Upadeshana, Upadeśana: 9 definitions

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Upadeshana 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.

The Sanskrit term Upadeśana can be transliterated into English as Upadesana or Upadeshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Upadeśana (उपदेशन).—Advising, instructing; किं पुनरुपदेशनम् शास्त्रम् (kiṃ punarupadeśanam śāstram) Mahābhārata on P.I.3.2.

-nā Information, doctrine.

Derivable forms: upadeśanam (उपदेशनम्).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upadeśana (उपदेशन).—n.

(-naṃ) Advising, instructing. E. upa before diś to shew, aff. lyuṭ.

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

Upadeśanā (उपदेशना).—i. e. upa-diś, [Causal.], + ana, f. A sermon (concerning duty), [Pañcatantra] 165, 17.

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

Upadeśana (उपदेशन).—[neuter] upadeśanā [feminine] advice, instruction.

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

1) Upadeśana (उपदेशन):—[=upa-deśana] [from upa-diś] n. the act of advising

2) [v.s. ...] instruction, information, doctrine, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

3) Upadeśanā (उपदेशना):—[=upa-deśanā] [from upa-deśana > upa-diś] f. idem, [Pañcatantra]

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

Upadeśana (उपदेशन):—[upa-deśana] (naṃ) 1. n. Instruction.

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

Upadeśanā (उपदेशना):—(wie eben) f. Unterweisung, Lehre: imāṃ dharmopadeśanāmakarot [Pañcatantra 165, 17. 166, 13.]

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Upadeśana (उपदेशन):—n. Nachweisung, Angabe, Lehre [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 3, 1, 3.] śikṣā syādupadeśanam [Sāhityadarpana 503.]

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

Upadeśana (उपदेशन):—n. und upadeśanā f. Anweisung , Unterweisung , Lehre.

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

Upadeśana (उपदेशन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvaesaṇa, Uvaesaṇayā, Upaesaṇā.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)
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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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