mfn. (Comparative degree fr. 1. ud-;opposed to adhara-;declined a-), upper, higher, superior (exempli gratia, 'for example'uttare dantās-,the upper teeth) etc.
n. result, the chief or prevalent result or characteristic, what remains or is left, conclusion, remainder, excess, over and above, (often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'exempli gratia, 'for example'bhayottara-,attended with danger, having danger as the result; dharmottara-,chiefly characterized by virtue; ṣaṣṭy-uttaraṃ sahasram-,one thousand with an excess of sixty, id est 1060; saptottaraṃ śatam-,107)
m.n. one of the nine divisions of the world (the country of the northern kuru-s, situated in the north of India, and described as the country of eternal beatitude).
उत्तर a. [उद्-तरप्] 1 Being or produced in the north, northern (declined like a pronoun). -2 Upper, higher
P.I.1.34 (opp. अधर); उत्तरे-अधरे दन्ताः Śat. Br.; अवनतोत्तरकायम् R.9.6; P.II.2.1. -3 (a) Later-latter, following, subsequent (opp. पूर्व); पूर्वमेघः, उत्तरमेघः, ˚मीमांसा; उत्तरार्धः &c. ˚रामचरितम् later adventures of Rāma U.1.2; पूर्वः उत्तरः former-latter H.1.9; एतानि मान्यस्थानानि गरीयो यद्यदुत्तरम् Ms.2.136. (b) Future; concluding; ˚कालः subsequent time; ˚फलम्; ˚वचनम् a reply. -4 Left (opp. दक्षिण). -5 Superior, chief, excellent; dominant, power- ful. आनयेङ्गुदिपिण्याकं चीरमाहर चोत्तरम् Rām.2.13.2; वाद्यमानेषु तूर्येषु मल्लतारोत्तरेषु च Bhāg.1.42.36. -6 Exceeding, transgressing, beyond; तर्कोत्तराम् Mv.2.6. -7 More, more than (generally as the last member of a comp. with numerals); षडुत्तरा विंशतिः 26; अष्टोत्तरं शतं 18; दशनागबलाः केचित् केचिद्दशगुणोत्तराः Rām.5.43.22. -8 Accompanied or attended with, full of, consisting chiefly of, followed by (at the end of comp.); राज्ञां तु चरितार्थता दुःखोत्तरैव Ś.5; चषकोत्तरा R.7.49; अस्रोत्तर- मीक्षिताम् Ku.5.61; उत्सवोत्तरो मङ्गलविधिः Dk.39,166; K.311; H.1.15; प्रवाल ˚पुष्पशय्ये R.6.5 over spread with; धर्मोत्तरम् 13.7 rich in; 18.7; कम्प ˚ 13.28;17.12; 19.23. -9 To be crossed over. -रः 1 Future time, futurity. -2 N. of Viṣṇu. -3 N. of Śiva. -रा 1 The north; अस्त्युत्तरस्यां दिशि देवतात्मा Ku.1.1. -2 A lunar mansion. -3 N. of the daughter of Virāṭa and wife of Abhimanyu. -4 N. of a plant (Mar. पिंपरी). -रम् 1 An answer, reply; प्रचक्रमे च प्रतिवक्तुमुत्तरम् R.3.47; उत्तरादुत्तरं वाक्यं वदतां संप्रजायते Pt.1.6; a reply is suggested to a reply वचस्तस्य सपदि क्रिया केवलमुत्तरम् Śi. -2 (In law) Defence, a rejoinder. -3 The last part or following member of a compound. -4 (In Mīm.) The fourth member of an अधिकरण q. v. the answer. -5 The upper surface or cover. -6 Conclusion. -7 Remainder, rest, what followed or took place next; शान्तमथवा किमिहोत्तरेण U.3.26. -8 Superiority, excellence. -9 Result, the chief or prevalent result or characteristic. -1 Excess, over and above; see above (उत्तर a. 8). -11 Remainder, difference (in arith.). -12 A rectangular moulding (Mānasāra 13.67.) -13 The next step, further action; उत्तरं चिन्तयामास वानरो मरुतात्मजः Rām.5.13.59. -14 A cover (आच्छादन); सूस्करं सोत्तरबन्धुरेषम् Mb.6.6.9. -रम् ind. 1 Above. -2 Afterwards, after; तत उत्तरम्, इत उत्तरम् &c. शापं तं ते$भिविज्ञाय कृतवन्तः किमुत्तरम् Mb.1.36.1. -Comp. -अगारम् An upper room, garet. -अधर a. higher and lower (fig. also). (-रौ du.) the upper and under lip, the two lips; पुनर्विवक्षुःस्फुरितोत्तराधरः Ku.5.83 (स्फुरण- भूयिष्ठो$धरो यस्य Malli.). -अधिकारः, -रिता, -त्वम् right to property, heirship, inheritance. -अधिकारिन् m. an heir or claimant (subsequent to the death of the original owner). -अपरा north-west. -अभिमुख a. Turned towards the north. -अयनम् (˚यणं. न being changed to ण) 1 the progress of the sun to the north (of the equator); अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् Bg.8.24. cf. भानोर्मकरसंक्रान्तेः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् । कर्कादेस्तु तथैव स्यात् षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् ॥ -2 the period or time of the summer solstice. -अरणिः, -णी f. the upper अरणि (which by cutting becomes the प्रमन्थ or churner); दारुपात्राणि सर्वाणि अरणिं चोत्तरारणिम् (दत्त्वा) Rām.6.111.116. -अर्थ a. for the sake of what follows. -अर्धम् 1 the upper part of the body. -2 the northern part. -3 the latter half (opp. पूर्वार्ध). -4 the further end. -अर्ध्य a. being on the northern side. -अहः the following day. -आभासः a false reply, an indirect, evasive, or prevaricating reply. ˚ता, -त्वम् the semblance of a reply without reality. -आशा the northern direction. ˚अधिपतिः, -पतिः the regent of the northern direction, an epithet of Kubera. -आषाढा 1 the 21st lunar mansion consisting of three stars. -2 N. of bread-fruit or Jak tree (Mar. फणस). -आसङ्गः 1 an upper garment; कृतोत्तरासङ्गम् K.43; Śi.2.19; Ku.5.16. -2 contact with the north. -इतर a. other than उत्तर i. e. southern. (-रा) the southern direction. -उत्तर a. [उत्तरस्मादुत्तरः] 1 more and more, higher and higher, further and further. -2 successive, ever increasing; ˚स्नेहेन दृष्टः Pt. 1; Y.2.136. (-रम्) 1 a reply to an answer, reply on reply; अलमुत्तरोत्तरेण Mu.3. -2 conversation, a rejoinder. -3 excess, exceeding quantity or degree. -4 succession, gradation, sequence. -5 descending. (-रम्) ind. higher and higher, in constant continuation, more and more. उत्तरोत्तरमुत्कर्षः K. P.1; उत्तरोत्तरं वर्धते H.1. -उत्तरिन् a. 1 ever-increasing. -2 one following the other. -ओष्ठः the upper lip (उत्तरो-रौ-ष्ठः). Vārt. on P.VI.1.94. ओत्वोष्ठयोस्समासे वा -काण्डम् the seventh book of the Rāmāyaṇa. -कायः the upper part of the body; तं वाहनादवनतोत्तरकायमीषत् R.9.6. -कालः 1 future time. -2 time calculated from one full moon to another. -कुरु (m. pl.) one of the nine divisions of the world, the country of the northern Kurus (said to be a country of eternal beatitude). -कोसलाः (m. pl.) the northern Kosalas; पितुरनन्तरमुत्तरकोसलान् R.9.1. -कोशला the city of Ayodhyā; यदुपतेः क्व गता मथुरा पुरी रघुपतेः क्व गतोत्तरकोशला ॥ Udb. -क्रिया funeral rites, obsequies. -खण्डम् the last section of book. -खण्डनम् refutation. -गीता N. of a section of the sixth book of the Mahābhārata. -ग्रन्थः supplement to a work. -च्छदः a bed-covering, covering (in general); शय्योत्तरच्छदविमर्द- कृशाङ्गरागम् R.5.65,17.21; नागचर्मोत्तरच्छदः Mb. -ज a. born subsequently or afterwards; चतुर्दश प्रथमजः पुनात्युत्तरजश्च षट् Y.1.59. -ज्या the versed sine of an arc (Wilson); the second half of the chord halved by the versed sine (B. and R.). -ज्योतिषाः (m. pl.) the northern Jyotiṣas. -ततिः f. Ectype (lit. subequent proceedings) उत्तरस्यां ततौ तत्प्रकृतित्वात् MS.1.4.25. शबर explains उत्तरस्यां ततौ as विकृतौ), -तन्त्रम् N. of a supplementary section in the medical work of Suśruta. -तापनीयम् N. of the second part of the नृसिंहतापनीयो- पनिषद्. -दायक a. replying, disobedient, pert, impertinent; दुष्टा भार्या शठं मित्रं भृत्याश्चोत्तरदायकाः H.2.11.
