛbhāyati

…ogrāhaka in same context].

fr. ud + gṛh, see uggaṇhāti

see uggaṇhāti.