Upadhav, Upadhāv: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpadhāv (उपधाव्).—1 U.
1) To run towards, approach hastily; येन साम्ना स्तोष्यन् स्यात् तत्सामोपधावेत् (yena sāmnā stoṣyan syāt tatsāmopadhāvet) Ch. Up.1.3.8.
2) To resort to; to have recourse to for assistance; तं भूतनिलयं देवं सुपर्णमुपधावत (taṃ bhūtanilayaṃ devaṃ suparṇamupadhāvata) Bhāgavata 8.1.11.
3) To run, glide (Ā.); Ṛgveda 8.3.21.
4) To worship.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpadhāv (उपधाव्).—run near, approach, hasten towards, resort to ([accusative]); [Middle] run, glide.
Upadhāv is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and dhāv (धाव्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upadhāv (उपधाव्):—[=upa-√dhāv] [Ātmanepada] (p. -dhāvamāna) to run;
—to soar, [Ṛg-veda viii, 3, 21] :
—[Parasmaipada] -dhāvati, to run near, approach hastily;
—to have recourse to for assistance, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa etc.]
2) Upādhāv (उपाधाव्):—[=upā-√dhāv] [Parasmaipada] -dhāvati, to run towards, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :
2) —[Causal] -dhāvayati, to carry or convey towards, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa x.]
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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Starts with: Upadhavana, Upadhavati, Upadhavi, Upadhavishuddha, Upadhavishuddhe, Upadhavisu.
Ends with: Samupadhav.
Full-text: Upadhavana, Samupadhav.
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