-दिश् f. the north. ˚ईशः, -पालः 1 Kubera, the regent of the north. -2 the planet बुध. ˚बलिन् 1 the planet Venus. -2 the moon. -देशः the country towards the north. -धेय a. to be done subsequently. -नारायणः the second part of the नारायणसूक्त or पुरुषसूक्त (Rv.1.9.). -पक्षः 1 the northern wing or side. -2 the dark half of a lunar month. -3 the second part of an argument, i. e. a reply, the reason pro. (opp. पूर्वपक्ष); प्रापयन् पवनव्याधेर्गिरमुत्तरपक्षताम् Śi.2.15. -4 a demonstrated truth or conclusion. -5 the minor proposition in a syllogism. -6 (in Mīm.) the fifth member of an Adhikaraṇa, q. v. -पटः 1 an upper garment. -2 a bed-covering (उत्तरच्छदः). -पथः the northern way, way leading to the north; the northern country; P.V.1 77. उत्तरपथेनाहृतं च. -पथिक a. travelling in the northern country. -पदम् 1 the last member of a compound. -2 a word that can be compounded with another. -पदिक, -पदकीय a. relating to, studying, or knowing the last word or term. -पर्वतकम् A variety of hides. Kāu. A.2.11. -पश्चार्धः the northwestern half. -पश्चिम a. northwestern. (-मः) the north-western country. (-मा) [उत्तरस्याः पश्चिमायाश्च दिशोन्तरालम्] the north-west; आलोकयन्नुत्तरपश्चिमेन Mb.12.335.8. -पादः the second division of a legal plaint, that part which relates to the reply or defence; पूर्वपक्षः स्मृतः पादो द्वितीयश्चोत्तरः स्मृतः । क्रियापादस्तृतीयः स्याच्चतुर्थो निर्णयः स्मृतः ॥ -पुरस्तात् ind. north-eastward (with gen.). -पुराणम् N. of a Jaina work. -पुरुषः = उत्तमपुरुषः q. v. -पूर्व a. north-eastern. (-र्वा) the north-east. -प्रच्छदः a cover lid, quilt. -प्रत्युत्तरम् 1 a dispute, debate, a rejoinder, retort. -2 the pleadings in a law-suit. -फ (फा) ल्गुनी the twelfth lunar mansion consisting of two stars (having the figure of a bed). -भागः The second part. -भाद्रपद्, -दा 1 the 26 th lunar mansion consisting of two stars (figured by a couch). -2 N. of a plant (Mar. कडुनिंब). -मन्द्रा a loud but slow manner of singing. ˚मन्द्राद्या a. particular मूर्च्छना in music. -मात्रम् a mere reply. -मीमांसा the later Mīmāmsā, the Vedānta Philosophy, an inquiry into the nature of Brahman or Jñāna Kāṇḍa (distinguished from मीमांसा proper which is usually called पूर्वमीमांसा). -युगम् A particular measure (= 13 Aṅgulas). -रहित a. without a reply. -रामचरितम् -त्रम् N. of a celebrated drama by Bhavabhūti, which describes the later life of Rāma. -रूपम् The second of two combined vowels or consonants. -लक्षणम् the indication of an actual reply. -लोमन् a. having the hair turned upwards. -वयसम्, -स् n. old age, the declining period of life. -वरितः a kind of small syringe. -वल्ली f. N. of the second section of the काठकोपनिषद् when divided into two अध्यायs. -वस्त्रम्, -वासस् n. an upper garment, mantle, cloak; जग्राह तामुत्तरवस्त्रदेशे Mb.3.268. 24. -वादिन् m. 1 a defendant, respondent; (Opp. पूर्ववादिन्.) साक्षिषूभयतः सत्मु साक्षिणः पूर्ववादिनः । पूर्वपक्षे$धरीभूते भवन्त्युत्तरवादिनः ॥ Y.2.17. -2 one whose claims are of later date than another's. -विद् -वेदन or वेदिन् An elephant sensitive to slight stimuli (Mātaṅga L.1.29; 9.39). -वीथिः f. The northern orbit; Bṛi. S. -वेदिः 1 the northern altar made for the sacred fire. -2 N. of a Tīrtha near the कुरुक्षेत्र. -सक्थम् the left thigh. -संझित a. denoted or named in reply (as a witness). (-तः) hearsay-witness. -साक्षिन् m. 1 a witness for the defence. -2 a witness deposing to facts from the reports of others. -साधक a. 1 finishing what remains or follows, assisting at a ceremony. -2 who or what proves a reply. (-कः) an assistant, helper -हनुः Ved. the upper jaw-bone.
