Dictionary meanings for upayam from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 U. To marry, take a wife (A. in this sense); bhavān mithaḥ- samayādimāmupāyaṃsta Ś. 5; ātmānurūpāṃ vidhinopayeme Ku. 1. 18; R. 14. 87; Śi. 15. 27; Ms. 3. 11; Bk. 4. 20, 28; 7. 101.
2 (a) To seize, hold; upayaccha śūrpaṃ Av.; upāyaṃsta mahāstrāṇi Bk. 15. 21; śastrāṇyupāyaṃsata jitvarāṇi 1. 16. (b) To take, receive, accept; kopātkāścitpriyaiḥ prattamupāyaṃsata nāsavaṃ Bk. 8. 33.
3 To show, indicate (sūc);...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. A1. -yacchati, -te, to seize, lay hold of, touch (P. if not in the sense of appropriating Pat. on Pa1n2. 1-3, 56;) RV. viii, 35, 21; AV. xii, 3, 19; S3Br. &c; to reach forth, offer (Pass. aor. -ayāmi) RV. vii, 92, 1; to put under, prop, stay S3Br.;... m. a husband Ragh. vii, 1; Kum. 024409 204,1 35387 m. (Pa1n2. 3-3, 63) appropriation, taking possession of 204,1 35388 m. marrying, marriage Sa1h. 204,1 35389