Utsahavardhana, Utsāhavardhana, Utsaha-vardhana: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Utsāhavardhana (उत्साहवर्धन) refers to “encouraging someone”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the importance of hawks]: “To restore peace to a conquered country, to deliberate on conquering others, to bring the wicked under subjugation by diplomacy, to protect the loyal, to encourage (utsāhavardhana) those who have done great deeds by fulfilling their aspirations, [...] and such other qualities, which have been highly spoken of in politics [are considered also essential in the art of hawking]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUtsāhavardhana (उत्साहवर्धन).—the heroic sentiment (vīrarasa).
-nam increase of energy, heroism.
Derivable forms: utsāhavardhanaḥ (उत्साहवर्धनः).
Utsāhavardhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms utsāha and vardhana (वर्धन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtsāhavardhana (उत्साहवर्धन) or Utsāhavarddhana.—n.
(-naṃ) Heroism. E. utsāha exertion, and vardhana increasing, from vṛdh and lyuṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Utsāhavardhana (उत्साहवर्धन):—[=ut-sāha-vardhana] [from ut-sāha > ut-sah] mfn. increasing energy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ([scilicet] rasa) the sentiment of heroism, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. increase of energy, heroism, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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 corpusUtsāhavardhana (ಉತ್ಸಾಹವರ್ಧನ):—
1) [noun] the act that stirs, increases enthusiasm.
2) [noun] the heroic sentiment.
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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Partial matches: Utsaha, Vardhana.
Full-text: Utsahavarddhana.
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