Upasthapaka, Upasthāpaka: 6 definitions
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Upasthapaka 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpasthāpaka (उपस्थापक).—a.
1) Placing or bringing near.
2) Explaining, teaching.
3) Causing to remember.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUpasthāpaka (उपस्थापक).—[, m., read °yaka, q.v., servant: Mahāvastu ii.159.12 (bodhisattvena…) chandako…upasthāpako (so text, no v.l. cited) upasthāpito upanāmehi me chandaka aśvaṃ kaṇṭhakaṃ. In view of the following upasthāpito p for y in the preceding noun is a particularly easy error, possibly made by Senart.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpasthāpaka (उपस्थापक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Placing or bringing near to. 2. Explaining, teaching, a teacher. 3. Causing to obtain. E. upa before sthā to be, causal form, vun aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpasthāpaka (उपस्थापक):—[=upa-sthāpaka] [from upa-sthā] mfn. causing to turn one’s attention (to a past event or one of a former birth), causing to remember, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpasthāpaka (उपस्थापक):—[upa-sthāpaka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Placing near; suggesting.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryUpasthāpaka (उपस्थापक):—n. presenter; explainer;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Sthapaka, Upa.
Ends with: Paryupasthapaka.
Full-text: Paryupasthapaka.
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