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उपाश्रित

   { upāśrita }
Script: Devanagari

उपाश्रित     

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English
उपा-श्रित  mfn. mfn. lying or resting upon, leaning against, clinging to, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] ; [KaṭhUp.] ; [R.]
ROOTS:
उपा श्रित
having recourse to, relying upon, taking refuge with, [MBh.] ; [Bhag.] ; [Kathās.] &c.
taking one's self to
approached, arrived at, abiding in [MBh.] ; [BhP.] ; [VarBṛS.] &c.
anything against which one leans or upon which one rests, [Uttarar.]

उपाश्रित     

उपाश्रित [upāśrita]   a.
Relying or depending upon.
Supporting (fig. also), bearing, holding, protecting. चिन्तामपरिमेयां तां प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः [Bg.16.11.]
An indirect dependent; (as against संश्रित direct. dependent); संश्रितोपाश्रितांस्तथा यथाशक्त्यनुकम्पेत [Mb.12.87.24.]
See उपाश्रय (4).

उपाश्रित     

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English
उपाश्रित  mfn.  (-तः-ता-तं)
1. Supporting, (literally or figuratively) bearing, holding, protecting.
2. Relying or depending upon.
E. उप near, and आश्रित giving support.
ROOTS:
उप आश्रित

उपाश्रित     

See : आश्रित

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