Utkashana, Utkaṣaṇa, Utkāśana, Utkāsana: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Utkaṣaṇa and Utkāśana can be transliterated into English as Utkasana or Utkashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Utkaṣaṇa (उत्कषण).—

1) Tearing, pulling up.

2) Ploughing, drawing through (as a plough); सद्यः सीरोत्कषणसुरभि क्षेत्रमारुह्य मालम् (sadyaḥ sīrotkaṣaṇasurabhi kṣetramāruhya mālam) Meghadūta 16.

Derivable forms: utkaṣaṇam (उत्कषणम्).

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Utkāśana (उत्काशन).—Ordering, commanding.

Derivable forms: utkāśanam (उत्काशनम्).

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Utkāsana (उत्कासन).—Hemming, clearing the throat of muscus.

Derivable forms: utkāsanam (उत्कासनम्).

See also (synonyms): utkāsa, utkāsikā.

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

Utkāsana (उत्कासन).—n.

(-naṃ) Hemming, clearing the throat of mucus. E. ut up, and kāsana coughing.

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

Utkaṣaṇa (उत्कषण).—i. e. ud-kaṣ + ana, n. Tearing up, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 16.

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

Utkaṣaṇa (उत्कषण).—[neuter] tearing up.

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

1) Utkaṣaṇa (उत्कषण):—[=ut-kaṣaṇa] [from ut-kaṣ] n. tearing or ploughing up, drawing through (as a plough), [Meghadūta 16.]

2) Utkāśana (उत्काशन):—[=ut-kāśana] [from ut-kāś] n. giving orders, commanding, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Utkāsana (उत्कासन):—[=ut-kāsana] [from ut-kās] n. coughing up

4) [v.s. ...] clearing the throat of mucus, expectorating, [Suśruta]

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

Utkāsana (उत्कासन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Hemming.

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