ग्रसति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬕ᭄ᬭᬲᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
  • গ্ৰসতি (Assamese script)
  • গ্রসতি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰭𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀲𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ગ્રસતિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਗੑਰਸਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦒꦿꦱꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
  • គ្រសតិ (Khmer script)
  • ಗ್ರಸತಿ (Kannada script)
  • ຄ຺ຣສຕິ (Lao script)
  • ഗ്രസതി (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘭𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠷᠠᠰᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡤᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
  • ဂြသတိ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧍𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐳𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଗ୍ରସତି (Odia script)
  • ꢔ꣄ꢬꢱꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆱𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖭𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • ග්‍රසති (Sinhalese script)
  • க்³ரஸதி (Tamil script)
  • గ్రసతి (Telugu script)
  • คฺรสติ (Thai script)
  • གྲ་ས་ཏི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒮𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From ग्रस्, Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour”). Compare Ancient Greek γράω (gráō).

Pronunciation

Verb

ग्रसति • (grásati) third-singular present indicative (root ग्रस्, class 1, type P)

  1. to affect or control
  2. to seize with the mouth, take into the mouth, swallow, devour, eat, consume
  3. to swallow up, cause to disappear
  4. to eclipse
  5. to swallow or slur over words, pronounce indistinctly
  6. to suppress, stop or neglect (a lawsuit)
  7. to consume, swallow

References
  • Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 371
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