The Sanskrit term Utprekṣ can be transliterated into English as Utpreks or Utpreksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Utprekṣ (उत्प्रेक्ष्).—look up to ([accusative]), regard as (2 [accusative]), suppose, imagine; transfer, use or call metaphorically ([rhetorie]).

Utprekṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms utpra and īkṣ (ईक्ष्).

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

Utprekṣ (उत्प्रेक्ष्):—[=ut-prekṣ] (ud-pra-√īkṣ) [Ātmanepada] -prekṣate, to look up to (with attention, as a pupil to his teacher who occupies an elevated seat), [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to observe, regard;

—to look out or at, [Kādambarī];

—to expect, [Bālarāmāyaṇa];

—to reflect on the past, [Amaru-śataka];

—to use (a word) figuratively;

—to transfer (with [locative case]), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Kāvyādarśa];

—to take anything for another, compare one thing with another, illustrate by a simile;

—to fancy, imagine, [Kādambarī; Veṇīs.];

—to ascribe, impute.

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

Utprekṣ (उत्प्रेक्ष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uppekkha, Uveha.

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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.

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Partial matches: Iksh, Preksh, Ut.

Starts with: Utpreksha, Utprekshadhvani, Utprekshaka, Utprekshakshepa, Utprekshamanjari, Utprekshana, Utprekshane, Utprekshanem, Utprekshaniya, Utprekshavallabha, Utprekshavayava, Utprekshe, Utprekshisu, Utprekshita, Utprekshitopama, Utprekshya.

Ends with: Samutpreksh.

Full-text: Uveha, Uppekkha, Utprekshaka, Utprekshaniya, Utprekshavayava, Utprekshavallabha, Utprekshakshepa, Utprekshadhvani, Utprekshita, Utprekshitopama, Utprekshya, Utprekshana, Utpreksha, Utpeksh.

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