Anupama, Anūpama, Anupamā: 18 definitions

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In Buddhism
1. Theravada
Biology
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi
5. Kannada
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Introduction:

Anupama means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Anupam.

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. 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.

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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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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

anūpama : (adj.) that which has no comparison.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Anūpama, at It.122 is metric reading for anupama (see upama). (Page 45)

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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 Dictionary

anupama (अनुपम).—a (S) corruptly anupamya a Incomparable, unparalleled, unrivaled.

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

anupama (अनुपम).—a Incomparable, most excellent.

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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

Anupama (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 Dictionary

Anupamā (अनुपमा).—name of the daughter of Mākandika (in Pali called Māgandiyā): Divyāvadāna 515.22 ff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anupama (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 Dictionary

Anupama (अनुपम).—[adjective] incomparable, excellent.

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

1) 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 Dictionary

Anupama (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 Dictionary

Anupama (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.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anupama 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

Anupama (अनुपम) [Also spelled anupam]:—(a) matchless, unparalleled; out and away; ~[meya] unparalleled; matchless.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anupama (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.

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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.

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