The Sanskrit terms Upaśrī and Upasṛ and Upāśri can be transliterated into English as Upasri or Upashri or Upasr, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Upaśrī (उपश्री).—f. Covering, anything thrown above or upon.

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Upasṛ (उपसृ).—1 P.

1) To go towards, approach, draw near; वरुणं पितरमुपससार (varuṇaṃ pitaramupasasāra) Tait. Up.3.1.1. etc. राजानं (rājānaṃ) ... दुर्गं (durgaṃ) ... उपसृत्य (upasṛtya) &c. वल्लभाभिरुपसृत्य चक्रिरे साभिभुक्तविषयाः समागमाः (vallabhābhirupasṛtya cakrire sābhibhuktaviṣayāḥ samāgamāḥ) R.19.16.

2) To go against, attack.

3) To have intercourse (as of a woman with a man); Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.

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Upāśri (उपाश्रि).—1. U. To have recourse to, resort to इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य (idaṃ jñānamupāśritya) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 14.2,18.57 हाराणां मणिभिरुपाश्रितौ समन्तात् (hārāṇāṃ maṇibhirupāśritau samantāt) (rejāte) Śiśupālavadha 8.53.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upāśri (उपाश्रि).—& samupā lean against, resort to, rest or depend on ([accusative]).

Upāśri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upā and śri (श्रि).

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Upasṛ (उपसृ).—come near, approach, visit (cf. abhi); resort to ([accusative]).

Upasṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and sṛ (सृ).

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

1) Upaśri (उपश्रि):—[=upa-√śri] [Parasmaipada] -śrayati, to lean (anything) against, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa i, 6, 6, 2; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]:

—[Ātmanepada] -śrayate (p. of the [perfect tense] -śiśriyāṇa) to lean against, support, prop, [Ṛg-veda x, 18, 12];

—to cling to, fit closely (as an ornament), [Ṛg-veda vii, 56, 13];

—to place one’s self near to, go towards, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to accommodate one’s self to, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad vi, 8, 2.]

2) Upaśrī (उपश्री):—[=upa-śrī] [from upa-śri] f. an over-garment (fitting closely), [Kauṣītaki-upaniṣad]

3) Upasṛ (उपसृ):—[=upa-√sṛ] [Parasmaipada] -sarati, to go towards, step near, approach, visit, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] & [Upaniṣad; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa; Vikramorvaśī] etc.;

—to approach (sexually), [Mahābhārata iii];

—to set about, undertake, [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad]

4) Upāśri (उपाश्रि):—[=upā-√śri] [Parasmaipada] -śrayati, to lean against, rest on [Manu-smṛti];

—to go or betake one’s self towards, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to take refuge or have recourse to, seek shelter from, give one’s self up to, abandon one’s self to, [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhagavad-gītā etc.]

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

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Partial matches: Shri, Upa.

Starts with: Upasrita, Upasritya.

Full-text: Upasara, Upasarya, Upasrita, Upashrayitva, Abhyupasri, Pratyupasri, Samupasri, Upashraya, Upasritya, Upasritavat, Upasaraja, Upasarpana, Upasaryya, Upasartavya, Upasarana, Upassaya, Apashraya, Upasarga.

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