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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upapradāna (उपप्रदान).—

1) Delivering over, entrusting.

2) A bribe, present; Rām.6.13.7. उपप्रदानैर्मार्जारो हितकृत्प्रा- र्थ्यते जनैः (upapradānairmārjāro hitakṛtprā- rthyate janaiḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.95.

3) A tribute.

Derivable forms: upapradānam (उपप्रदानम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upapradāna (उपप्रदान).—n.

(-naṃ) A bribe. E. upa for assistance, pra before dā to give, affix lyuṭ.

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

Upapradāna (उपप्रदान).—i. e. upa-pra -dā + ana, n. Bribe, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 81, 37.

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

1) Upapradāna (उपप्रदान):—[=upa-pradāna] [from upapra-dā] n. the act of giving away to

2) [v.s. ...] presenting, a present, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa; Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara etc.]

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

Upapradāna (उपप्रदान):—[upa-pradāna] (naṃ) 1. n. A bribe.

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

Upapradāna (उपप्रदान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvappadāṇa, Uvappayāṇa.

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context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upapradāna (ಉಪಪ್ರದಾನ):—[noun] money given or promised to induce a person to do something; a bribe; a present.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pradana, Upa.

Full-text: Uvappadana, Uvappayana.

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