Upahri, Upahṛ, Upāhṛ: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Upahṛ and Upāhṛ can be transliterated into English as Upahr or Upahri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpahṛ (उपहृ).—1 P.
1) To fetch, bring near, भक्त्युपहृत (bhaktyupahṛta) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 9.26; फलमिश्रमर्घमुपहर (phalamiśramarghamupahara) Ś.1; तमस्योपहर (tamasyopahara) Ś.7; so बलिम् अन्नम् (balim annam) &c.
2) To offer, present, give (with dat. or gen.); विमानप्रतिमां तत्र मनेय सुकृतां सभाम् । पाण्डवानामुपहृतां स दृष्ट्वा पर्यतप्यत (vimānapratimāṃ tatra maneya sukṛtāṃ sabhām | pāṇḍavānāmupahṛtāṃ sa dṛṣṭvā paryatapyata) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.1.135. तथापि राजपरिग्रहोऽस्य प्रभुत्वमुपहरति (tathāpi rājaparigraho'sya prabhutvamupaharati) M.1 invests with importance; मातृभ्यो बलिमुपहर (mātṛbhyo balimupahara) Mṛcchakaṭika 1; नीवारभागधेयमस्माकमुपहरन्तु (nīvārabhāgadheyamasmākamupaharantu) Ś.2; दर्भान् ऋत्विग्भ्य उपहरामि (darbhān ṛtvigbhya upaharāmi) Ś. 3; Mv.6.22; K.4,65; R.14.19,16.86,19.12; उपहर पादम् (upahara pādam) M.3 give.
3) To serve out or distribute (food).
4) To offer as a victim, sacrifice; प्रागुपयाचितं स्त्रीरत्नमुपहर्तव्यम् (prāgupayācitaṃ strīratnamupahartavyam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5; मालतीमुपहरन् (mālatīmupaharan) 9.
5) To put down, throw.
6) To collect, gather together.
7) To take away, destroy.
8) To employ, apply, use. -Caus. To cause to offer or bring; मां प्रियाण्युपहारय (māṃ priyāṇyupahāraya) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.84.
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Upāhṛ (उपाहृ).—1 U.
1) To offer, give.
2) To cause, produce; स्पर्शसुखम् (sparśasukham) K.124.
3) To make, prepare.
4) To seize.
5) To propitiate; Bhāgavata 1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpāhṛ (उपाहृ).—fetch, get, procure, offer, present, take hold of, win, acquire, undertake, accomplish.
Upāhṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upā and hṛ (हृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upahṛ (उपहृ):—[=upa-√hṛ] [Parasmaipada] -harati, to bring near, reach forth, proffer, offer, place before, give to taste ([especially] food), [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra] and, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Suśruta] etc.;
—to put together, gather, collect, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
—to apply (medicine), [Suśruta];
—to take away;
—to destroy, [Mahābhārata ii] :
—[Ātmanepada] -harate, to accept, receive, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā v] :
—[Causal] -hārayati, to place before, proffer, offer, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta] :
—[Desiderative] jihīrṣati, to wish to offer, [Mahābhārata ii, 862.]
2) Upāhṛ (उपाहृ):—[=upā-√hṛ] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -harati, -te, to bring near to, bring near for, reach over, offer, give, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa iii; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Lāṭyāyana; Mahābhārata; Yājñavalkya] etc.;
2) —to bring near to one’s self, take before one’s self, take to task, undertake, prepare, accomplish, [Mahābhārata; Nirukta, by Yāska];
2) —to subdue, make subject, [Prabodha-candrodaya; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
2) —to propitiate, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa x];
2) —to take away, draw away, separate, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Caraka]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Upahṛ (उपहृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvahara.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Upahridaya, Upahridayamantra, Upahrita, Upahritya.
Ends with: Abhyupahri, Pratyupahri, Samupahri.
Full-text (+5): Upahara, Abhyupahri, Upahartri, Upaharana, Uvahara, Upahrita, Pratyupahri, Samupahri, Upajihirsha, Upahartavya, Upaharata, Upaharin, Upahritya, Upaharaka, Upaharaniya, Upaharapashu, Upahattar, Upaharicikirshu, Upaharavarman, Ajjhupaharati.
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