Utkantha, Utkaṇṭhā, Utkaṇṭha, Utkaṃṭhā, Utkamtha: 18 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ) refers to “eagerly (expecting one’s arrival)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.39 (“The gods arrive at Kailāsa”).—Accordingly, after Śiva spoke to Nārada: “Paying heed to this behest of Śiva, O sage, you, a great favourite of Śiva, invited all of them approaching everyone severally. O Nārada, after carrying out your duties as his emissary you, the great sage, returned to Śiva and remained there with His permission. Śiva too waited there eagerly expecting (sa-utkaṇṭha) their arrival while his attendants were celebrating great festivities by dance and songs. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
utkaṇṭhā (उत्कंठा).—f (S) Eagerness after; impatient longing or hankering; anxious desire.
utkaṇṭhā (उत्कंठा).—f Eagerness after; anxious desire.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ).—a. [unnataḥ kaṇṭho yasya]
1) Having the neck uplifted, ready, on the point of (doing anything), in comp.; आज्ञावचनोत्कण्ठः (ājñāvacanotkaṇṭhaḥ) Ś.2; रथस्वनोत्कण्ठमृगे वाल्मीकीये तपोवने (rathasvanotkaṇṭhamṛge vālmīkīye tapovane) R.15.11.
2) (Hence) Anxious, eager.
-ṇṭhaḥ, -ṇṭhā A mode of sexual enjoyment.
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Utkaṇṭhā (उत्कण्ठा).—
1) Anxiety, uneasiness (in general); यास्यत्यद्य शकुन्तलेति हृदयं संस्पृष्टमुत्कण्ठया (yāsyatyadya śakuntaleti hṛdayaṃ saṃspṛṣṭamutkaṇṭhayā) Ś4.5; अवाप्त° (avāpta°) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2.12. seized with fright, suddenly startled.
2) Longing for a beloved person or thing; दृष्टिरधिकं सोत्कण्ठ मुद्वीक्षते (dṛṣṭiradhikaṃ sotkaṇṭha mudvīkṣate) Amaruśataka 28.
3) Regret, sorrow, missing any thing or person; गाढोत्कण्ठा (gāḍhotkaṇṭhā) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.15; Meghadūta 85.
Utkaṇṭhā (उत्कण्ठा).—(see prec.; Pali ukkaṇṭhā), possibly annoy- ance, mental distress: Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 494.8, see s.v. paritasana.
Utkaṇṭhā (उत्कण्ठा).—f.
(-ṇṭhā) Regretting, missing anything or person. E. ut much, kaṭhi to be sad, aṅ and ṭāp affs.
Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ).—i. e. ud-kaṇṭha, I. adj. Having the neck erect. Ii. f. ṭhā, 1. Longing for, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ).—[adjective] having the neck uplifted, longing for, desirous; [neuter] [adverb]
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Utkaṇṭhā (उत्कण्ठा).—[feminine] longing, regret, sorrow.
1) Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ):—[=ut-kaṇṭha] 1. ut-kaṇṭha mfn. having the neck uplifted (on the point of doing anything), [Raghuvaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] having the throat open (as in crying), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] longing for
4) [v.s. ...] m. longing for
5) [v.s. ...] a kind of sexual union, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Utkaṇṭhā (उत्कण्ठा):—[=ut-kaṇṭhā] [from ut-kaṇṭha] f. longing for (a beloved person or thing)
7) [v.s. ...] regretting or missing anything or a person, [Mahābhārata; Bhartṛhari; Pañcatantra; Amaru-śataka etc.]
8) Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ):—[from ut-kaṇṭha] 2. utkaṇṭha [Nominal verb] [Ātmanepada] utkaṇṭhate, to raise the neck;
—to long for, regret, sorrow for, [Rāmāyaṇa; Śiśupāla-vadha; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] etc.:—[Causal] utkaṇṭhayati, to cause any one to lift up the neck;
—to excite longing, inspire with tender emotions, [Bhartṛhari; Kāvyādarśa etc.]
Utkaṇṭhā (उत्कण्ठा):—[utka+ṇṭhā] (ṇṭhā) 1. f. Regretting.
Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ):—(ud + ka)
1) adj. mit emporgerichtetem Halse: rathasvanotkaṇṭhamṛge [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 11 ] (v. l. utkarṇa). —
2) m. = utkaṇṭhā [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 18.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 314,] [Scholiast] — śṛṅgārasya ṣoḍaśabandhāntargatatrayodaśabandhaḥ . tasya lakṣaṇam . nārīpādau ca hastena dhārayedgalake punaḥ . stanārpitakaraḥ kāmī bandhaścotkaṇṭhasaṃjñakaḥ .. iti ratimañjarī .. [Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) f. utkaṇṭhā [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 18.] Sehnsucht, wehmüthige Gedanken um einen geliebten Gegenstand [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 29.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 28.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 314.] notkaṇṭhā phālgune kāryā [Mahābhārata 3, 1903. 14072. 13, 955.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 34, 50. 5, 36, 76.] [Pañcatantra 134, 19.] utkaṇṭhāṃ vijahiṣyasi [Mahābhārata 3, 8406.] kasya na bhavedutkaṇṭhā [Bhartṛhari 1, 37.] taddarśanotkaṇṭhā tathāsya vavṛdhe [Kathāsaritsāgara 3, 29.] yāsyatyadya śakuntaleti hṛdayaṃ saṃspṛṣṭamutkaṇṭhayā [Śākuntala 81.] ubhau śataguṇībhūtāmivotkaṇṭhāmudūhatuḥ [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 303.] cirotkaṇṭhāvaśīkṛta [332.] [Bhartṛhari 1, 33.] [Meghadūta 81] (gāḍhotkaṇṭhā). [98. 100. 101.] [Vikramorvaśī 84.] [Amaruśataka 97.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 9, 90. 15, 107.] sotkaṇṭham adv. [Amaruśataka 24.] utkaṇṭhā ist wohl als nom. act. von utkaṇṭh zu fassen.
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Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ):—
1) auch dessen Kehle gelöst ist: nadati kvacidukaṇṭhaḥ aus vollem Halse, laut [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 4, 40.] Vgl. muktakaṇṭha und protkaṇṭha. utkaṇṭham adv. sehnsüchtig (eig. mit emporgerichtetem Halse) [Spr. 680.] —
2) in der aus [Śabdakalpadruma] angeführten Stelle Bez. einer Art coitus. —
3) durnivārayotkaṇṭhayā [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 190, 18.] sotkaṇṭhaśiva [Oxforder Handschriften 129,b,16.] sotkaṇṭham adv. [Kirātārjunīya 5, 51.]
Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ):—1. Adj. —
1) den Hals in die Höhe richtend. —
2) mit offener Kehle. nad so v.a. aus vollem Halse schreien. —
3) sehnsüchtig. m Adv. [Indische sprüche 1753.]
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Utkaṇṭha (उत्कण्ठ):—2. —
1) m. — a) *Sehnsucht. — b) quidam coeundi modus. —
2) f. ā Sehnsucht , wehmüthige Gedanken um einen geliebten Gegenstand , Verlangen nach [163,3.]
Utkaṇṭhā (उत्कण्ठा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ukkaṃṭhā.
Utkaṅṭhā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 思慕 [sī mù]: “longing for”.
2) Utkaṇṭha (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 不悅 [bù yuè]: “unhappy”.
2) Utkaṇṭhā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 惆悵 [chóu chàng]: “to be disappointed”.
2) 憂愁 [yōu chóu]: “misery”.
3) 懷 [huái]: “yearning”.
4) 願 [yuàn]: “desire”; “want”.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Utkaṃṭhā (उत्कंठा) [Also spelled utkantha]:—(nf) curiosities; longing; craving; ardour.
Utkantha in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) curiosities; longing; craving; ardour..—utkantha (उत्कंठा) is alternatively transliterated as Utkaṃṭhā.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Utkaṃṭha (ಉತ್ಕಂಠ):—
1) [adjective] having the neck uplifted.
2) [adjective] vehemently zealous; ardently eager.
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Utkaṃṭha (ಉತ್ಕಂಠ):—[noun] raised voice; loud voice.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Utkaṇṭhā (उत्कण्ठा):—n. eager desire; eagerness; longing; passion;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ut, Kantha.
Starts with (+0): Utkanthabhagin, Utkanthaka, Utkanthakarin, Utkanthamahatmya, Utkanthamana, Utkanthamanimalika, Utkanthanirbharam, Utkanthate, Utkanthati, Utkanthavarddhana, Utkanthay.
Full-text (+13): Sotkantha, Utkanthamahatmya, Utkanthanirbharam, Nirutkantha, Virahotkantha, Autkanthya, Samutkantha, Utkanthita, Utkanthavarddhana, Akalpaka, Utkanthaka, Paritasana, Utkanth, Kanthakubja, Kanth, Ruhiruhika, Samutkampin, Udgala, Ukkamtha, Vinodin.
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