Alternative spellings of this word include Utkocha.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Utkoca (उत्कोच).—A holy place. Dhaumya, the younger brother of Devala lived in Utkocatīrtha. The Pāṇḍavas went there and made Dhaumya a priest. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 182).

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Utkoca (उत्कोच).—[utkuc-añ]

1) A bribe (lit. bending one from the right path); Śukra.1.297; उत्कोचमिव ददती (utkocamiva dadatī) K.232; Daśakumāracarita 155; उत्कोचजीविनो द्रव्यहीनान् कृत्वा विवासयेत् (utkocajīvino dravyahīnān kṛtvā vivāsayet) Y.1. 339. संगम्योत्कोचदानादि दत्त्वा सैन्यं प्रयाच्यताम् (saṃgamyotkocadānādi dattvā sainyaṃ prayācyatām) Parṇāl.5.44.

2) Receiving a bribe; उत्कोचैर्वञ्चनाभिश्च कार्याण्यनुविहन्ति च (utkocairvañcanābhiśca kāryāṇyanuvihanti ca) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.56.51.

3) Penalty, tribute; Hch.4. (Gīrvāṇa.)

Derivable forms: utkocaḥ (उत्कोचः).

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

Utkoca (उत्कोच).—mf.

(-caḥ-cā) A bribe. E. ut before kuc to be crooked, ka aff.

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

Utkoca (उत्कोच).—i. e. ud-kuc + a, m. Bribe, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 363.

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

Utkoca (उत्कोच).—[masculine] bribing, a bribe (lit. crookedness, crooked way).

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

1) Utkoca (उत्कोच):—[=ut-koca] [from ut-kuc] a m. winding off

2) [v.s. ...] unbinding [commentator or commentary] on [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] bribery, corruption, [Yājñavalkya i, 339.]

4) [=ut-koca] b etc. See ut-kuc.

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

Utkoca (उत्कोच):—[utko+ca] (caḥ-cā) 1. m. f. A bribe.

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

Utkocā (उत्कोचा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ukkoyā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Utkoca in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Utkoca (उत्कोच) [Also spelled utkoch]:—(nm) bribe, vanality.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Utkōca (ಉತ್ಕೋಚ):—

1) [noun] a bending upwards.

2) [noun] diffusion of thing pervading the space above.

3) [noun] an act of making another deviate from the right path; anything, esp. money, given or promised to induce a person to do something illegal or wrong; a bribe.

4) [noun] the quality of being not straightforward or dishonest, crookedness; dishonesty.

5) [noun] a shouting aloud.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ut, Koca.

Starts with: Utkocaka.

Full-text: Vatarusha, Ukkoya, Utkoch, Utkocaka, Dhaumya, Kuc.

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