Anupama, Anūpama, Anupamā: 19 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Anupam.
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Anupama - City where Vessabhu Buddha was born (BuA.205, 206). The Buddhavamsa (xxii.v.18), however, gives the name of the city as Anoma.
2. Anupama - Pleasaunce in Anupama where Vessabhu was born and where, after Enlightenment, he performed the twin miracle. BuA.206.
3. Anupama - Son of Phussa Buddha (BuA.193, 194). The Buddhavamsa (xix.16) gives his name as Ananda.
4. Anupama - Son of Siddhattha Buddha. Bu.xvii.15.
5. Anupama - City where, in Anomarama, Atthadassi Buddha died. BuA.181.
6. Anupama - A brahmin village in the time of Anomadassi Buddha. BuA.142.
7. Anupama - An ajivaka who gave grass to Sumana Buddha for his seat (BuA.125).
8. Anupama - Son of Sumana Buddha. Bu.v.23.
9. Anupama - A banker, father of Anupama (1). BuA.122.
10. Anupama - A banker, father of Anupama (2). BuA.125.
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1. Anupama - Daughter of the banker Anupama (9), of the village of the same name. She gave a meal of milk rice to Anomadassi Buddha just before his Enlightenment. BuA.142.
2. Anupama - Daughter of the banker Anupama (10), of the village Anoma. She gave a meal of milk rice to Sumana Buddha just prior to his Enlightenment. BuA.125.
3. Anupama - See Magandiya.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Anupama in India is the name of a plant defined with Zingiber officinale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Curcuma longifolia Wall (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Zingiberoideae.
· Chromosome Science (1998)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1820)
· Current Science (1982)
· Bull. Sichuan Sch. Chinese Mater. Med. (1987)
· Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch-medicinische Botanik (1881)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryanūpama : (adj.) that which has no comparison.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAnūpama, at It.122 is metric reading for anupama (see upama). (Page 45)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryanupama (अनुपम).—a (S) corruptly anupamya a Incomparable, unparalleled, unrivaled.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishanupama (अनुपम).—a Incomparable, most excellent.
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 dictionaryAnupama (अनुपम).—a. [na. ba.] Incomparable, matchless, peerless, best, most excellent.
-matiḥ Name of a contemporary of Śākya muni.
-mā The female elephant of the southwest (mate of kumuda).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAnupamā (अनुपमा).—name of the daughter of Mākandika (in Pali called Māgandiyā): Divyāvadāna 515.22 ff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupama (अनुपम).—mfn.
(-maḥ-mā-maṃ) Excellent, best. f.
(-mā) The female elephant of the south-east, or of the north-east. E. an neg. and upamā resemblance; above comparison.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupama (अनुपम).—[adjective] incomparable, excellent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Anupama (अनुपम):—[=an-upama] mf(ā)n. incomparable, matchless
2) [v.s. ...] excellent, best
3) Anupamā (अनुपमा):—[=an-upamā] [from an-upama] f. the female elephant of the south-east or of the north-east.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupama (अनुपम):—[bahuvrihi compound] I. m. f. n.
(-maḥ-mā-mam) Incomparable, ex-cellent, best. Ii. f.
(-mā) The female elephant of the south-west (as the wife of the elephant Kumuda) or according to others, of the north-east (as the wife of the elephant Supratīka). E. a priv. and upamā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupama (अनुपम):—[(maḥ-mā-maṃ) a.] Excellent.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Anupama (अनुपम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aṇuvama, Aṇuvamā, Aṇovama.
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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 dictionaryAnupama (अनुपम) [Also spelled anupam]:—(a) matchless, unparalleled; out and away; ~[meya] unparalleled; matchless.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnupama (ಅನುಪಮ):—
1) [adjective] beyond comparison; unequalled; matchless.
2) [adjective] ಅನುಪಮವಾಗು [anupamavagu] anupamavāgu to excel others; to become peerless.
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Anupama (ಅನುಪಮ):—[noun] a matchless, unequalled, peerless man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAnupama (अनुपम):—adj. 1. incomparable; unique; 2. excellent; best;
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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