Utkhan: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUtkhan (उत्खन्).—1 P.
1) To dig up or out, excavate; उत्खातं निधिशङ्कया क्षितितलम् (utkhātaṃ nidhiśaṅkayā kṣititalam) Bhartṛhari 3.4.
2) To tear up by the roots, eradicate; वङ्गानुत्खाय तरसा (vaṅgānutkhāya tarasā) R.4.36,33;14.73; 18.22; Meghadūta 54; Bhaṭṭikāvya 12.5,15.55.
3) To draw or tear out (eye &c.); उच्चख्नाते नलेनाऽऽजौ स्फुरत्प्रतपनाऽक्षिणी (uccakhnāte nalenā''jau sphuratpratapanā'kṣiṇī) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.32.
4) To draw or pull out; Śiśupālavadha 5.59,18.37; उत्खातखङ्गः (utkhātakhaṅgaḥ) Ve.3 unsheathed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtkhan (उत्खन्):—[=ut-√khan] (ud- √khan) [Parasmaipada] -khanati ([perfect tense] -cakhāna) to dig up or out, to excavate;
—to tear out by the roots, root up, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;
—to draw or tear out, [Kauśika-sūtra; Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];
—to destroy entirely, [Raghuvaṃśa; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Pañcatantra]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Utkhan (उत्खन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ukkhaṇa, Ukkhāla.
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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Starts with: Utkhanaka, Utkhanam, Utkhanan, Utkhanana, Utkhananakara, Utkhanda, Utkhandana, Utkhandita.
Ends with: Samutkhan.
Full-text: Utkhanam, Utkhanana, Utkhatam, Utkhatin, Utkhaya, Samutkhan, Ukkhala, Ukkhana, Utkhata.
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