Aupasana, Aupāsana: 11 definitions
Introduction:
Aupasana 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationAupāsana (औपासन) refers to “fire sacrifice of the householder”, as defined in the Śivapurāṇa 1.14.—Accordingly, “[...] O Brahmins, until the rite of aupāsana (fire sacrifice of the householder) all the persons in the first āśrama perform their vratas and special sacrifices in the fire from sacrificial twigs. [...] Householders who have started their aupāsana rite shall maintain the rite in the sacrificial fire kept in a vessel or pit always”.
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.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)Aupāsana (औपासन) or Aupāsanahoma refers to one of the seven Pākasaṃsthās or Pākayajñas (groups of seven sacrifices).—Hārīta says: “Let a man offer the Pākayajñas always, always also the Haviryajñas, and the Somayajñas (Soma sacrifices), according to rule, if he wishes for eternal merit”.—The object of these sacrifices [viz., Aupāsana-homa] is eternal happiness, and hence they have to be performed during life at certain seasons, without any special occasion (nimitta), and without any special object (kāma). According to most authorities, however, they have to be performed during thirty years only. After that the Agnihotra only has to be kept up.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAupāsana (औपासन).—a. (-nī f.) [उपासन-अण् (upāsana-aṇ)]
1) Ralating to गृह्याग्नि (gṛhyāgni) or household fire.
2) Belonging to worship or service; holy, sacred.
-naḥ 1 A fire used for domestic worship.
2) A small rice-ball (piṇḍa) offered to the manes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAupāsana (औपासन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nī-naṃ) Devotional, holy, connected with or belonging to worship or service. E. upāsanā, and aṇ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAupāsana (औपासन).—i. e. upāsana + a, m. The sacred fire, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 17.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAupāsana (औपासन).—[masculine] (sc. agni) the fire used for do mestic rites.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aupāsana (औपासन):—m. ([scilicet] agni), ([from] upāsana), the fire used for domestic worship, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra] etc.
2) ([scilicet] piṇḍa) a small cake offered to the Manes, [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa] and, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
3) mf(ā)n. relating to or performed at an Aupāsana fire (as the evening and morning oblations), [Yājñavalkya iii, 17; Hiraṇyakeśin-gṛhya-sūtra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAupāsana (औपासन):—[(naḥ-nā-naṃ) a.] Devotional.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAupāsana (ಔಪಾಸನ):—[adjective] relating to or performed at, the ritual fire.
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)
Starts with: Aupacanam, Aupasanagnyanugamanakarman, Aupasanahoma, Aupasanahomalopaprayashcittaprayoga, Aupasanamantra, Aupasanapaddhati, Aupasanaprayashcitta, Aupasanaprayoga, Aupasanavidhi.
Ends with: Adhaupasana, Sayamprataraupasana, Vidhuraupasana.
Full-text: Aupasanika, Aupasanaprayoga, Sayamaupasanaprayoga, Avupacanam, Prataraupasanaprayoga, Sayamprataraupasanavidhi, Agnibhanda, Samitsamaropanaprataraupasanaprayoga, Aupacanam, Samidadhana, Aupasanahoma, Agniyajna.
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Search found 12 books and stories containing Aupasana, Aupāsana; (plurals include: Aupasanas, Aupāsanas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.72.6 < [Sukta 72]
Paraskara-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 3, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 3 - The way of Sannyāsa < [Section 6 - Kailāsa-saṃhitā]
Chapter 14 - Description of Fire-sacrifice (agniyajña), etc. < [Section 1 - Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā]
Chapter 13 - The Procedure of Renunciation < [Section 6 - Kailāsa-saṃhitā]
Asvalayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)