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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Upa-han.—(CII 1), to harm; cf. upaghāta, injury. Note: upa-han 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upahan (उपहन्).—2 P.

1) To strike, smite; दण्डोपघातं गाः कालयति (daṇḍopaghātaṃ gāḥ kālayati) Sk.

2) To waste, injure, destroy, kill; अनुपध्नन् पितृ- द्रव्यम् (anupadhnan pitṛ- dravyam) Manusmṛti 9.28; लङ्का चोपहनिष्यते (laṅkā copahaniṣyate) Bhaṭṭikāvya 16.12,5.12; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.24.

3) To thrust in or into.

4) To err, mistake in reciting.

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

Upahan (उपहन्).—beat, strike, touch; stick on, fix, fasten; hit, hurt, afflict, damage, destroy.

Upahan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and han (हन्).

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

1) Upahan (उपहन्):—[=upa-√han] [Parasmaipada] -hanti [Ātmanepada] -jighnate, to beat, hit at, strike, touch, [Ṛg-veda vi, 75, 13; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa vi, xiv; Lāṭyāyana; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata ii];

—to stick on, put on, force in, ram, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā ii; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa i; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to take hold of, seize, take out;

—to hit, hurt, damage, visit, afflict, impede, spoil, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa iii; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Manu-smṛti] etc.;

—to make a mistake in reciting, blunder, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa iii, 35, 3; Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa] :—[Passive voice] -hanyate, [ib.; Taittirīya-saṃhitā vii, 3, 1, 1]; 2.

2) Upāhan (उपाहन्):—[=upā-√han] [Ātmanepada] (p. -ghnāna) to beat upon, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii.]

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

Upahan (उपहन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvahaṇa, Uvāhaṇa.

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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: Han, Upa.

Starts with: Upahana, Upahana Jataka, Upahana Vagga, Upahanaka, Upahanana, Upahanati, Upahani, Upahannati, Upahanni, Upahantar, Upahantavya, Upahanti, Upahantri.

Full-text: Upaghata, Uvahana, Upaghna, Upahanati, Anupahacca, Upahantavya, Upahatatman, Upaghataka, Upaghatam, Upahatadhi, Upahataka, Upahatya, Upahatnu, Upahantri, Upahanti, Upahati, Upahata, Upahana.

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