Upadeha: 8 definitions

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Upadeha 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

Kavya (poetry)

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Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Upadeha (उपदेह) refers to “smearing” or “painting”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 10.97.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Upadeha (उपदेह):—Feeling of Coating

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upadeha (उपदेह).—

1) An ointment, liniment.

2) A cover.

3) A minor or secondary body (such as that which grows on diseased parts of the body).

Derivable forms: upadehaḥ (उपदेहः).

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

Upadeha (उपदेह).—m.

(-haḥ) 1. Liniment, ointment. 2. A minor or secondary body. E. upa and diha plaster, or deha the body.

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

1) Upadeha (उपदेह):—[=upa-deha] [from upa-dih] 1. upa-deha (for 2. See sub voce) m. a cover, liniment, ointment [commentator or commentary] on [Caraka]

2) [=upa-deha] 2. upa-deha m. (for 1. See upa-√dih) ‘a secondary growth of the body’, a kind of excrescence, [Suśruta]

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

Upadeha (उपदेह):—[upa-deha] (haḥ) 1. m. Liniment.

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Upadeha 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.

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