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Source: academia.edu: Rare Sanskrit Words from the Commentary on the Bṛhat-kalpa-bhāṣya

Udvedha (उद्वेध) refers to “depth” or “width”.— In his publication for the Journal of Jaina Studies, Yutaka Kawasaki collected in a non-definite list several rare Sanskrit words (e.g., udvedha) from Malayagiri’s and Kṣemakīrti’s commentaries on the Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya: a 6th century commentary on monastic discipline authored by Svetambara Jain exegete Saṅghadāsa.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Udvedha (उद्वेध).—(m.? = Pali ubbedha, defined as height; AMg. uvveha, defined by [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary] only as depth; Prakrit uvveha, according to [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo] height or depth, also zamīn-ka avagāha, penetration of the ground[?]), height (so surely in most cases): Śikṣāsamuccaya 246.5 lokadhātuḥ saṃtiṣṭhate, catura- śītiryojanasahasrāṇy udvedhena; Mahāvastu i.196.17; iii.229.14; 232.10 (yaṣṭi, or yaṣṭī…) dvādaśayojanāni udvedhena; Mahāvastu i.196.2 (iṣikāni, so text…) dvādaśapauruṣā udvedhena; here preceded by figures relating to depth (extent of pene- tration of the ground), see naikhanya, and circumference (? see parigohya); in a close parallel, Mahāvastu iii.228.13, (iṣīkāni…) dvādaśapuruṣa-udvedhena (mss. udvehena, uddehena) is preceded by the statement of depth (naikha- nya) and by a form read by Senart tripauruṣoccāni, which would refer to height and so be inconsistent with udvedhena (which, however, if it meant depth, would be inconsistent with the preceding form containing naikha- nya); it seems that Senart should have assumed -parigohya [Page132-b+ 71] (as in i.196.2; or some form relating to circumference) instead of -ucca (mss. read -pauruṣaroccāni or -puruṣaro- ddhā, perhaps showing, in the syllable -ro-, a faint trace of that original). Senart himself saw this in his note on i.196.2, but overlooked it on iii.228.13. Cf. āvedha, pravedha.

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

Udvedha (उद्वेध) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvveha.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vedha, Ud, Veta.

Full-text: Uvveha, Ubbedha, Parigohya, Pravedha, Abhinivesa, Avedha.

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