Ubhayacara, Ubhaya-cara: 3 definitions
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Ubhayacara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Ubhayachara.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryubhayacara (उभयचर).—a (S That moves in or on the two.) That lives in water and on land or in the air: also that lives on land and in the air or in water; amphibious.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUbhayacara (उभयचर).—a. living in water and on land or in the air, amphibious. Mātaṅga L.1.28.
-raḥ a class of birds who live both on land and in the air.
Ubhayacara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ubhaya and cara (चर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUbhayacara (उभयचर):—[=ubhaya-cara] [from ubhaya > ubha] mfn. ‘moving in or on both’, living in water and on land or in the air, amphibious.
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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