Gāha
Gāha,[fr.gaṇhāti] 1.(n.) seizing,seizure,grip (cp.gaha):canda° suriya° an eclipse (lit.the moon,etc.,being seized by a demon) D.I,10 (=DA.I,95:Rāhu candaṁ gaṇhāti).Esp.appld to the sphere of the mind; obsession,being possessed (by a thought),an idea,opinion,view,usually as a preconceived idea,a wrong view,misconception.So in defn of diṭṭhi (wrong views) with paṭiggāha & abhinivesa Nd2 271III (on lepa); Pug.22Q Dhs.381 (=obsession like the grip of a crocodile DhsA.253),1003; Vbh.145,358.In the same formula as vipariyesa ggāha (wrong view),cp.viparīta° VvA.331 (see diṭṭhi).As doubt & error in anekaṁ sa+g° in defn of kaṅkhā & vicikicchā Nd2 1; Vbh.168; ekaṁsa° & apaṇṇaka° certainty,right thought J.I,97.-- gāhaṁ vissajjeti to give up a preconceived idea J.II,387.-- 2.(adj.) act.holding:rasmi° holding the reins Dh.222; dabbi° holding the spoons Pv.II,953 (=gāhaka PvA.135).-- (b) med.-pass.taken:jīvagāha taken alive,in °ṁ gaheti to take (prisoner) alive S.I,84,karamaragāhaṁ gaheti same J.III,361 (see kara).(Page 250)