The Sanskrit term Utkarṣayati can be transliterated into English as Utkarsayati or Utkarshayati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Utkarṣayati (उत्कर्षयति).—(compare prec.; not in this sense Sanskrit; = Pali ukkaṃsati, °seti), exalts, i.e. praises: gdve., Śikṣāsamuccaya 197.10 sacec cañcalendriyo (rājā) bhavati, utkarṣayitavyaṃ (sc. bhikṣuṇā), if (the king) is flighty (unstable), praise must be bestowed (saying: It is very meritorious on your part that your kingdom contains so many worthy monks and brahmans who live undisturbed by thieves etc.). Acc. to Bendall, Tibetan has bstan par bya ḥo, and accordingly Transl. renders ‘the Brother should admonish him’ (more exactly, the Tibetan means elucidate, make intelligible). But I do not see how the [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] word can mean this. The meaning of the Pali word is appropriate here; by encouraging flattery the king is to be strengthened in a good course.

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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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