Ambiguity: Although Uchchhri has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Ucchri. It further has the optional forms Ud-shri, Ud-śri, Ud-sri and Uch-chhri.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Utsṛ (उत्सृ).—run away. [Causative] drive away or asunder, cast off, remove, dismiss, give up.

Utsṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ud and sṛ (सृ).

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

Utsṛ (उत्सृ):—[=ut-√sṛ] (ud-√sṛ) [Parasmaipada] -sarati, to hasten away, escape, [Atharva-veda iii, 9, 5; Mahābhārata] :—[Causal] -sārayati, to expel, turn out, drive away, put or throw away, leave off, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to send away, [Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to cause to come out, [Mahābhārata];

—to challenge, [Mahābhārata]

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

Utsṛ (उत्सृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ussara, Ūsara.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shri, Ut, Uch, Ud.

Starts with: Uchchhringa, Uchchhringita, Uchchhrinkhala, Uchchhrita, Uchchhriti.

Ends with: Abhyucchri, Pratyucchri, Samuchchhri.

Full-text (+8): Ussara, Ushara, Utsarana, Utsarya, Utsaraka, Ucchraya, Ucchri, Samucchraya, Utsarin, Utsarita, Utsaraniya, Utsrita, Ucchriti, Utsara, Samuchchhri, Utsaryya, Samutsarana, Pratyucchri, Samusseti, Usseti.

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