Alternative spellings of this word include Uchchhvas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ucchvas (उच्छ्वस्).—2 P.

1) To breathe, live; आत्मेच्छया न शक्यमुच्छ्वसितुमपि (ātmecchayā na śakyamucchvasitumapi) K.175; Ve.5.15; Manusmṛti 3.72; अनुच्छ्वस्य (anucchvasya) without breathing, in one breath.

2) To take heart or courage, cheer up, revive, breathe a sigh of relief; नाद्याप्युच्छ्वसिति (nādyāpyucchvasiti) Uttararāmacarita 3,7; त्वत्सन्निधावुच्छ्वसितीव चेतः (tvatsannidhāvucchvasitīva cetaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 3.8 is delighted; Śiśupālavadha 18.58; Ratnāvalī 4; दिगन्तः (digantaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 9.21.

3) To open, bloom (as a lotus); नोच्छ्वसिति तपनकिरणैः (nocchvasiti tapanakiraṇaiḥ) (kumudam) V.3.16; M.2.11; Śiśupālavadha 1.58,11.15.

4) To take a deep breath, pant, sigh deeply; निष्पिष्टः कोष्ण- मुच्छ्रवसन् (niṣpiṣṭaḥ koṣṇa- mucchravasan) Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.12,14.55.

5) To throb, heave, palpitate.

6) To be loosened or relaxed. -Caus.

1) To cause to breathe.

2) To console, cheer up, delight, give rest; उच्छ्वासयन्त्यः श्लथबन्धनानि (ucchvāsayantyaḥ ślathabandhanāni); Ṛtusaṃhāra 6.8; Uttararāmacarita 3; Śiśupālavadha 9.34.

3) To loosen, relax, disjoin; दशमुखभुजोच्छ्वासितप्रस्थसन्धिः (daśamukhabhujocchvāsitaprasthasandhiḥ) Meghadūta 6.

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

Ucchvas (उच्छ्वस्).—hiss, pant, gasp, groan, sigh; breathe upwards or out; stop or pause from ([ablative]), recover; heave ([intransitive]), get loose, open, expand. [Causative] cause to take breath, refresh, lift up; tear, rend asunder, interrupt, disturb.

Ucchvas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ud and śvas (श्वस्).

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

Ucchvas (उच्छ्वस्):—[=uc-chvas] (ud-√śvas) [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -chvasiti (p. -chvasat, -chvasamāna; [Potential] -chvaset, -chvasīta)

—to breathe hard, snort;

—to take a deep breath, breathe;

—to breathe again, get breath, recover, rest, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa; Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Suśruta; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad] etc.;

—to sigh, pant, respire, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to rise, [Vikramorvaśī];

—to unfasten one’s self, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to open, begin to bloom, [Vikramorvaśī; Mālavikāgnimitra];

—to heave:

—[Causal] -chvāsayati, to cause to breathe again or recover;

—to gladden, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to raise, lift, elevate;

—to untie (cf. uc-chvāsita below).

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

Ucchvas (उच्छ्वस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ūsasa.

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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: Uc, Ud, Shvas.

Starts with: Ucchvasa, Ucchvasaka, Ucchvasana, Ucchvasanishvasa, Ucchvasant, Ucchvasaprashvasa, Ucchvasarupa, Ucchvasavihina, Ucchvasin, Ucchvasisu, Ucchvasita, Ukchvasat.

Ends with: Pratyucchvas, Samucchvas.

Full-text: Samucchvas, Ucchvasin, Usasa, Ucchvasa, Ukchvasat, Ukchvas, Ucchvasana, Prokchvas.

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