Upanishritya, Upaniśritya: 1 definition

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Upanishritya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Upaniśritya can be transliterated into English as Upanisritya or Upanishritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Upanishritya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Upaniśritya (उपनिश्रित्य).—ger., postposition (to Sanskrit upa-ni-śri-, but actually a Sanskritization of upaniśrāya, q.v.; in mss. often written upanisṛtya, sometimes °śṛtya, which is undoubtedly an error, Speyer Avadāna-śataka Introd. CIX, Weller p. 29), near, with acc.: Lalitavistara 2.17 śrāvastīṃ mahānagarīm upaśritya viharati sma; so regularly followed by viharati, nagarīm upa° vi° Divyāvadāna 54.15; Avadāna-śataka i.237.13; 248.1 etc.; caityam upa° viharanti Divyāvadāna 207.11; pūrvāṃ diśam upaniś- rityāsthāt Lalitavistara 217.19, took a stand near the eastern quarter, and so 218.3, 8, 14; examples of spelling °sṛtya in mss. (and Lefm.'s text of Lalitavistara), vaiśālīm upanisṛtya prativasati sma Lalitavistara 238.14; mahānagaram upanisṛtya viharati sma Lalitavistara 243.16 (one ms. °śṛtya); rājadhānīm upanisṛtya (Speyer em. °śritya) viharati Avadāna-śataka i.349.5 etc.

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Upanisṛtya (उपनिसृत्य).—[, written for upaniśritya, q.v.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

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