Udgai: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUdgai (उद्गै).—1 P.
1) To sing in a loud tone, sing aloud; उद्गास्यतामिच्छति किन्नराणाम् (udgāsyatāmicchati kinnarāṇām) Kumārasambhava 1.8; गेयमुद्गातुकामा (geyamudgātukāmā) Meghadūta 88; to sing (in general); उद्गीयमानं वनदेवताभिः (udgīyamānaṃ vanadevatābhiḥ) R.2.12; निभृताक्षरमुज्जगे (nibhṛtākṣaramujjage) Śiśupālavadha 6.2.
2) To begin to sing; त्वं न उद्गायेति तथेति तेभ्योवागुदगायत् (tvaṃ na udgāyeti tatheti tebhyovāgudagāyat) Bṛ. Up.1.3.2.
3) To sing or chant (applied to the singing of Sāmaveda); साम सामविदसङ्गमुज्जगौ (sāma sāmavidasaṅgamujjagau) Śiśupālavadha 14.21; cf. उद्गातृ (udgātṛ).
4) To announce, to celebrate in song.
5) To sing before one (with acc.).
6) To fill or make resonant with song.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdgai (उद्गै):—[=ud-√gai] [Parasmaipada] -gāyati (-gāti, [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa xvii, 7]) to begin to sing;
—to sing or chant (applied especially to the singing or chanting of the Sāmaveda cf. ud-gātṛ), [Ṛg-veda x, 67, 3; Atharva-veda ix, 6, 45-48.; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Lāṭyāyana] etc. ;
—to sing out loud, [Śiśupāla-vadha vi, 20];
—to announce or celebrate in song, sing before any one (with [accusative]);
—to fill with song, [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa etc.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Udgai (उद्गै) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uggā.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text: Udgitha, Udgatri, Udgatukama, Udgeya, Udgiya, Udgatridamana, Udgatradi, Udgita, Udgatha, Udgiti, Ugga, Udgara.
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