Udgharshana, Udgharṣaṇa: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Udgharṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Udgharsana or Udgharshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsUdgharṣaṇa (उद्घर्षण):—The act of rubbing the body with powder opposite direction I, e opposite to hair follicles.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUdgharṣaṇa (उद्घर्षण).—
1) Rubbing, rubbing up; यस्योद्घर्षणलोष्टकैरपि सदा पृष्ठे न जातः किणः (yasyodgharṣaṇaloṣṭakairapi sadā pṛṣṭhe na jātaḥ kiṇaḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 2.11.
2) Rubbing the skin with hard substances.
3) A cudgel.
Derivable forms: udgharṣaṇam (उद्घर्षणम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdgharṣaṇa (उद्घर्षण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) 1. Rubbing, rubbing up. 2. Rubbing the skin with hard substances, as vitrified brick, &c. E. ud and gharṣaṇa friction.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdgharṣaṇa (उद्घर्षण).—i. e. ud-ghṛṣ + ana, n. Thrashing, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 34, 3.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdgharṣaṇa (उद्घर्षण).—[neuter] rubbing, cudgelling.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Udgharṣaṇa (उद्घर्षण):—[=ud-gharṣaṇa] [from ud-ghṛṣ] n. idem, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] rubbing up, scratching, [Suśruta ii, 149, 13]
3) [v.s. ...] striking, beating, blows, [Mṛcchakaṭikā]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdgharṣaṇa (उद्घर्षण):—[ud-gharṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Friction.
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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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Partial matches: Gharshana, Ud.
Full-text: Gharsh.
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