ālambati, °te), grasps, takes hold of, (1) literally and
physically: taṃ daridrapuruṣam adhyālambeyuḥ SP 104.3;
sumeruṃ yaś ca hastena adhyālambitva…SP 253.5 (vs);
(pāṇinā…dakṣiṇahasteṣv, em.) adhyālambya SP 484.4,
and similarly 8; adhyālambamānāḥ (sc. utensils for
worship) LV 77.2; (phalakam…) adhyālambante AsP
286.11; (tam…pārśvābhyāṃ) svadhyālambitam (so with
v.l. for text svā°) adhyālambya suparigṛhītaṃ parigṛhya
291.6; (2) metaphorically, grasps = reaches, attains:
-jñānabhūmir adhyālambitā (so read, text °batā) Gv
18.18; (bodhisattvacaryā…) katham adhyālambitavyā
Gv 59.19.