उत्तरत्र ind. 1 Subsequently, later or further on, below (in a work), in the sequel. -2 In the second case (opp. पूर्वत्र in the first case). -3 Northward.
अनुत्तर a. [नास्ति उत्तरो यस्मात्] 1 Principal, chief. -2 Best, excellent; अनुत्तराणि विलसितानि Dk.162 unsurpassed. शरीरसौख्यार्थमनुत्तरस्य निपेततुर्मूर्धनि तस्य सौम्ये । Bu. ch.1.35. -3 [नास्ति उत्तरं यस्य] Without a reply, silent, unable to answer; भवत्यवज्ञा च भवत्यनुत्तरात् Naiṣadha. -4 Fixed, firm (न उत्तरति चलति). अर्थ्यं तथ्यं हितं वाक्यं लघुयुक्तमनुत्तरम् Mb.2.2.5. -5 Low, inferior, base, mean. -6 Southern. -रम् [न. त.] No reply, a reply which, being evasive, is considered to be no reply. -राः (pl.) A class of gods among Jainas (˚उपपातिक). -उपपातिकदशाः f. Title of the ninth aṅga of the Jainas treating of those gods. -रा The south. ...अनुत्तरः । नोदीच्यां नोपरि श्रेष्ठे...। Nm. -Comp. -योगतन्त्रम् Title of the last of the four Bauddhatantras.
औत्तर a. (-री-रा) [उत्तर-अण्] Northern, living in the north. -Comp. -अह a. belonging to the following day. -पथिक a. going in the north direction. -पदिक a. comprehended in the last word or term. -भक्तिक a. Taken after meal; Charaka.
cpv. upper; higher, better; later (than, ab.); left; northern; north of (ab.); posterior; following; latter, subsequent, future; superior; mightier; victorious; win ning (a suit); m. N. of a mtn.; n.surface, cover (--°ree;, a.); north; latter part of a compound; an swer, discussion; legal defence; contradiction (-m dâ, contradict); superiority; surplus (--°ree;, a.=increased by, plus); main part (--°ree;, a. hav ing asits chief object, consisting chiefly of; ad. overwhelmed by); consequence (--°ree;, a. followed by); later period (--°ree;=later); kind of song.
m. upper part of the body; -kâla, m. subsequent period, future; a. future; -kosala, m. pl. northern Kosalas; -khanda, m. n. designation of last section in various works.
ad. northwards; to the north, to the left of (g.): -paskât, to the north-west; -dâyaka, a. answering, contra dicting, impertinent; -paksha, m. northern or left wing; answer to an opponent's ob jection (ph.); -pada, n. latter part of a com pound; -paskima, a. north-westerly.
a. (east-northern, i. e.) north-eastern: in. or -tas, in the north-east, of (ab., g.), -dig-bhâga, -dig-vibhâga, m. north-eastern side of (g.); -utpatti, f. first appearance; -uda&ndot;-mukha,a. facing north eastwards or to the east or the north; -udañk, a. (f. -udîkî) north-eastern; n. -udak, ad.; f. -udîkî, (east-north, i. e.) north-east; -ûdhâ, pp. f. formerly married.
