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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Uḍupati (उडुपति).—A pravara (Aṅgiras).^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 196. 14.

1b) A surname of Soma.^*

• * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 6. 33.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Uḍupati (उडुपति) refers to the “moon”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 4), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “In the six lunar mansions beginning from Revatī (the 27th) the stars are towards the east; and in the twelve beginning from Ārdrā (the 6th) they are in the centre; and in the nine beginning from Jyeṣṭhā (the 18th) they are in the west of the several mansions; and the moon’s [i.e., uḍupati] conjunction with the several lunar mansions is said to take place when the moon is in the middle of these mansions”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Uḍupati (उडुपति).—

1) the moon; जितमुडुपतिना (jitamuḍupatinā) Ratnāvalī 1.5; रसात्मकस्योडुपतेश्च रश्मयः (rasātmakasyoḍupateśca raśmayaḥ) Kumārasambhava 5.22.

2) Varuṇa, regent of waters.

Derivable forms: uḍupatiḥ (उडुपतिः).

Uḍupati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uḍu and pati (पति). See also (synonyms): uḍurāj.

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

Uḍupati (उडुपति).—m.

(-tiḥ) The moon. E. uḍu and pati lord.

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

Uḍupati (उडुपति).—m. the moon, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 32.

Uḍupati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uḍu and pati (पति).

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

Uḍupati (उडुपति).—[masculine] the moon (lord of the stars).

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

1) Uḍupati (उडुपति):—[=uḍu-pati] [from uḍu] m. the moon, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Kumāra-sambhava] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] the Soma, [Suśruta]

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

Uḍupati (उडुपति):—[uḍu-pati] (tiḥ) 2. n. The moon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Udupati 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Uḍupati (ಉಡುಪತಿ):—[noun] = ಉಡುದೇವ [ududeva].

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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: Udu, Pati.

Starts with: Udupatijuta, Udupatisuta.

Full-text: Uduraj, Rasatmaka, Vikramashakti.

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