Utsuka: 18 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Utsuk.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Utsuka (उत्सुक, “restless”).—One of the thirty-three ‘transitory states’ (vyabhicāribhāva), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 7. These ‘transitory states’ accompany the ‘permanent state’ in co-operation. The term is used throughout nāṭyaśāstra literature. It is also known as Autsukya. (Also see the Daśarūpa 4.8-9)
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Utsuka (उत्सुक) refers to “eagerly hastening back (to one’s hermitage)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.34 (“The Story of Anaraṇya”).—Accordingly, as Vasiṣṭha said to Himavat (Himācala): “[...] In the meantime the sage Pippalāda eagerly hastening back to his hermitage (utsuka—svāśramamutsukaḥ) saw a certain Gandharva in an isolated place in the penance-grove. The Gandharva was an expert in the science of erotics. He was in the company of a woman. He was therefore completely submerged in the ocean of pleasure, sexual dalliance and was lusty. On seeing him the great sage became very lustful. He lost interest in penance and began to think of acquiring a wife. [...]”.
Utsuka (उत्सुक).—A son of Balarāma.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 96. 164.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Utsuka (उत्सुक) refers to “plaintive elephants” (representing a symptom of elephants suffering from Vātika-related diseases), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “38. Timid, with broken nails, of unstable mind, of contrary sensitivity, whose great foot trembles (calat-sthūlāṅghri), of rough skin, not enduring, stiff, with little hair, and plaintive (utsuka), with visible sinews and veins, with rough tusks, quick, with ugly eyes, stupid, and undependable in work, such an elephant is declared to be (suffering from disease) of the wind”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
utsuka (उत्सुक).—a (S) Eager or impatient; excited towards; anxiously desirous of; eager or earnest (in good or bad sense).
utsuka (उत्सुक).—a Eager or impatient. Excited towards.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Utsuka (उत्सुक).—a.
1) Anxiously desirous, eagerly expecting; striving for (any object) (with instr. or loc. or in comp.); P.II.3.44. निद्रया निद्रायां वोत्सुकः (nidrayā nidrāyāṃ votsukaḥ) Sk.; मनो नियोगक्रिययोत्सुकं मे (mano niyogakriyayotsukaṃ me) R.5.11; सोत्सुका सुतजन्मनि (sotsukā sutajanmani) Kathāsaritsāgara 21.139; R.2.45; Meghadūta 99; संगम° (saṃgama°) Ś.3.13; so रण°, गमन°, जय° (raṇa°, gamana°, jaya°) &c.
2) Restless, uneasy, anxious; आशङ्क्योत्सुकसारङ्गां चित्र- कूटस्थलीं जहौ (āśaṅkyotsukasāraṅgāṃ citra- kūṭasthalīṃ jahau) R.12.24.
3) Fond of, attached to; वत्सोत्सुकापि (vatsotsukāpi) R.2.22.
4) Regretting, repining, sorrowing for.
-kaḥ Longing for, anxious desire; प्रकुर्वते कस्य मनो न सोत्सुकम् (prakurvate kasya mano na sotsukam) Rs.1.6.
Utsuka (उत्सुक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Zealously active, making exertions for a gratifying object. 2. Regretting, missing, sorrowing for. 3. Fond of, attached to. E. ut much, su to produce, kvip and kan affs.
Utsuka (उत्सुक).—i. e. ud-su-ka (vb. kam), adj., f. kā. 1. Longing for. 2. Languid. 3. Uneasy, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 17, 28. 4. Proud, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 9, 37.
Utsuka (उत्सुक).—[adjective] restless, uneasy, intent; regretful, sad, anxious about, longing or wishing for ([locative], prati, or —°); *caring about ([locative] or [instrumental]). Abstr. tā [feminine]
1) Utsuka (उत्सुक):—mfn. ([from] su, ‘well’, with 1. ud in the sense of ‘apart’, and affix ka), restless, uneasy, unquiet, anxious, [Rāmāyaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) anxiously desirous, zealously active, striving or making exertions for any object (cf. jayotsuka), [Rāmāyaṇa; Pañcatantra; Śakuntalā; Meghadūta] etc.
3) eager for, fond of, attached to
4) regretting, repining, missing, sorrowing for, [Raghuvaṃśa; Vikramorvaśī; Śakuntalā etc.]
5) n. sorrow
6) longing for, desire (See nirutsuka).
Utsuka (उत्सुक):—(kaḥ) a. Zealously active; regretting; attached to.
