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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upanyas (उपन्यस्).—4 P.

1) To lay upon, place or put down, put near, place before.

2) To entrust any one with, commit to the care of.

3) To explain, describe minutely.

4) To propose, suggest, hint, point out, state; मयोपन्यस्तेषु मन्त्रेषु (mayopanyasteṣu mantreṣu) H.3; इत्युभयलोकविरुद्धं वचनमुपन्यस्तं (ityubhayalokaviruddhaṃ vacanamupanyastaṃ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2 spoken; सदुपन्यस्यति कृत्यवर्त्म यः (sadupanyasyati kṛtyavartma yaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 2.3 tells or points out; किमिदमपन्यस्तम् (kimidamapanyastam) Ś.5 what is this that is proposed or said.

5) To prove, establish argumentatively; भूतमप्यनुपन्यस्तं हीयते व्यवहारतः (bhūtamapyanupanyastaṃ hīyate vyavahārataḥ) Y.2.19.

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

Upanyas (उपन्यस्).—put down, bring forward, indicate, insinuate.

Upanyas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upani and as (अस्).

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

Upanyas (उपन्यस्):—[=upa-ny-as] -√2. as [Parasmaipada] -asyati, to place down, put down, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to announce, [Mahābhārata];

—to speak of, mention;

—to explain;

—to hint, allude, suggest, [Kirātārjunīya; Kāvyaprakāśa]

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Upanyas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a novel; ~[sakara] a novelist; ~[sika] a novelette..—upanyas (उपन्यास) is alternatively transliterated as Upanyāsa.

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Partial matches: Upani, Ash.

Starts with: Upanyaaskaar, Upanyasa, Upanyasaka, Upanyasakara, Upanyasaki, Upanyasam, Upanyasamale, Upanyasamantra, Upanyasana, Upanyasaniya, Upanyasasamdhi, Upanyasashloka, Upanyasisu, Upanyasta, Upanyasya.

Ends with: Laghuupanyaas, Samupanyas.

Full-text: Upanyasa, Upanyasya, Upanyasta.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Upanyas, Upani-as, Upany-as, Upanyaas; (plurals include: Upanyases, ases, Upanyaases). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Triveni Journal

Stylistics and Literary Criticism in Hindi < [July 1969]

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