Alternative spellings of this word include Uparjan.

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Upārjana (उपार्जन) refers to the “acquisition (of wealth)”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting on horseback (āśvina) represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting (mṛgayā). [...] It leads to the acquisition of wealth (artha-upārjana) by the capture of wild elephants and rhinoceros, by collecting horns and hides, musk and precious stones, feathers and such like things. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Upārjana (उपार्जन) refers to “earning (money)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.5 (“The Tripuras are fascinated).—Accordingly, as Arihan said to the Lord of the Three Cities: “O ruler of the Asuras, listen to my statement, pregnant with wisdom. It is the essence of the Vedānta and bears high esoteric importance. [...] All sorts of charitable gifts recommended by the sages do not merit even a sixteenth part of the gift of protection to a living being. The strength that one derives by the use of gems mantras, and herbs is of inconceivable influence. But it is practised strenuously only for earning money (artha-upārjana). [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Upārjana (उपार्जन) refers to “procuring (virtue)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Having become indifferent [to worldly life], certainly the benefit of this life is obtained by those whose actions are virtuous  [com.—puṇya-upārjana—‘by those procuring virtue’] by whom the body is rendered useless for the sake of [their] self. Having taken hold of this body in this life, suffering is endured by you. Hence, that [body] is certainly a completely worthless abode”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

upārjana (उपार्जन).—n S Earning, gaining, acquiring.

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upārjanā (उपार्जना).—f (S) Humble beseeching or courting; endeavors to propitiate and please; obsequious service. 2 Earning, gaining, acquiring.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

upārjana (उपार्जन).—n Earning. upārjanā f Humble be- seeching or courting. Earning, acquiring

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upārjana (उपार्जन) or Upārjanā (उपार्जना).—Acquiring, gaining.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upārjana (उपार्जन).—i. e. upa-arj + ana, n. Acquisition, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 215.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upārjana (उपार्जन).—[neuter] ā [feminine] bringing near, acquiring, obtaining.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upārjana (उपार्जन):—[from upārj] f(ā)n. the act of procuring, acquiring, gaining, [Rāmāyaṇa; Pañcatantra]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Upārjana (उपार्जन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvajjaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Uparjana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Upārjana (उपार्जन) [Also spelled uparjan]:—(nm) earning; acquisition, acquirement; ~[rjita] earned; acquired; •[ruci] acquired interest.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upārjana (ಉಪಾರ್ಜನ):—[noun] = ಉಪಾರ್ಜನೆ [uparjane].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Arjana, Upa.

Starts with: Uparjanamgey.

Ends with: Arthoparjana, Punyoparjana, Samuparjana, Vidyoparjana, Vittoparjana.

Full-text: Uparjan, Uparjanem, Uvajjana, Parimarda, Arthotpatti, Samuparjana, Arthoparjana, Vidyoparjana, Vittoparjana, Samuparjita, Arj, Dravya.

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