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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udārahaṇa (उदारहण).—

1) Relating, declaration, saying, utterance.

2) Narration, recital, opening a conversation; अथा- ङ्गिरसमग्रण्यमुदाहरणवस्तुपु (athā- ṅgirasamagraṇyamudāharaṇavastupu) Kumārasambhava 6.65; अद्भुतोदाहरणानि (adbhutodāharaṇāni) Mv.5 stories or narrations.

3) A declaratory song or poem, a sort of panegyric beginning with words like जयति (jayati) and full of alliteration; पत्रे निवेशितमुदाहरणं प्रियायाः (patre niveśitamudāharaṇaṃ priyāyāḥ) V.2.14; चारणेभ्यस्त्वदीयं जयोदाहरणं श्रुत्वा (cāraṇebhyastvadīyaṃ jayodāharaṇaṃ śrutvā) V.1; जयोदाहरणं बाह्वोर्गापयामास किन्नरान् (jayodāharaṇaṃ bāhvorgāpayāmāsa kinnarān) R.4.78; (yena kenāpi tālena gadyapadyasamanvitam | jayatyupa- kramaṃ mālinyādiprāsavicitritam || tadudāharaṇaṃ nāma vibhaktyaṣṭāṅgasaṃyutam | Pratāparudra.)

4) An instance, example, illustration; समूलघातमव्नन्तः परान्नोद्यन्ति मानिनः । प्रध्वंसितान्धतमसस्त- त्रोदाहरणं रविः (samūlaghātamavnantaḥ parānnodyanti māninaḥ | pradhvaṃsitāndhatamasasta- trodāharaṇaṃ raviḥ) || Śiśupālavadha 2.33. किमुदाहरणम् (kimudāharaṇam) Kāśi. पुराणमितिवृत्ता- ख्यायिकोदाहरणम् (purāṇamitivṛttā- khyāyikodāharaṇam) ... ()| Kau. A.1.5.

5) (In Nyāya) The third member of an Indian syllogism (which has five members).

6) Beginning, commencement, introduction.

7) Exhibition, illustration; Uttararāmacarita 1.

8) (In Rhet.) An illustration reckoned as a figure of speech by some rhetoricians. It resembles अर्थान्तरन्यास (arthāntaranyāsa); e. g. अमितगुणोऽपि वदार्थो दोषेणैकेन निन्दितो भवति । निखिलरसायनराजो गन्धेनोग्रेण लशुन इव (amitaguṇo'pi vadārtho doṣeṇaikena nindito bhavati | nikhilarasāyanarājo gandhenogreṇa laśuna iva) || R. G. (For a clear distinction between the two figures see R. G., under udāharaṇa).

Derivable forms: udārahaṇam (उदारहणम्).

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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.

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