Amrita Collected Papers by A M Ghatage

SR No.: 006968
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 530
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 10 MB

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Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principles
occurrence of the meaning in the data collected and hence presumably in the language. A good example is supplied by the Oxford Latin Dictionary which gives the meanings of the verb capio as follows: 1. to take into the hand, take hold of. b. to take or pick up (arms) 2. to put on, assume (clothing, etc. also armour) 3. to take (food or drink) 4. to seize hold of, arrest (a person or his body) 5. to catch by hunting, fishing, etc. b. (of birds or beasts of prey) c. to gather, reap, get (crops or other produce) 6. to capture, seize (by military or sim. action) a. (men) b. (a place). c. (land, booty, spoils, etc.) 7. to enter or take up (a position). b. to reach, make (a harbour, etc.) 8. to take for oneself, take possession of, appropriate b. to extort (money) c. to exact (tribute, a penalty) d. to obtain (by mental processes). 9. to choose, select (for a stated or implied purpose). b. (w. pred, ace,) to choose, appoint (in a particular capacity). c. to take (an example etc.) d. to choose (a time); to seize (an opportunity) e. to adopt or form a plan. 10. to accept (something offered); to take (a bribe). 11. to get, obtain, be given, win. b. to derive (profit, revenue). c. to acquire or inherit (property). 12. to assume, take on (a form, quality. etc.). b. to require (a state or condition). 13. (of persons or things). a. to incur, suffer (inconvenience, injury etc.) b. to obtain, derive (a benefit, pleasure etc.) 14. to make a beginning, begin (at or with). b. to come to an end, finish, stop. 15. to undertake, take in hand, carry out (an action, process, policy etc.) b. to undertake, enter on (an office etc.) c. to take up arms, begin hostilities. d. to rest, sleep etc. 16. to entertain (a feeling etc.), adopt (an attitude). 17. to take a hold of, delight, charm, captivate (usu. of things). a. (act.) b. (pass.) 18. to fascinate, enthrall with love, enamour. 19. to move (by entreaty etc.) win over. b. to win over, (w. bribes etc.), corrupt. c. to overcome (by habit). 20. a. to take in, delude. b. to catch out, trap. 21. to take a hold of, afflict, overcome. a. (of physical conditions). b. (of feelings, states of mind). 22. lame, crippled, paralysed; blind, deaf, deranged. 23. (usu. of things) to have placed, impinge etc. upon it (them), receive. 24. to have within or upon itself, to contain. b. (gram.) to have as meanings or inflectional forms. 25. to (be able to) contain, have room for, hold. b. to have capacity of, hold. 26. to give scope for, hold. 27. to keep under control, contain. 28. to be capable of having; also of enduring. b. (of persons) to qualify for. c. (of things) to admit of. d. to command belief, be credible. 29. to grasp mentally, take in, comprehend (alone or w. animo etc.) b. to apprehend (with the senses). Others may consider this feature of first occurrences as not an overriding one and may regard the classification of the interrelations between the various senses as equally important. This can be represented by arranging the meanings in the form of a branching tree with