Uttejana, Uttējana, Uttejanā: 13 definitions

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Uttejana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

uttējana (उत्तेजन).—n (S) Instigation or incitement; urging, stirring, provoking: also an incentive, a motive, an inducement.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

uttējana (उत्तेजन).—n Instigation. An inducement.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Uttejana (उत्तेजन) or Uttejanā (उत्तेजना).—

1) Excitement, instigation, animating, stirring up; °समर्थः श्लोकैः (samarthaḥ ślokaiḥ) Mu.4; Mv.2.

2) Urging on, driving.

3) Sending, despatching.

4) Whetting, sharpening, furbishing, polishing (weapons &c.); मन्दरकूटकोटिव्याघट्टनोत्तेजना (mandarakūṭakoṭivyāghaṭṭanottejanā) Śiśupālavadha 3.6.

5) An exciting speech.

6) An inducement, incentive, stimulant.

Derivable forms: uttejanam (उत्तेजनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Uttejana (उत्तेजन).—nf.

(-naṃ-nā) 1. Sending, dispatching. 2. Urging, driving. 3. Whetting, sharpening, polishimg. 4. Exciting, animating. 5. An inspiring or exciting speech. E. ut and tejana giving light or energy.

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

Uttejana (उत्तेजन).—i. e. ud-tij + ana, n. Instigation.

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

1) Uttejana (उत्तेजन):—[=ut-tejana] [from ut-tij] f(ā)n. incitement, instigation, encouragement, stimulation, exciting, animating, [Rāmāyaṇa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] sending, despatching

3) [v.s. ...] urging, driving

4) [v.s. ...] whetting, sharpening, furbishing, polishing, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

5) [v.s. ...] an inspiring or exciting speech, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] an incentive, inducement, stimulant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] n. (in [dramatic language]) challenging, provocation, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

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

Uttejana (उत्तेजन):—[utte+jana] (naṃ-nā) 1. f. n. Executing, urging, sending; whetting.

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

Uttejana (उत्तेजन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Utteaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Uttejana 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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Uttejana (उत्तेजन):—(nm) provocation; stimulation; excitement.

2) Uttejanā (उत्तेजना):—(nf) provocation; stimulation; excitement; ~[janaka/prada] provocative; stimulating; exciting; ~[purṇa] provocative, full of provocation; [uttejita] provoked; excited; stimulated; •[karanā] to provoke: to excite; to stimulate.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Uttējana (ಉತ್ತೇಜನ):—

1) [noun] the act of encouraging, giving confidence or filling confidence in.

2) [noun] something that encourages as encouraging words, gesture, etc. 3) the act of urging on, spurring on or inciting to some action, esp. to some evil; incitement.

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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.

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Nepali dictionary

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Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Uttejana (उत्तेजन):—n. 1. excitement; encouragement; stimulation; provocation; 2. anger; emotion; 3. instigation; 4. Chem. & Med. excitation;

2) Uttejanā (उत्तेजना):—n. 1. excitement; encouragement; stimulation; provocation; 2. anger; emotion; 3. instigation; 4. Chem. & Med. excitation;

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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.

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