उत्कृष्

{ utkṛṣ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

उत्-√ कृष्   ( उद्-√ कृष्) P. sometimes Ā. -कर्षति, -ते, to draw or drag or pull up;

to raise;

to draw or take out;

to extract;

to pull or put off, [MāṇḍUp.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Suśr.]; [R.] &c.;

to put off, delay, [Nyāyam.];

to bend (a bow);

to tear asunder:

Caus. -कर्षयति, to elevate, raise, increase, [Sāh.] :

Pass. -कृष्यते, to be lifted or drawn up;

to be raised, rise, become powerful, become eminent, [MBh. &c.] ( cf. उत्-कृष्ट).

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उत् √ कृष्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

उत्कृष् [utkṛṣ]   1 [P.]
   To draw or pull up, raise or lift up; उदकर्षि [Śi.13.6;] to draw or take out, extract, extricate; अङ्गदकोटिलग्नं प्रालम्बमुत्कृष्य [R.6.14.]
   To draw, attract; [Śi.17.42.]
   To pull or put off.
   To increase, enhance (opp. अपकृष्.).
   To bend (as a bow).
   To tear asunder. -Caus. To elevate, raise, increase.-pass.
   To be lifted, raised.
   To raise, be supreme or eminent.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : कृष्, अतिवृत्