Alternative spellings of this word include Uchchhvasana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ucchvasana (उच्छ्वसन).—

1) Breathing, sighing.

2) Taking a deep breath, heaving.

3) Loosening; नीवीबन्धोच्छ्वसनम् (nīvībandhocchvasanam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2.5.

Derivable forms: ucchvasanam (उच्छ्वसनम्).

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

Ucchvasana (उच्छ्वसन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Breathing. 2. Sighing. E. ut before śvas to breathe, affix lyuṭ.

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

Ucchvasana (उच्छ्वसन).—[neuter] getting loose (girdle).

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

1) Ucchvasana (उच्छ्वसन):—[=uc-chvasana] [from uc-chvas] n. breathing, taking breath

2) [v.s. ...] sighing

3) [v.s. ...] swelling up [commentator or commentary] on [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra]

4) [v.s. ...] becoming loose (as a girdle), [Mālatīmādhava]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ucchvasana (उच्छ्वसन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ūsasaṇa.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ucchvasana (उच्छ्वसन) [Also spelled uchchhapsan]:—(nm) expiration, exhalation; hence ~[sita] (a).

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Partial matches: Uc.

Full-text: Usasana, Uchchhapsan.

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