The Uttara Kurus, who play a mythical part in the Epic and later literature, are still a historical people in the Aitareya Brāhmana, where they are located beyond the Himalaya (parena Himavantam). In another passage, however, the country of the Uttara Kurus is stated by Vāsiçtha Sātyahavya to be a land of the gods (deva-ksetra), but Jānam- tapi Atyarāti was anxious to conquer it, so that it is still not wholly mythical. It is reasonable to accept Zimmer’s view that the northern Kurus were settled in Kaśmīr, especially as Kuruksetra is the region where tribes advancing from Kaśmīr might naturally be found. Cf. Udīcyas.
Is the name of a tribe mentioned with the Uttara Kurus in the Aitareya Brāhmana as living beyond the Himālaya. Zimmer points out that in the Vamśa Brāhmana Kāmboja Aupamanyava is a pupil of Madragāra, and thence infers that Kambojas and Madras were not far distant in space. This conclusion is perfectly reasonable in view of the probable position of the Kambojas.
noun (neuter) (in law) a defence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a defensive measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular figure in rhetoric (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wall plate
an architrave
answer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
competency (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conclusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
contradiction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
difference (in arithmetic) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excellence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excess (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a song (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of each of the Nakṣatras that contain the word "uttara" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
over and above (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rejoinder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
remainder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
remainder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reply (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
result (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
superiority (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the chief or prevalent result or characteristic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the following member (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the last part of a compound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the north (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
upper surface or cover (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
what remains or is left (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[Mimāṃsā] the answer (the fourth member of an adhikaraṇa or case) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] the Uttaratantra Frequency rank 2168/72933
adjective better (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
chief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
concluding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dominant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excellent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
following (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
future (opposed to pūrva) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gaining a cause (in law) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
higher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
later (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
latter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
left (opposed to dakṣiṇa or right) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
more excellent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
more powerful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
northern (because the northern part of India is high) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
posterior (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
predominant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
subsequent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
superior (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
superior (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
upper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a king of the Nāgas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a school (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Virāṭa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) the northern country (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the northern way (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the way leading to the north (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective an assistant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assisting at a ceremony (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
befriending (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
effective of a result (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
establishing a reply (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
friend (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
helper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) name of a supplementary section in the medical manual of Suśruta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of supplementary portions of several works (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective still further removed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
still higher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
still more distant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
indeclinable above (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
afterwards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
at the top (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
behind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
from the north (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
northward (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to the left (opposed to dakṣiṇa-tas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
indeclinable after (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
below (in a work) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
beyond (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
further on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
in what follows (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
later (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
northward (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
subsequently (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a defendant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a replicant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one whose claims are of later date than another's (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a ship
coming forth or out of (especially out of water) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
crossing rivers (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
disembarking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
landing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
another terminus for bīja
removing one metal from an alloy Frequency rank 14055/72933
adjective base (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
best (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
chief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excellent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
firm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fixed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inferior (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
low (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
principal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
silent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
south (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
southern (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unable to answer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
without a reply (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) end of a speech (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
speech and reply (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the last word (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sanskrit Dictionary understands and transcodes देवनागर्-ई IAST, Harvard-Kyoto, SLP1, ITRANS. You can type in any of the Sanskrit transliteration systems you are familiar with and we will detect and convert it to IAST for the purpose of searching.
Using the Devanagari and IAST Keyboards
Click the icon to enable a popup keybord and you can toggle between देवनागरी and IAST characters. If you want a system software for typing easily in देवनागरी or IAST you can download our software called SanskritWriter
Wildcard Searches and Exact Matching
To replace many characters us * example śakt* will give all words starting with śakt. To replace an individual character use ? for example śakt?m will give all words that have something in place of the ?. By default our search system looks for words “containing” the search keyword. To do an exact match use “” example “śaktimat” will search for this exact phrase.
Special Searches
Type sandhi: and a phrase to search for the sandhi of the two words example.
sandhi:sam yoga will search for saṃyoga
Type root: and a word to do a root search only for the word. You can also use the √ symbol, this is easily typed by typing \/ in SanskritWriter software.