The Sanskrit term Ucchīrṣaka can be transliterated into English as Ucchirsaka or Ucchirshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Uchchhirshaka.

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Ucchīrṣaka (उच्छीर्षक) occurring in the description of the couch (paryaṅka) in the Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad1 (i. 5), apparently denotes a “cushion for the head”. See also Āsandī.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ucchīrṣaka (उच्छीर्षक).—a. Having the head raised.

-kam [utthāpitaṃ śīrṣaṃ yasmin]

1) A pillow.

2) The head; उच्छीर्षके श्रियै कुर्यात् (ucchīrṣake śriyai kuryāt) Manusmṛti 3.89.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ucchīrṣaka (उच्छीर्षक).—n.

(-kaṃ) A pillow. E. ut upon, and śīrṣaka the head: on which rests the head.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ucchīrṣaka (उच्छीर्षक).—i. e. ud -śīrṣan + ka, I. adj. Having the head erect. Ii. n. A pillow, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 89.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ucchīrṣaka (उच्छीर्षक).—[adjective] having the head raised; [neuter] pillow.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ucchīrṣaka (उच्छीर्षक):—[=uc-chīrṣaka] mfn. (ud-śī) one who has raised his head, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] n. ‘that which raises the head’, a pillow.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ucchīrṣaka (उच्छीर्षक):—[ucchī+rṣaka] (kaṃ) n. A pillow.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ucchirshaka in German

context information

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 corpus

Ucchīrṣaka (ಉಚ್ಛೀರ್ಷಕ):—[adjective] holding the head high; having the head raised.

--- OR ---

Ucchīrṣaka (ಉಚ್ಛೀರ್ಷಕ):—[noun] a cloth case filled with feathers, down, foam rubber, air, etc., used to keep the head raised while lying on the bed for sleeping or taking rest; a pillow.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Uc.

Starts with: Ucchirshakasana.

Full-text: Ushi, Usem, Ucchirshakasana, Shirshaka.

Relevant text

No search results for Ucchirshaka, Uc-chīrṣaka, Uc-chirshaka, Ucchīrṣaka, Ucchirsaka; (plurals include: Ucchirshakas, chīrṣakas, chirshakas, Ucchīrṣakas, Ucchirsakas) in any book or story.