Uttamasahasa, Uttamasāhasa, Uttama-sahasa: 6 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryuttamasāhasa (उत्तमसाहस).—m S A fine of 1000 or of 1080 paṇa. 2 Capital punishment;--branding, banishment, confiscation, mutilation, death. 3 Any offence demanding capital punishment. 4 Any extreme exertion or effort.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUttamasāhasa (उत्तमसाहस).—
1) the highest (of the fixed) pecuniary punishments; a fine of 1 (or according to some 8,) paṇas; Manusmṛti 9.24; Y.1.366; पणानां द्वे शते सार्धे प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः । मध्यमः पञ्च विज्ञेयः सहस्रं त्वेष चोत्तमः (paṇānāṃ dve śate sārdhe prathamaḥ sāhasaḥ smṛtaḥ | madhyamaḥ pañca vijñeyaḥ sahasraṃ tveṣa cottamaḥ) || Capital punishment, banishment, confiscation, and mutilation are also regarded as forms of this punishment.
Derivable forms: uttamasāhasaḥ (उत्तमसाहसः), uttamasāhasam (उत्तमसाहसम्).
Uttamasāhasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uttama and sāhasa (साहस).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUttamasāhasa (उत्तमसाहस).—n.
(-saṃ) 1. The highest of the three fixed mulcts or fines; a fine of 1,000 or of 80,000 Panas. 2. Capital punishment, branding, banishment, confiscation, mutilation and death. E. uttama the best or greatest, sāhasa infliction.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUttamasāhasa (उत्तमसाहस).—[masculine] the highest fine ([jurisprudence]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUttamasāhasa (उत्तमसाहस):—[=ut-tama-sāhasa] [from ut-tama] n. the highest of the three fixed mulcts or fines (a fine of 1000 or of 80,000 paṇas; capital punishment, branding, banishment, confiscation, mutilation, and death).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUttamasāhasa (उत्तमसाहस):—[uttama-sāhasa] (saṃ) 1. m. The highest of fines, capital punishment.
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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