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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upavāhya (उपवाह्य) or Upavāhyā (उपवाह्या).—

1) A king's riding elephant (male or female); चन्द्रगुप्तोपवाह्यां गजवशाम् (candraguptopavāhyāṃ gajavaśām) Mu.2.

2) A royal vehicle (in general); देवोपवाह्यमक्षय्यं सदा दृष्टिमनःसुखम् (devopavāhyamakṣayyaṃ sadā dṛṣṭimanaḥsukham) Rām.7.15.38.

Derivable forms: upavāhyaḥ (उपवाह्यः).

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

Upavāhya (उपवाह्य).—m.

(-hyaḥ) 1. A king’s elephant. 2. Any royal vehicle. E. upa above, vah to bear, ṇyat aff.

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

1) Upavāhya (उपवाह्य):—[=upa-vāhya] [from upa-vah] mfn. to be brought near, [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] (upavāhya [from] upa-vāha), serving for driving or riding, serving as a vehicle, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

3) [v.s. ...] m. an animal for riding, [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] a king’s elephant, any royal vehicle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Upavāhya (उपवाह्य):—[upa-vāhya] (hyaḥ) 1. m. A king’s elephant, a royal vehicle or carriage.

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

Upavāhya (उपवाह्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvavajjha.

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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

Upavāhya (ಉಪವಾಹ್ಯ):—[noun] the elephant used by a king for riding.

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: Vahya, Upa.

Starts with: Upavahyaka.

Ends with: Aupavahya.

Full-text: Uvavajjha, Aupavahya, Vah.

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