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excess meaning in Sanskrit

अधिक adhika

/ˈɛksɛs/

excess in Sanskrit: अधिक (adhika), उपचय (upacaya), अतिक्रमण (atikrámaṇa), कट (kaṭa). In English, excess means the state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

Sanskrit words for excess

excess, surplus
अधिक adhika
excess
उपचय upacaya, अतिक्रमण atikrámaṇa
excess, superabundance
कट kaṭa
excess, superabundance, vitiation
प्रकोप prakopa
excess, abundance
उत्कर्ष utkarṣa

English meaning of excess

  1. noun The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
  2. noun The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
  3. noun An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
  4. noun Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

Full definition of excess

excess in a sentence

  • The excess of heavy water was given away to the neighbouring country.
  • I leaped up in an excess of enthusiasm.
  • The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

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Questions about excess in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of excess in Sanskrit?
Excess in Sanskrit is अधिक (adhika), उपचय (upacaya), अतिक्रमण (atikrámaṇa), कट (kaṭa).
excess इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Excess: अधिक (adhika), उपचय (upacaya), अतिक्रमण (atikrámaṇa), कट (kaṭa).
What does excess mean in English?
Excess means the state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “excess”: अतिक्रमण, अधिक, उत्कर्ष, उपचय. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: excess (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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