Udvas, Udvash, Udvāś: 3 definitions
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Udvas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Udvāś can be transliterated into English as Udvas or Udvash, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Udvas (उद्वस्).—Caus. To banish, expel, drive away; कृत्वा शिरसि तच्छेषं देवमुद्वासयेत्ततः (kṛtvā śirasi taccheṣaṃ devamudvāsayettataḥ) Bhāgavata 8.16.43.
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Udvāś (उद्वाश्).—To call in lamentation, in weeping उद्वाश्यमानः पितरं सरामम् (udvāśyamānaḥ pitaraṃ sarāmam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.32.
Udvas (उद्वस्).—[Causative] remove from its place ([especially] the fire from the altar ±agnim), sever, cut off (a head), root out (trees), ravage, lay waste.
Udvas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ud and vas (वस्).
1) Udvas (उद्वस्):—[=ud-vas] -√5. vas [Parasmaipada] -vasati, to live away, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary] :
—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -vāsayati, -te, to cause to live away;
—to banish, expel;
—to remove, separate, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.;
—to root out (trees), [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra];
—to destroy, lay waste, [Harivaṃśa; Pañcatantra]
2) Udvāś (उद्वाश्):—[=ud-√vāś] [Ātmanepada] -vāśyate, to address in a weeping voice or while uttering lamentations, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya iii, 32.]
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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