Aupavahya, Aupavāhya: 10 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAupavāhya (औपवाह्य).—a. [upavāhya svārthe aṇ]
1) Serving for riding on; औपवाह्यं रथं युक्त्वा त्वमायाहि हयोत्तमैः (aupavāhyaṃ rathaṃ yuktvā tvamāyāhi hayottamaiḥ) Rām.2.39.1.
2) Drawn for pleasure (as a carriage).
-hyaḥ 1 A king's elephant.
2) Any royal vehicle. औपवाह्यः कुबेरस्य सार्वभौम इति स्मृतः (aupavāhyaḥ kuberasya sārvabhauma iti smṛtaḥ) Rām.4.43.34.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAupavāhya (औपवाह्य).—mfn.
(-hyaḥ-hyā-hyaṃ) Drawn for pleasure, (a carriage.) E. upavaha a conveyance, yañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAupavāhya (औपवाह्य).—i. e. upa-vah + a + ya, adj. Serving for riding on, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 39, 10.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAupavāhya (औपवाह्य).—[adjective] used for driving or riding (carriage, elephant, etc.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aupavāhya (औपवाह्य):—mfn. ([from] upa-vāha), designed for driving or riding (as a carriage or elephant etc.), [Rāmāyaṇa]
2) m. a king’s elephant, any royal vehicle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAupavāhya (औपवाह्य):—[(hyaḥ-hyā-hyaṃ) a.] Drawn for pleasure (a carriage).
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Aupavāhya (औपवाह्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvavajjha.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAupavāhya (ಔಪವಾಹ್ಯ):—[noun] a royal elephant.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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