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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udvah (उद्वह्).—1 P.

1) To marry, lead home (as a bride); पार्थिवीमुदवहद्रघूद्वहः (pārthivīmudavahadraghūdvahaḥ) R.11.54; नोद्वहेत्कपिलां कन्याम् (nodvahetkapilāṃ kanyām) Manusmṛti 3.8, 1,15; अविप्लुतब्रह्मचर्यो लक्षण्यां स्त्रियमुद्वहेत् (aviplutabrahmacaryo lakṣaṇyāṃ striyamudvahet) Y.1.52; Bk. 2.48; Bhāgavata 1.52.41.

2) To bear up, raise up, elevate.

3) To hold up, sustain, support; पदमुद्वहन्ती (padamudvahantī) Kumārasambhava 5.85; उद्वह धुरम् (udvaha dhuram) K.19; Kumārasambhava 6.3; आत्मानमुद्वोढुम- शक्नुवत्यः (ātmānamudvoḍhuma- śaknuvatyaḥ) R.16.6,11.66; Śiśupālavadha 9.73; Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.7; भारम् (bhāram) &c.

4) To suffer, experience, feel; वात्सल्यमोहपरिदेवितमुद्वहामि (vātsalyamohaparidevitamudvahāmi) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 6.9; स्वाम्यर्थमुद्वहन् (svāmyarthamudvahan) Mu.2.21. Adhering to his master's cause.

5) To possess, have, assume, be endowed with; पुरुषाभिमानमुद्वहद्भिः (puruṣābhimānamudvahadbhiḥ) Mu.4; यौवनमुद्वहन्त्या (yauvanamudvahantyā) Kumārasambhava 1.19; श्रियमुद्वहति मुखं ते बालातपरक्तकमलस्य (śriyamudvahati mukhaṃ te bālātaparaktakamalasya) V.4.73; M.5.14; so शब्दम्, अङ्गुलिम्, पाणिम्, ज्ञानम्, गर्वम्, प्रमोदम् (śabdam, aṅgulim, pāṇim, jñānam, garvam, pramodam) &c.

6) To carry off or away, take or lead away; तमुद्वहन्तं पथि भोजकन्याम् (tamudvahantaṃ pathi bhojakanyām) R.7.35,7.

7) To lead to termination, finish; प्रारब्धमुत्तमजनास्त्वमिवोद्वहन्ति (prārabdhamuttamajanāstvamivodvahanti) Mu.2.17 v. l.

8) To respect, honour, uphold; स्वयंभुवो वाक्यमथोद्वहन्तौ (svayaṃbhuvo vākyamathodvahantau) Rām.6.74.3. -Caus.

1) To cause to marry.

2) To spread above; उत्कर्णमुद्वाहितधीरकन्धरैः (utkarṇamudvāhitadhīrakandharaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 12.73.

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

Udvah (उद्वह्).—& samud lead up or away; raise, elevate; draw out, extract; marry (cf. udā); lead or bring to, offer, present; bear, carry (lit. & [figuratively]); have, possess, enjoy; endure, suffer; manifest, betray.

Udvah is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ud and vah (वह्).

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

Udvah (उद्वह्):—[=ud-√vah] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -vahati, -te, to lead or carry out or up, draw out, save, [Ṛg-veda i, 50, 1; vii, 69, 7; Atharva-veda; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Harivaṃśa] etc.;

—to bear up, lift up, elevate, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to take or lead away (a bride from her parents' house), lead home, marry, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa; Yājñavalkya; Raghuvaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to lead to or near, bring, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to bear (a weight or burden), wear (clothes etc.), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Kumāra-sambhava; Śiśupāla-vadha] etc.;

—to support (the earth), rule, govern, [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to wear, have, possess;

—to show, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Pañcatantra] etc.:

—[Causal] -vāhayati, to cause to marry, marry, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra]

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

Udvah (उद्वह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvvaha, Ṇivvaha.

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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: Vah, Ud.

Starts with (+10): Udvaha, Udvahacandrika, Udvahadhana, Udvahageha, Udvahaka, Udvahakarman, Udvahakarmman, Udvahalakshana, Udvahamangala, Udvahana, Udvahanabhru, Udvahani, Udvahanirnaya, Udvahanti, Udvaharksha, Udvahat, Udvahatattva, Udvahaviveka, Udvahavyavastha, Udvahavyavasthasamkshepa.

Ends with: Samudvah.

Full-text: Nivvaha, Uvvaha, Udvaha, Udvahana, Udvodhukama, Samudvaha, Prodvah, Udvahita, Udvahika, Udvahamangala, Udvahakarman, Udvahini, Udvahatattva, Udvahani, Udvaharksha, Ududha, Udvodhri, Udvahin, Samudvah.

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