Alternative spellings of this word include Upachayya.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Upacāyya (उपचाय्य).—[upacīyate'gniratra ādhāre ṇyat P.III.1.131]

1) A kind of sacred fire.

2) A place for holding sacrificial fire, altar, hearth.

Derivable forms: upacāyyaḥ (उपचाय्यः).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upacāyya (उपचाय्य) or Upacāya.—m.

(-yaḥ) A place for holding sacrificial fire, a hearth, an altar. E. upa, ciñ to collect, ṇyat affix, deriv. irr.

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

1) Upacāyya (उपचाय्य):—[=upa-cāyya] [from upa-ci] m. a particular sacrificial fire, [Pāṇini; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a place for holding sacrificial fire, an altar, hearth, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Upacāyya (उपचाय्य):—(vom caus. von ci mit upa) m. ein best. Opferfeuer [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 131.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 11.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 20.] upacāyyapṛḍa [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 123.] hiraṇya [Vārttika von Kātyāyana.]

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Upacāyya (उपचाय्य):—[Z. 1] streiche die Worte vom caus. Zu upacāyyapṛḍa vgl. upacāyamṛḍa unter 2. mṛḍa .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Upacāyya (उपचाय्य):—und ka ([Galano's Wörterbuch]). m. ein best. Opferfeuer.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

context information

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

Upacāyya (ಉಪಚಾಯ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] a sacrificial fire that is produced as per the code of ritual.

2) [noun] a place, a platform or a hallow place where sacrificial fire is installed.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

context information

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: Cayya, Upa.

Starts with: Upacayyaka, Upacayyaprida.

Full-text: Prida, Upaceya, Upacaya.

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