Apte Dictionary

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Entry उद्देश

उद्देशuddeśa1 Pointing to or at, directing; सूर्योद्देशेन तिला दातव्याः Pt.2 in the name of.
1. 1 Pointing to or at, directing; सूर्योद्देशेन तिला दातव्याः Pt.2 in the name of.
2. Mention, specification; सार्धप्रहरद्वयोद्देशे Pt.5; स्वरसंस्कारोद्देशः Nir.
3. Illustration, explanation, exemplification.
4. Ascertainment, determination, inquiry, investigation, search.
5. A brief statement or account; एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया Bg.1.4; Mb.8.69.54.
6. Assignment, allotment.
7. Stipulation, bargain.
8. Object, motive; कृतोद्देशः स बीभत्सुः Mb.3.158.3.
9. A spot, region, place; अहो प्रवातसुभगोयमुद्देशः Ś.3; M.3; वनdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied a part of the forest.
10. Upper region, high position.
11. (In Philosophy) The enunciation of a thing by its name (which is to be further discussed and explained), the other two processes being लक्षण and परीक्षा.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पदम् The term (or terms) which form the subject; नात्रैषा वचनव्यक्तिः ये यजमाना इत्युद्देशपदम्, ऋत्विजः इति विधेयपदम् । ŚB. on MS.6.6.2.
In the Gita10·40

एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया ॥

eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā. — There is no numbering or limit to My divine Vibhutis, O Parantapa; what I have spoken, is nothing more than a summary development and I have given… 10·40
- उद्देशतःuddeśataḥadverb indeclinable made from the noun uddeśa by adding the suffix tas (in the form of a summary, in brief, by way of an indication).
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