The Sanskrit term Upakṣip can be transliterated into English as Upaksip or Upakship, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upakṣip (उपक्षिप्).—6 P.

1) To throw at, cast on, hurl against; वपुषि वधाय तत्र तव शस्त्रमुपक्षिपतः (vapuṣi vadhāya tatra tava śastramupakṣipataḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.31; to direct; त्वयि उपक्षिप्त आत्मा (tvayi upakṣipta ātmā) M.2; to entrust, assign; M.3.

2) To insult, upbraid, accuse, charge with; परस्परं वाग्भिरुप- क्षिपन्ति (parasparaṃ vāgbhirupa- kṣipanti) Rām.

3) To throw out (a hint), hint, indicate, put forth, adduce; छन्नं कार्यमुपक्षिपन्ति (channaṃ kāryamupakṣipanti) Mṛcchakaṭika 9.3; इति उपक्षिप्तमनेन (iti upakṣiptamanena) Mu.1; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.

4) To throw down.

5) To commence, introduce, set on foot, begin; उपक्षिप्तमनेन किमपि (upakṣiptamanena kimapi) Mu.1; K.162; Daśakumāracarita 59; उपक्षिप्तो भित्तिबन्धः (upakṣipto bhittibandhaḥ) M.5.

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

Upakṣip (उपक्षिप्).—throw at, hurl against ([locative]); strike, hit, [especially] [with] words, i.e. either insult, mock, revile, or intimate, insinuate, allege, allude to ([accusative]).

Upakṣip is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and kṣip (क्षिप्).

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

Upakṣip (उपक्षिप्):—[=upa-√kṣip] [Parasmaipada] -kṣipati, to throw at, hurl against, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa];

—to beat, strike, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to strike with words, insult, accuse, insinuate, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to allude, hint at, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Mṛcchakaṭikā; Daśakumāra-carita];

—to speak of, describe, define, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];

—to commence, set about (a work), [Mallinātha]

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

Upakṣip (उपक्षिप्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ukkhiva, Uvakkhiva.

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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: Kship, Upa.

Starts with: Upakshipta.

Full-text: Upakshepa, Upakshepaka, Ukkhiva, Uvakkhiva, Upakshepana, Das.

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