Udvashpa, Udvāṣpa: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Udvāṣpa can be transliterated into English as Udvaspa or Udvashpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Udvāṣpa (उद्वाष्प).—a. Shedding tears; M. W.
Udvāṣpa (उद्वाष्प).—adj. shedding tears, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 10, 208 (hence udvāṣpa + tva, n. shedding tears, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 29). Sa-vāṣpa + m, adv. with tears in his eyes, [Pañcatantra] 243, 4.
— Cf. [Latin] vappa, perhaps vāpor (cf. 1. vā).
Udvāṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ud and vāṣpa (वाष्प).
Udvāṣpa (उद्वाष्प):—[=ud-vāṣpa] mfn. shedding tears, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Udvāṣpa (उद्वाष्प):—(ud + vā) adj. Thränen vergiessend [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 208.] nayanayorudvāṣpatvam [Vikramorvaśī 29.]
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Udvāṣpa (उद्वाष्प):—[Kathāsaritsāgara 68, 50. 70, 83. 94, 49. 102, 52.] sodvāṣpam adv. mit Thränen im Auge [123, 331.]
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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