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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upalabh (उपलभ्).—1 Ā.

1) To know, understand, see, perceive (directly); सव्यदक्षिणयोर्यत्र विशेषो नोपलभ्यते (savyadakṣiṇayoryatra viśeṣo nopalabhyate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.76; अन्या प्रतिक्रिया नोपलभ्यते (anyā pratikriyā nopalabhyate) K.152.

2) To ascertain, find out, learn, know; ब्रूहि यदुपलब्धम् (brūhi yadupalabdham) Uttararāmacarita 1; तत्त्वत एनामुपलप्स्ये (tattvata enāmupalapsye) Ś.1; Mv.7.3; R.12.6; Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.27; K.159; M.41, 3.6,4.6.

3) To get, obtain, acquire, enjoy, experience (happiness &c.); उपलब्धसुखः (upalabdhasukhaḥ) Kumārasambhava 4.42. experiencing; कथमुपलभे निद्राम् (kathamupalabhe nidrām) V.2.1 enjoy; इदानीं स्मृतिरुपलब्धा (idānīṃ smṛtirupalabdhā) Mu.2 now I recollect; Manusmṛti 11.17; R.8.82,1.2,18.21.

4) To conceive, become pregnant. -Caus.

1) To cause to get; बुभुजे च श्रियं स्वृद्धां द्विजदेवोपलम्भिताम् (bubhuje ca śriyaṃ svṛddhāṃ dvijadevopalambhitām) Bhāgavata 8.15.37.

2) To produce, bring about.

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Upālabh (उपालभ्).—1 Ā.

1) To censure, blame, revile, scold, taunt; पयोधरविस्तारयितृकमात्मनो यौवनमुपालभस्व मां किमुपालभसे (payodharavistārayitṛkamātmano yauvanamupālabhasva māṃ kimupālabhase) Ś.1; रहस्युपालभ्यत चन्द्रशेखरः (rahasyupālabhyata candraśekharaḥ) Kumārasambhava 5.58; R.7.44; Śi. 9.6; Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.3,6.125.

2) To obtain (Ved.).

3) तं यदि स्वरेषूपालभेत (taṃ yadi svareṣūpālabheta) Ch. Up.2.22.3.

3) To lay hold of, seize (a sacrificial animal).

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

Upālabh (उपालभ्).—touch, also = [Causative] reproach, blame.

Upālabh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upā and labh (लभ्).

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

1) Upalabh (उपलभ्):—[=upa-√labh] [Ātmanepada] -labhate, to seize, get possession of, acquire, receive, obtain, find, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Mṛcchakaṭikā] etc.;

— (with garbham) to conceive, become pregnant, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to perceive, behold, hear (cf. [Greek] ὑπολαμβάνω), to understand, learn, know, ascertain, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Pañcatantra; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.:

—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] -lambhayati, to cause to obtain or take possession, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa viii, 15, 36];

—to cause to hear or learn or know, [Patañjali] on [vArttika] 2 on [Pāṇini 1-4, 52];

—to cause to be known or distinguished, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv, 1, 25] :

—[Desiderative] (p. -lipsamāna, [Atharva-veda vi, 118, 11]) to wish to catch or grasp.

2) Upālabh (उपालभ्):—[=upā-√labh] [Ātmanepada] -labhate, to touch, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

2) —to lay hold of, seize (a sacrificial animal in order to kill it), kill, slaughter;

2) —to censure, reproach, revile, scold, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Śakuntalā; Śiśupāla-vadha etc.]

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

Upalabh (उपलभ्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvalaṃbha, Uvālaṃbha, Uvālaha, Caccāra, Jhaṃkha, Velava.

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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: Labh, Upa.

Starts with: Upalabha, Upalabhati, Upalabhedin, Upalabhi, Upalabhya, Upalabhyamana, Upalabhyamanatva, Upalabhyate, Upalabhyati.

Ends with: Pratyupalabh, Samupalabh.

Full-text (+10): Uvalambha, Jhamkha, Upalabdhi, Velava, Upalambha, Upalambhaka, Upalabdhavya, Padanusara, Upalambhana, Upalabhati, Upalabdha, Upalambhya, Upalabhya, Caccara, Upalipsa, Upalabha, Upaladdhi, Upalabdhasukha, Upalabdhimat, Upalabdhimattva.

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