Udghata, Udghāṭa, Udghāta: 11 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udghāṭa (उद्घाट).—

1) A watch or guard-house.

2) The act of exposing or showing (the teeth).

Derivable forms: udghāṭaḥ (उद्घाटः).

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Udghāta (उद्घात).—1 P.VII.3.54. Beginning, commencement; उद्घातः प्रणवो यासाम् (udghātaḥ praṇavo yāsām) Kumārasambhava 2.12; आकुमारकथोद्घातं शालिगोप्यो जगुर्यशः (ākumārakathodghātaṃ śāligopyo jaguryaśaḥ) R.4.2.

2) Allusion, reference; कथोद्घाताः (kathodghātāḥ) Uttararāmacarita 2.

3) Striking, wounding, inflicting an injury.

4) A stroke, blow, wound.

5) Tripping, slipping, jolting, shaking (as of a carriage); ययावनुद्घातसुखेन सोऽध्वना (yayāvanudghātasukhena so'dhvanā) Śiśupālavadha 12.2; R.2.72; Ve.2.28; चक्र° (cakra°) V.1; Uttararāmacarita 5.1. v. l.

6) Rising, elevation.

7) A club, mallet.

8) A weapon (in general).

9) Breathing through the nostrils as a religious exercise (Wilson).

1) A division of a book, chapter; section.

Derivable forms: udghātaḥ (उद्घातः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Udghāṭa (उद्घाट).—see aruṇodghāṭa.

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

Udghāṭa (उद्घाट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) A watch or guard house. E. ut up, ghaṭ to endeavour, &c. ghañ aff.

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Udghāta (उद्घात).—m.

(-taḥ) 1. A beginning, a thing begun. 2. A weapon. 3. A club, a mallet. 4. Striking, wounding, inflicting a hurt. 5. A wound, a blow. 6. The division of a book, a chapter, a section. 7. Breathing through the nostrils as a religious exercise. 8. Slipping, tripping. 9. High, tall. E. ut before han to kill or destroy, and ghañ affix, ta is substituted for na.

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

Udghāta (उद्घात).—i. e. ud-han, [Causal.], + a, m. 1. A toss, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 192; pain, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 17, 3. 2. Height, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 4, 12. 3. A beginning, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 20.

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

Udghāṭa (उद्घाट).—[masculine] = udghāṭana [neuter]

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Udghāta (उद्घात).—[masculine] strike, blow, jerk, jolt; elevation, eminence; rising, beginning.

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

1) Udghāṭa (उद्घाट):—[=ud-ghāṭa] [from ud-ghaṭ] m. the act of exposing or showing (the teeth), Śubh.

2) [v.s. ...] a watch or guard-house, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Udghāta (उद्घात):—[=ud-ghāta] a m. (√ghas), flesh, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] b etc. See ud-dhan, p. 188, col. 3.

5) [=ud-ghāta] [from ud-dhan] c m. the act of striking, wounding, inflicting a hurt

6) [v.s. ...] a wound, blow, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

7) [v.s. ...] slipping, tripping, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] raising, elevation, [Rāmāyaṇa]

9) [v.s. ...] beginning, commencement

10) [v.s. ...] a thing begun, [Raghuvaṃśa; Kumāra-sambhava; Kathāsaritsāgara]

11) [v.s. ...] breathing through the nostrils (as a religious exercise), [Vāyu-purāṇa]

12) [v.s. ...] a club, mallet

13) [v.s. ...] a weapon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

14) [v.s. ...] a division of a book, chapter, section, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Udghāṭa (उद्घाट):—[ud-ghāṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A watch-house.

2) Udghāta (उद्घात):—[ud-ghāta] (taḥ) 1. m. A beginning; a weapon; a stroke; a wound; section; breathing through the nostrils; slipping. a. High.

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

Udghāṭa (उद्घाट) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ugga, Ugghaḍa, Ugghāa, Ugghāḍa.

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Udghata in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Udghaṭa (ಉದ್ಘಟ):—[noun] a big vessel.

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Udghāṭa (ಉದ್ಘಾಟ):—

1) [noun] a watch-house.

2) [noun] a favourable time or juncture; opportunity; occasion.

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Udghāta (ಉದ್ಘಾತ):—

1) [noun] a heavy blow; a banging.

2) [noun] a heavy medieval war club, often with a spiked, metal head; a mace.

3) [noun] a beginning; a start; a formal opening.

4) [noun] a systematic exercise of controlling the breathing including holding the breath inside.

5) [noun] a division of a book; a chapter.

6) [noun] the act or an instance of slipping oneself while walking or falling down from a height.

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

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