Udvasa, Udvāsa: 10 definitions

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Udvasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Udvasa.—cf. udvasa-kuṭumbika (LP), cultivators who have come from outside and settled. Note: udvasa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

udvasa (उद्वस) [or उद्वस्त, udvasta].—a (uta & vasiti S) Abandoned, depopulated, desolate. 2 R (ut & vyasta S) Disordered, confused, deranged--things, affairs.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Udvāsa (उद्वास).—

1) Banishment.

2) Abandonment.

3) Killing.

Derivable forms: udvāsaḥ (उद्वासः).

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Udvasa (उद्वस).—a.

1) From which honey has been extracted (as a bee-hive); Vb.1.11.

2) Uninhabited, empty.

3) Disappeared, gone.

-sam Solitude.

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Udvāsa (उद्वास).—a. One who has put off one's clothes. (said of a woman after her period of impurity).

See also (synonyms): udvāsas.

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

Udvāsa (उद्वास).—m.

(-saḥ) 1. Abandoning, letting loose or free. 2. Exile. 3. Killing. E. ud away, vas to abide, causal form, ghañ aff.

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

Udvasa (उद्वस).—[-udvasa], [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 378, Uninhabited (?).

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

1) Udvāsa (उद्वास):—[=ud-vāsa] [from ud-vas] 1. ud-vāsa m. (for 2. See sub voce) banishment, exile

2) [v.s. ...] abandonment

3) [v.s. ...] setting free, dismission [gana] balādi, [Pāṇini 5-2, 136; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] carrying out for slaughter, killing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Udvasa (उद्वस):—[=ud-vasa] mfn. (cf. dur-vasa) uninhabited, empty, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

6) [v.s. ...] disappeared, gone, [Viddhaśālabhañjikā]

7) [v.s. ...] n. solitude, [Śatruṃjaya-māhātmya]

8) Udvāsa (उद्वास):—[=ud-vāsa] 2. ud-vāsa mf(ā)n. (for 1. See ud-√5. vas) one who has put off clothes (said of a woman who has put off her soiled clothes after her period of impurity), [Kauśika-sūtra]

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

Udvāsa (उद्वास):—[udvā+sa] (saḥ) 1. m. Leaving; exile.

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

Udvasa (उद्वस) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvvasa, Uvvāsa.

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Udvasa 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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