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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upadru (उपद्रु).—1 P.

1) To run near to, run towards; स व्रीहिणां यावदपासितुं गताः शुकात्मृगैस्तावदुपद्रुतश्रियाम् (sa vrīhiṇāṃ yāvadapāsituṃ gatāḥ śukātmṛgaistāvadupadrutaśriyām) Śiśupālavadha 12.42.

2) To attack, assault, rush at; तमुपाद्रवदुद्यम्य दक्षिणं दोर्निशाचरः (tamupādravadudyamya dakṣiṇaṃ dorniśācaraḥ) R.15.23; प्राग्ज्योतिषमुपाद्रवत् (prāgjyotiṣamupādravat) Mb.

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

Upadru (उपद्रु).—& samupa rush at ([accusative]); attack, visit, befall.

Upadru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and dru (द्रु).

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

1) Upadru (उपद्रु):—[=upa-√dru] [Parasmaipada] -dravati ([Aorist] -adudrot, [Ṛg-veda]) to run near or towards;

—to run at, rush at, oppress, assault, attack, [Ṛg-veda ii, 30, 3; iv, 16, 1; Atharva-veda vii, 73, 6; xviii, 2, 23; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Chāndogya-upaniṣad];

—to sing the Upa-drava or fourth of the five parts of a Sāman stanza, [Aitareya-āraṇyaka ii, 3, 4, 3.]

2) Upādru (उपाद्रु):—[=upā-√dru] [Parasmaipada] ([imperative] 2. sg. -drava) to run or hasten near to, [Ṛg-veda vi, 48, 16.]

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

Upadru (उपद्रु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvaddava.

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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: Dru, Upa.

Starts with: Upadruma, Upadruta, Upadrutashila.

Ends with: Pratyupadru, Samupadru, Yupadru.

Full-text: Upadrava, Uvaddava, Pratyupadru, Upaddavati, Samupadru, Upadrotar, Upadravin, Upadruta.

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