Udvardhana: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udvardhana (उद्वर्धन).—

1) Increase.

2) Sly or suppressed laughter.

Derivable forms: udvardhanam (उद्वर्धनम्).

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

Udvardhana (उद्वर्धन) or Udvarddhana.—n.

(-naṃ) A sly or suppressed laugh. E. ut priv. vṛdh to increase, and lyuṭ aff.

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

1) Udvardhana (उद्वर्धन):—[=ud-vardhana] a See ud-√vṛdh.

2) [=ud-vardhana] [from ud-vṛdh] b n. sly or suppressed laughter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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