Upashlish, Upaśliṣ: 3 definitions
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Upashlish means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Upaśliṣ can be transliterated into English as Upaslis or Upashlish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpaśliṣ (उपश्लिष्).—4 P.
1) To embrace.
2) To draw near, approach. -Caus. To bring near, place at hand; उपश्ले- षय रथम् (upaśle- ṣaya ratham) V.1; -शरम् (śaram) V.5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpāśliṣ (उपाश्लिष्).—clasp, grasp.
Upāśliṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upā and śliṣ (श्लिष्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upaśliṣ (उपश्लिष्):—[=upa-√śliṣ] [Parasmaipada] -śliṣyati, to come near to or into close contact with, cling to, [Mahābhārata; Daśakumāra-carita] :
—[Causal] -śleṣayati, to bring near or into close contact, [Vikramorvaśī]
2) Upāśliṣ (उपाश्लिष्):—[=upā-√śliṣ] to embrace, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
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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