Utsuka (उत्सुक):—adj. f. ā [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 9.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 436.] unruhig, besorgt (auch subst. als nom. abstr.): te śrutvā rathanirghoṣaṃ vāraṇāḥ śikhinastathā . praṇedurunmukhā rājanmeghanāda ivotsukāḥ .. [Nalopākhyāna 21, 7.] preṣayiṣyati rājā tu kuśalārthaṃ tavānaghe . brāhmaṇānnityaśaḥ putri motsukā bhūḥ kadā ca na .. [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 17, 28. 2, 86, 5. 100, 1. 3, 1, 2.] tvannimittaṃ vayaṃ tāta notsukāḥ [13.] nirutsuka unbesorgt: nivasantyatra gatodvegā nirutsukāḥ [Arjunasamāgama 10, 14.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 66, 13.] mit instr. oder loc. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 12.] keśaiḥ oder keśeṣu Sorge für sein Haar tragend [Scholiast] in comp. mit dem Begriff, der die Unruhe erzeugt: vīryotsuka [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 9, 37.] saho [5, 42, 1.] madanotsuka [Vikramorvaśī 22, 8.] vrīḍo [Caurapañcāśikā 47.] sich unruhig nach Etwas umsehend, begehrend nach: jayotsuka [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 46, 14.] raṇotsuka [6, 36, 69.] anyatra gamanotsukāḥ [3, 1, 27.] sparśo [Pañcatantra 186, 12.] saṃgamo [Śākuntala 62. 98, 14.] [?ad 62. Meghadūta 97. Raghuvaṃśa 2, 22. 12, 66. RATNĀV. 3, 5.] priyo [Kathāsaritsāgara 9, 35.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 278.] sotsuka = utsuka, mit einem loc.: sotsukā sutajanmani [Kathāsaritsāgara 21, 139.] nirutsuka kein Verlangen spürend nach (prati): mamāpi kaṇvasutāmanusmṛtya mṛgayāṃ prati nirutsukaṃ cetaḥ [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 30, 5.] utsuka ohne obj. mit Wehmuth an einen geliebten Gegenstand denkend, sehnsüchtig [Śākuntala 80, 8.] [?ad 135. Vikramorvaśī 13. 54. Raghuvaṃśa 2, 45. 12, 24. Ṛtusaṃhāra 1, 9. Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 323.] utsukayā dhiyā [Kathāsaritsāgara 9, 36.] cakṣus [Amaruśataka 44.] prakurvate kasya mano na sotsukam (= utsukam) [Ṛtusaṃhāra 1, 6.] — Vgl. utka, anutsuka, autsukya, samutsuka .
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Utsuka (उत्सुक):—mit loc. [Kathāsaritsāgara 65, 256. 73, 246.] mit prati [61, 22.] sotsuka = utsukaḥ svaṃ deśaṃ prati [67, 99.] udvāha [66, 135.] utsuka mit Ungeduld Etwas erwartend, gespannt [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 69, 3.] — Vgl. nirutsuka, paryutsuka .
Utsuka (उत्सुक):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) unruhig , aufgeregt , besorgt. — b) mit Ungeduld Etwas erwartend , gespannt. — c) mit Wehmuth an einen geliebten Gegenstand denkend , sehnsüchtig. — d) verlangend nach (Loc. , prati oder im Comp. vorangehend) [124,32.290,29.] — e) *für Etwas Sorge tragend , bedacht auf (Loc. oder Instr.). [234,18.] —
2) n. in nirutsuka und sotsuka — a) Sorge. — b) Sehnsucht. — c) Verlangen.
Utsuka (उत्सुक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ucchua, Usua, Ussuāva, Ussukka, Ussukkāva, Ussuga, Ūsua, Osua.
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
Utsuka (उत्सुक) [Also spelled utsuk]:—(a) curious, eager, keen; ~[tā] curiosity, eagerness, anxiousness.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Utsuka (ಉತ್ಸುಕ):—
1) [adjective] anxiously desirous; eagerly expecting.
2) [adjective] restless; anxious.
3) [adjective] being in agony or having feelings of anguish caused by the separation of one’s lover.
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Utsuka (ಉತ್ಸುಕ):—
1) [noun] a man charged by enthusiasm.
2) [noun] an industrious, diligent, active man.
3) [noun] a man fully capable of.
4) [noun] a fast-runner.
5) [noun] earnestness or fervour in advancing a cause or rendering service; hearty and persistent endeavour; zeal.
6) [noun] (rhet.) inspiring enthusiasm as one of the thirty three minor sentiments.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Utsuka (उत्सुक):—adj. eager; earnest; keen; desirous;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Utsukacitta, Utsukata, Utsukatana, Utsukate, Utsukatva, Utsukavadana, Utsukay, Utsukaya, Utsukayamana, Utsukayate, Utsukayati.
Full-text (+21): Nirutsuka, Paryutsuka, Samutsuka, Utsukata, Anutsuka, Shvasanotsuka, Sotsuka, Anyadutsuka, Smarotsuka, Autsukya, Utsukatva, Madanotsuka, Virahotsuka, Utsuk, Samutsukaya, Paryutsukatva, Samutsukata, Samutsukatva, Anutsukata, Anyotsuka.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.1.40 < [Part 1 - Neutral Love of God (śānta-rasa)]
Verse 4.1.27 < [Part 1 - Laughing Ecstasy (hāsya-rasa)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 3.9.39 < [Chapter 9 - The Birth of Śrī Girirāja]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 251 < [Hindi-Gujarati-English Volume 1]
Page 466 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 2]
Page 117 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 3]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 36 < [Volume 10 (1890)]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.2.92 < [Chapter 2 - Divya (the celestial plane)]