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Entry उत्कृष्ट

उत्कृष्टutkṛṣṭap. p.Drawn up or out, raised, elevated; दस्यूत्कृष्टा जनपदाः Bhāg.12.3.32.
1. Drawn up or out, raised, elevated; दस्यूत्कृष्टा जनपदाः Bhāg.12.3.32.
2. Extracted.
3. Excellent, eminent, superior, best, highest; Ms.5.163, 7.126,8.281; बलdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Pt.3.36 superior in strength; so ज्ञानdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied गुणdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, etc.
4. Much, excessive, very great, increased; जिह्वालौल्यdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Pt.1.
5. Tilled; ploughed.
6. Scratched; ऐरावतविषाणाग्रैरुत्कृष्टकिणवक्षसम् Rām.6.4.5.
7. Plucked, cut out,; उत्कृष्टपर्णकमला Rām.5.19.15 ('उत्कृष्टानि त्रुटितानि पर्णानि यस्याः सा' इति टीका).
8. Attracted; Mb.14.59.1.
Derived forms and compounds
- -उपाधिता state of high illusion-भूमः a good soil.
- -वेदनम् marrying a man of a higher caste; वसनस्य दशा ग्राह्या शूद्रयोत्कृष्टवेदने Ms.3.44.
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