Utpavana: 10 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUtpavana (उत्पवन).—See under उत्पू (utpū).
Derivable forms: utpavanam (उत्पवनम्).
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Utpavana (उत्पवन).—
1) Cleansing, purifying; द्रव्याणां च्चै व सर्वेषां शुद्धिरुत्पवनं स्मृतम् (dravyāṇāṃ ccai va sarveṣāṃ śuddhirutpavanaṃ smṛtam) Manusmṛti 5.115.
2) Straining liquids for domestic or religious purposes.
3) Any instrument for cleansing.
4) Sprinkling ghee (or other fluids) on the sacrificial fire with two blades of Kuśa grass, the ends of which are held in either hand and the centre dipped into the liquid; अप्रच्छिन्नाग्रावनन्तर्गर्भौ प्रादेश- मात्रौ कुशौ नानान्तयोर्गृहीत्वा अङ्गुष्ठोपकनिष्ठिकाभ्यामुत्तानाभ्यां प्रागुत्पु- नाति सकृन्मन्त्रेण द्विस्तूष्णीम् (apracchinnāgrāvanantargarbhau prādeśa- mātrau kuśau nānāntayorgṛhītvā aṅguṣṭhopakaniṣṭhikābhyāmuttānābhyāṃ prāgutpu- nāti sakṛnmantreṇa dvistūṣṇīm) Āśval.
Derivable forms: utpavanam (उत्पवनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtpavana (उत्पवन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Straining liquids before using for domestic or religious purposes. 2. Sprinkling ghee or other fluids on the sacrificial fire, with two blades of Kusa grass, the ends of which are held in either hand, and the centre dipped into the liquid, which is then dropped upon the fire. E. ut above, &c. puṅ to purify, affix lyuṭ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtpavana (उत्पवन).—i. e. ud-pū + ana, n. Purifying, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 115 (Lois.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtpavana (उत्पवन).—[neuter] cleaning or any implement for cleaning.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Utpavana (उत्पवन):—[=ut-pavana] a etc. See ut-pū, [column]2.
2) [=ut-pavana] [from ut-pū] b n. cleaning, cleansing, [Kauśika-sūtra] [commentator or commentary] on [Nyāyamālā-vistara]
3) [v.s. ...] straining liquids for domestic or religious uses
4) [v.s. ...] any implement for cleaning, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa i, 3, 1, 22]
5) [v.s. ...] the act of sprinkling clarified butter or other fluids on the sacrificial fire (with two blades of Kuśa grass, the ends of which are held in either hand and the centre dipped into the liquid), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtpavana (उत्पवन):—[utpa+vana] (naṃ) 1. n. Straining fluids for domestic or religious uses.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Utpavana (उत्पवन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uppaṇaṇa.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUtpavana (ಉತ್ಪವನ):—
1) [noun] the act or an instance of cleansing; a purifying.
2) [noun] symbolic cleansing by sprinkling ghee, in a sacrifice or other religious ceremonies.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 5.114 < [Section XIII - Purification of Substances]
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
General attributes (sāmānya-guṇas) < [Chapter 2 - Fundamental Categories]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa I, adhyāya 3, brāhmaṇa 1 < [First Kāṇḍa]
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 25 - The holy rites of fire pertaining to Śiva < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]