Utsah: 6 definitions

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Utsah means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Utsah (उत्सह्).—1 Ā.

1) To be able, have power or energy; (expressed by 'can'); dare, venture (with inf.); तवानुवृत्तिं न च कर्तुमुत्सहे (tavānuvṛttiṃ na ca kartumutsahe) Kumārasambhava 5.65; Ś.5; Mu.4.14; Śiśupālavadha 14.83; Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.54,5.59,14.89, sometimes with acc. and dat. also; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.

2) To attempt, be prompted or incited; Kirātārjunīya 1.36; to cheer up, not to sink or give way; अज्ञवन्नोत्सहेथास्त्वम् (ajñavannotsahethāstvam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 19.16.

3) To feel at ease, enjoy pleasure; क्षणमप्युत्सहते न मां विना (kṣaṇamapyutsahate na māṃ vinā) Kumārasambhava 4.36.

4) To go forward, march on; K.249. -Caus. To encourage, excite, instigate, incite; वरुणोत्साहितेन वेधसा (varuṇotsāhitena vedhasā) K.22; Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.69.

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

Utsah (उत्सह्).—hold out, endure; be able to or capable of (infin. prati, [locative], or [dative]). [Causative] urge on, impel to ([locative]).

Utsah is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ud and sah (सह्).

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

Utsah (उत्सह्):—[=ut-√sah] (ud-√sah) [Ātmanepada] -sahate ([infinitive mood] -saham, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa i, 1, 6, 1]) to endure, bear, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa iii, 44, 5; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa i, 3, 3, 13];

—to be able, be adequate, have power (with [infinitive mood] or [dative case] of abstr. noun);

—to act with courage or energy, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Śakuntalā; Pañcatantra] etc.:—[Causal] -sāhayati, to animate, encourage, excite, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara] :—[Desiderative] of the [Causal] (p. -sisāhayiṣat) to wish to excite or encourage, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya ix, 69.]

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

Utsah (उत्सह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ucchaha.

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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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Utsah in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) enthusiasm, zeal; ~[purna] full of beans, in high spirits, as keen as mustard; —[bhamga karana] to demoralise; ~[vardhaka] encouraging; ~[vardhana] encouragement; —[ki lahara daudana] a wave of enthusiasm to spread out, to be infected by a sense of enthusiasm..—utsah (उत्साह) is alternatively transliterated as Utsāha.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Utsaah is another spelling for उत्साह [utsāha].—n. 1. effort; energy; excitement; enthusiasm; zeal; 2. joy; pleasure; warmth;

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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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