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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udvahana (उद्वहन).—

1) Marrying; श्वो भाविनि त्वमजितोद्वहने विदर्भान् (śvo bhāvini tvamajitodvahane vidarbhān) Bhāgavata 1.52.41.

2) Supporting, holding or lifting up, bearing, carrying; भुवः प्रयुक्तोद्वहनक्रियायाः (bhuvaḥ prayuktodvahanakriyāyāḥ) R.13.8; कैलास- नाथोद्वहनाय भूयः (kailāsa- nāthodvahanāya bhūyaḥ) 14.2; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1; R.2.18; Kumārasambhava 3.13.

3) Being carried on, riding; खरेणोद्वहनं तथा (khareṇodvahanaṃ tathā) Manusmṛti 8.37.

4) Possessing, having; लज्जा°, विनय° (lajjā°, vinaya°) &c.

5) Protection; सन्दह्यमानसर्वाङ्गः एषामुद्वहनाधिना (sandahyamānasarvāṅgaḥ eṣāmudvahanādhinā) Bhāgavata 3.3.7.

Derivable forms: udvahanam (उद्वहनम्).

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Udvāhana (उद्वाहन).—a. That which raises or draws up (in comp.) घटीयन्त्रं सलिलोद्वाहनं प्रहेः (ghaṭīyantraṃ salilodvāhanaṃ praheḥ) Ak.

-nam 1 Lifting up.

2) Ploughing a field twice.

3) Marriage.

4) Anxiety, anxious regret.

-nī 1 A cord, rope.

2) A small shell, cowarie (varāṭikā).

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

Udvahana (उद्वहन).—(nt.; perhaps Sanskritization of Pali *ubbahana, to ubbahati pluck out, destroy, probably from Sanskrit ud-vṛh-), removal, destruction: duḥkhodvahanacittāś ca Bodhisattvabhūmi 248.8; saṃsāre sarva-duḥkhodvahanāya bhavati 249.6.

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

Udvāhana (उद्वाहन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Marriage. 2. Ploughing a field twice. 3. Anxiety, anxious regret. f. (-nī) The small shell used as a coin, a Cowri. E. ut up, vāh to endeavour, lyuṭ affix, and ṅīṣ fem. do.

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

Udvahana (उद्वहन).—[ud-vah + ana], n. 1. Lifting up, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 13, 8. 2. Bearing, Pañc, 68, 23; having, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 384. 3. Riding, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 370.

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

Udvahana (उद्वहन).—[neuter] lifting up, carrying, drawing; riding on ([instrumental]); leading home, marriage, possession.

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

1) Udvahana (उद्वहन):—[=ud-vahana] [from ud-vah] n. the act of lifting or bringing up, [Suśruta; Raghuvaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] carrying, drawing, driving

3) [v.s. ...] being carried on, riding (inst.), [Pañcatantra; Raghuvaṃśa; Kumāra-sambhava; Manu-smṛti] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] leading home (a bride), wedding, marriage, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] possessing, showing, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

6) [v.s. ...] the lowest part of a pillar, pediment [commentator or commentary] on [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

7) Udvāhana (उद्वाहन):—[=ud-vāhana] [from ud-vah] mf(ī)n. drawing up, lifting up, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] n. anything which raises or draws up, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] ploughing a field twice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] anxiety, anxious regret, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [v.s. ...] marriage, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Udvāhana (उद्वाहन):—[udvā-hana] (naṃ) n. Marrying; ploughing a field twice; anxiety, regret. (nī) f. A small shell, a Cauri.

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

Udvahana (उद्वहन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvvahaṇa.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Udvahana (ಉದ್ವಹನ):—

1) [noun] the act of raising (with a support from below).

2) [noun] bearing or drawing (as a load).

3) [noun] the act and fact of sitting on and being carried along by a horse or other animal, esp. one controlled by the rider; riding.

4) [noun] the fact of having or possessing.

5) [noun] the act or an instance of marrying; wedding; marriage.

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Udvāhana (ಉದ್ವಾಹನ):—[noun] an apparatus or a machine used to pull up, hoist, lift or push up (something heavy); a lift or an elevator.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Hana, Vahana, Udva, Ud.

Starts with: Udvahanabhru.

Ends with: Samudvahana.

Full-text: Udvahani, Bharodvahana, Uvvahana, Utsadana, Vahana.

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