Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

utkarṣa उत्कर्ष – elevation; increase; excellence

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

elevation; increase; excellence

Derived from

  1. ut उत् previx — up; out; forth
  2. kṛṣ कृष् verbal root — draw; pull
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

utkarṣa ·a. haughty. m. elevation, increase, eminence, ascendency, superiority, excess, abundance.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · adjective

Ut-karṣa, as, ā, am, superior, eminent; much, excessive; exaggerated, boastful; attractive; (as), m. pulling upwards, drawing, pulling; elevation, increase, rising to something better, prosperity; excellence, eminence; excess, abundance; self-conceit; boasting; joy, pleasure (?).

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

utkarṣa ut-karṣa, &c. See under ut-kṛṣ.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

utkarṣa (von karṣ mit ud) 1〉 adj. prahlerisch: utkarṣaṃ ca vaco 'nṛtam YĀJÑ. 3,229 (v. l. utkarṣaśca). — 2〉 m. a〉 (Hinaufzug) Aufschwung, Zunahme, Zuwachs; Erhebung zu etwas Besserm; das Hervorragen, Vorwiegen, Vorrang AK. 3,3,11. AK. 3,4,40. H. 1506. ninīṣuḥ kulamutkarṣamadhamānadhamāṃstyajet M. 4,244. utkarṣaṃ yoṣitaḥ prāptāḥ svaiḥ svairbhartṛguṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ M. 9,24. MBH. 14,1012. śataṃ tathotkarṣo droṇe droṇe prakīrtitaḥ SUŚR. 2,96,2. guṇotkarṣa R. 1,24,19. SUŚR. 1,44,12. SUŚR. 1,148,9. SUŚR. 1,274,16. SUŚR. 1,44,18. SUŚR. 2,74,15. SUŚR. 2,188,16. SUŚR. 2,266,5. PAÑCAT. 80,7. HIT. 52,9. HIT. 91,19. VID. 215. SĀH. D. 8,3. SĀH. D. 329,10. KATHĀS. 25,158. KATHĀS. 26,250. utkarṣaṃ pupuṣurguṇāḥ RAGH. 4,11. parotkarṣasaṃbhāvanayā mado niṣūditaḥ PRAB. 88,9. utkarṣaḥ sa ca dhanvināṃ yadiṣavaḥ sidhyanti lakṣye cale ŚĀK. 38. MĀṆḌ. UP. 10. jātyutkarṣa YĀJÑ. 1,96. sthānavayasoḥ P. 4,1,165, Sch. dvibahūnāmekotkarṣe beim Hervorragen Eines über Zweie und Viele VOP. 7,48. utkarṣāpakarṣāt SUŚR. 1,153,15. SUŚR. 1,169,16. Vgl. apakarṣa, wo noch andere Beispiele zu finden sind. — b〉 Selbstüberhebung, Prahlerei YĀJÑ. 3,229, v. l. — Das gerund. utkarṣam s. u. karṣ.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

utkarṣa 2〉a〉 santyaticchandasāṃ pādā ekotkarṣeṇa jāgatāt um eine Silbe wachsend ṚV. PRĀT. 17,28. te gacchanti yuge yuge . utkarṣaṃ cāpakarṣaṃ ca manuṣyeṣviha janmataḥ M. 10,42. lobhotkarṣa ein Uebermaass von Habsucht DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 192,21. Vgl. guṇotkarṣa. — c〉 das Ausnehmen, Beiseitelassen Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 1,5,13. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,6,10. — d〉 = prīti HALĀY. 1,123.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

utkarṣa 2〉b〉 ātmotkarṣa dass. Spr. (II) 6736.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

utkarṣa — 1〉 Adj. prahlerisch. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Aufschwung, Zunahme, Zuwachs; Erhebung zu etwas besserem; das Hervorragen, Vorwiegen, Vorrang, Uebergewicht, Uebermaass. — b〉 das Ausnehmen, bei Seite Lassen. — c〉 Selbstüberhebung. — d〉 Aufschub NYĀYAM. 5,1,23. 33. 35. Comm. zu Chr. 4,10.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

utkarṣa m. auch das weit auseinander Thun. pracalya caraṇotkarṣaiḥ R. ed. Bomb. 3,56,29. das Herausziehen (des Pfeiles aus dem Köcher) KIR. 16,20. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

utkarṣa a. 1 Superior, eminent. 2 Much, abundant. 3 Exaggerated, boastful. 4 Attractive. — rṣaḥ 1 Pulling off or upwards, drawing or pulling up. 2 Elevation, eminence, rise, prosperity; ninīṣuḥ kulamutkarṣaṃ Ms. 4. 244, Ms. 9. 24. 3 Increase, abundance, excess; pacānāmapi bhūtānāmutkarṣaṃ pupuṣurguṇāḥ R. 4. 11. 4 Excellence, highest merit, glory; utkarṣaḥ sa ca dhanvināṃ yadiṣavaḥ sidhyaṃti lakṣye cale Ś. 2. 5. 5 Self conceit, boasting. 6 Joy, pleasure.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

utkarṣa hochfahrend; m. Erhebung, Vorrang, Uebermaaß, Trefflichkeit.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

utkarṣa m. excellence, supériorité. Excès. Tg. addition: ekotkarṣa addition d'une syllabe.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.21*2–23*1: Utkarṣa and Apakarṣa 2 occurrences

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MandUp 1 occurrence
MandUp 8-11: The measures of Om 1 occurrence

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