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उदयनं (udayanaM)

 
Apte 1890
English
उदयनं 1 Rising, ascending, going up.
2 Result, consequence.
3 End, conclusion.
नः 1 N. of Agastya.
2 N. of the king Vatsa
प्राप्यावंतीनुदयनकथाकोविदग्रामवृद्धान् Me. 30. [A celebrated Prince of the lunar race, who is usually styled Vatsarāja. He reigned at Kauśāmbī. Vāsavadattā, Princess of Ujjayinī, saw him in a dream and fell in love with him. He was decoyed to that city and there kept in prison by Chaṇḍamahāsena, the king. But on being released by the minister he carried off Vāsavadattā from her father and a rival suitor. Udayana is the hero of the play called Ratnāvalī and his life has been made the subject of several other minor compositions. See Vatsa also].
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
उदयनं, क्ली (उत् + + ल्युट् ।) उदयः इति मे-दिनी
(यथा ऋग्वेदे ४८ ।“एषा युक्ते परावतः सूर्य्यस्योदयनादधि”
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