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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upadehikā (उपदेहिका).—A kind of insect, white ant (Mar. vāḷavī).

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

Upadehikā (उपदेहिका).—f.

(-kā) A kind of insect. E. upa with, &c. deha the body, affixes kan and ṭāp; also utpādikā.

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

1) Upadehikā (उपदेहिका):—[=upa-dehikā] [from upa-dih] f. a species of ant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] the white ant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Upadehikā (उपदेहिका):—[upa-dehikā] (kā) 1. f. A kind of insect.

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

Upadehikā (उपदेहिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvadehī.

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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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Partial matches: Dehika, Upa.

Full-text: Uvadehi, Dehika, Divi, Uddehika, Upadika.

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