Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -र्षः

  1. Pulling off or upwards, drawing or pulling up; चरणोत्कर्षै- र्दारयन्निव मेदिनीम् Rām.3.56.29.
  2. Elevation, eminence, rise, prosperity; निनीषुः कुलमुत्कर्षम् Ms.4.244,9.24.
  3. Increase, abundance, excess; पञ्चानामपि भूतानामुत्कर्षं पुपुषुर्गुणाः R.4.11.
  4. Excellence, highest merit, glory; उत्कर्षः स च धन्विनां यदिषवः सिध्यन्ति लक्ष्ये चले Ś.2.5.
  5. Selfconceit, boasting.
  6. Joy, pleasure.
  7. Postponement (of some detail or details at a विकृतियाग) id est, that is performing them at a later stage; तदादि उत्कर्षे तदन्तमपकर्षे स्यात् ŚB. on MS.5.1.24.

• -समः A kind of fallacy attributing similar qualities to two objects because they have one quality in common; Exempli gratia, for example affirming that a sound has a shape like a jar because both are perishable.