The Sanskrit terms Upaviś and Upāviś can be transliterated into English as Upavis or Upavish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upaviś (उपविश्).—6 P.

1) To sit down, take a seat; एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् (evamuktvā'rjunaḥ saṃkhye rathopastha upāviśat) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.47.

2) To sit near to, wait upon.

3) To pitch a camp, encamp.

4) To go down, set (as the sun).

5) To enter upon, practise; as प्रायम् उपविशति (prāyam upaviśati); so अनशनोपविष्ट (anaśanopaviṣṭa).

6) To abstain from food, fast; सोऽप्युक्त्वैवमुपाविशत् (so'pyuktvaivamupāviśat) Bhaṭṭikāvya 7.75.

7) To seize, take possession of. -Caus. To cause to sit down, place or set down.

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Upāviś (उपाविश्).—P. To enter, enter into any state.

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

Upaviṣ (उपविष्).—serve, attend.

Upaviṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and viṣ (विष्).

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

1) Upaviś (उपविश्):—[=upa-√viś] [Parasmaipada] -viśati, to go or come near, approach, [Ṛg-veda viii, 96, 6];

—to sit down, take a seat (as men), lie down (as animals), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Śakuntalā; Hitopadeśa] etc.;

—to enter;

—to stop, settle one’s self, [Mahābhārata iii];

—to sit near to, [Mahābhārata i, 573; Rāmāyaṇa ii];

—to set (as the sun), [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to apply or devote one’s self to, cultivate, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :

—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] -veśayati, to cause to sit down, summon or invite to sit down, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa; Mahābhārata; Suśruta] etc.;

—to cause to settle, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) Upaviṣ (उपविष्):—[=upa-√viṣ] [Parasmaipada] -viveṣṭi ([Ṛg-veda]; -veveṣṭi, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; [imperative] 2. sg. -viḍḍhi, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa])

2) —to be active for;

2) —to obtain or gain by activity, [Ṛg-veda x, 61, 12.];

2) —to perform service, be effective or useful for ([especially] said of the Upa-veṣa below), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa i, 2, 1, 3; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa iii, 3, 11, 1.]

3) Upāviś (उपाविश्):—[=upā-√viś] [Parasmaipada] -viśati, to enter, enter into any state, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];—(the augmented forms might also be referred to upa-√viś.)

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

Upaviś (उपविश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvavisa, Uvesa.

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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.

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Partial matches: Vish, Upa.

Starts with: Upavisha, Upavishaaka, Upavishamashitajvara, Upavishanaka, Upavishanika, Upavishe, Upavishesha, Upavisheshana, Upavishleshana, Upavishrambh, Upavishrambhayya, Upavishta, Upavishtaka, Upavishtakonasana, Upavishtaram, Upavishtha, Upavishya.

Ends with: Abhyupavish, Anupavish, Paryupavish, Pratyupavish, Samupavish, Vyupavish.

Full-text: Upavesha, Upaveshin, Upaveshana, Upavisati, Abhyupavish, Samupavish, Upavishya, Vyupavish, Paryupavish, Upaveshita, Upaveshi, Samupopavishta, Upavishtaka, Samupaveshana, Uvesa, Uvavisa, Praya, Pratyupavish, Upavishta.

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