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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vilup (विलुप्).—6 P.

1) To break off, pull out, cut off.

2) To seize, plunder, rob, carry off; उपकारं ध्वजीकृत्य सर्वमेवाव- लुम्पति (upakāraṃ dhvajīkṛtya sarvamevāva- lumpati) H.2.97.

3) To mar, spoil, impair.

4) (a) To destroy, ruin, cause to disappear; प्रियमत्यन्तविलुप्तदर्शनम् (priyamatyantaviluptadarśanam) Kumārasambhava 4.2 'for ever lost view'. (b) To eat up; क्रव्याद्भि- रङ्गलतिका नियतं विलुप्ता (kravyādbhi- raṅgalatikā niyataṃ viluptā) Uttararāmacarita 3.28; Mṛcchakaṭika 1.9.

5) To wipe or rub off. -Pass. To be destroyed or lost, to perish, disappear; जराविलुप्तमानावमानचिन्तः (jarāviluptamānāvamānacintaḥ) Dk.

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

Vilup (विलुप्).—tear or break in pieces, pull out or up, take away, rob, plunder, destroy, ruin; [Passive] [Middle] decay, perish, disappear, be gone or missing.

Vilup is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and lup (लुप्).

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

Vilup (विलुप्):—[=vi-√lup] [Parasmaipada] -lumpati (rarely [Ātmanepada]), to tear or break off or to pieces, wound, lacerate pull out or up, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to tear away, carry off, ravish, seize, rob, plunder, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.;

—to destroy, confound, ruin, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

— ([Ātmanepada]) to fall to pieces, be ruined, disappear, [Kauśika-sūtra; Chāndogya-upaniṣad] :

—[Passive voice] -lupyate, to be torn away or carried off, be impaired or destroyed, perish, be lost, disappear, fail, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.:

—[Causal] -lopayati (te), to tear or carry away, withhold, keep back, suppress, extinguish, destroy, [Mahābhārata; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

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

Vilup (विलुप्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viluṃpa.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Lup, Vi.

Starts with (+3): Vilu-patarayan, Vilu-peraraiyar, Vilupalai, Vilupani, Vilupanni, Vilupannivilu, Vilupatman, Vilupavi, Viluppakai, Viluppam, Viluppanur, Vilupparaiyan, Viluppini, Viluppu, Vilupt, Vilupt-bhashaa, Vilupta, Vilupta-bhasha, Viluptapurva, Viluptasavitrika.

Ends with: Pravilup.

Full-text: Vilumpa, Vilopa, Vilopana, Vilumpaka, Vilopin, Pravilup, Vilupya, Viloptri, Vilupti, Vilopya, Vilopita, Vilopaka, Viluptapurva, Viluptasavitrika, Viluptavitta, Vilupta.

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