Utkal, Ut-kal, Uṭkāl: 5 definitions
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Utkal means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
: archive.org: Aspects of Bengal society: Ship-building and commerceUtkal is the name of an ancient city mentioned by the author of the Kavikankan’s Chandikāvya pp. 195-202.—Accordingly, after the performance of the usual ceremonies before sailing, the merchant Dhanapati passed the following places: [...]—all by the side of the Ganges. Then he reached the very celebrated inland port of Bengal known as Saptagram near the Tribeni. The poet here incidentally praised this port and gave it a superiour place among the following ports and places: [e.g., Utkal, etc...]. According to the poet the merchants of the above places visit Saptagram but the merchants of Saptagram do never visit those ports and places.

Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Utkal (उत्कल्):—[=ut-kal] 1. ܳ-√k (ud- �1. kal) [Parasmaipada] -kalayati, to unbind, loosen.
2) [=ut-kal] 2. ܳ-√k (ܻ-√k) [Parasmaipada] -ⲹپ, to drive out, expel [commentator or commentary] on [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Utkal (उत्कल्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ukkala.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryUtkal in Hindi refers in English to:�(nm) ancient name of [udisa] (see)..—utkal (उत्क�) is alternatively transliterated as Utkala.
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Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconUṭkāl (உட்கால�) [�-] noun < உள� [ul] +. Channel that brings in water into a tank; நீர்வரத்துள்� கால்வாய். [nirvarathulla kalvay.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with (+5): Ut-kaluttucaratu, Utkala, Utkaladesha, Utkalakam, Utkalakhanda, Utkalapa, Utkalapana, Utkalapay, Utkalapaya, Utkalapayati, Utkali, Utkalika, Utkalikaprapamca, Utkalikapraya, Utkalikavailari, Utkalikavallari, Utkalikavilasa, Utkalike, Utkalikedoru, Utkalinga.
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