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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Utprabhā (उत्प्रभा) refers to a “brilliant (weapon)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.10 (“Boasting of Tāraka”).—Accordingly, as Kumāra (Kārttikeya) said to the Mountains: “O mountains, O fortunate sirs, do not be vexed, or worried. Even as you stand looking on I will kill this sinner. Consoling the mountains, the gods and the Gaṇas thus, and bowing to Śiva and Pārvatī he took up his brilliant (utprabhā) spear. The heroic Kumāra, son of Śiva the great lord, with the spear in his hand shone in his resolve to kill Tāraka. [...]”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Utprabha (उत्प्रभ).—a. Flashing forth or diffusing light, bright.

-bhaḥ Blazing fire.

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

1) Utprabha (उत्प्रभ):—[=ut-prabha] mfn. flashing forth or diffusing light, shining, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a bright fire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Utprabha 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Utprabha (ಉತ್ಪ್ರಭ):—[adjective] shining brightly; highly resplendent; dazzling; splendid.

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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, Prabha.

Starts with: Utprabhatiya.

Ends with: Mahavidyutprabha, Suryavidyutprabha, Vidyutprabha.

Full-text: Utprabhatiya.

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