the act or an instance of abstaining from food; fast; fasting.
ಉಪವಾಸ ಕೆಡವು upavāsa keḍavu to deny another his/her food (as a punishment); ಉಪವಾಸಬೀಳು upavāsa bīḷu to suffer from hunger; ಉಪವಾಸಮಾಡು upavāsa māḍu to abstain from taking food; to fast; ಉಪವಾಸಮುಗಿಸು upavāsa mugisu to break the fast, esp. the one taken as a vow or in protest against something; ಉಪವಾಸವಿರು upavāsaviru to be fasting.
ಉಪಾವಾಸ
♪ upāvāsa
noun
the act or an instance of abstaining from food; fast; fasting.
ಉಪವಾಸಿ
♪ upavāsi
noun
a person deliberately abstaining from taking food.
ಉಂಡು ಉಪವಾಸಿ, ಬಳಸಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿ uṇḍu upvāsi, baḷasi brahmacāri (prov.) he who who pretends pious, but not really so.
ಉಪವಾಸ ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹ
♪ upavāsa satyāgraha
noun
a form of protest in which a person refuses to take food until certain demands are met; hunger strike.
ಉಪವಿಷೆ
♪ upa viṣe
noun
the plant Aconitum hetrophyllum of Ranunculaceae family.
ಉಪವೇಶ
♪ upavēśa
noun
a session or meeting, as of a parliament, legislative or court; a sitting.
ಉಪವಾಸ ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹಿ
♪ upavāsa satyāgrahi
noun
a person who refuses to take food until certain demands are met.