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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Sanskrit dictionary
Upadeśana (उपदेशन).—Advising, instructing; किं पुनरुपदेशनम् शास्त्रम् (kiṃ punarupadeśanam śāstram) Mahābhārata on P.I.3.2.
-nā Information, doctrine.
Derivable forms: upadeśanam (उपदेशनम्).
Upadeśana (उपदेशन).—n.
(-naṃ) Advising, instructing. E. upa before diś to shew, aff. lyuṭ.
Upadeśanā (उपदेशना).—i. e. upa-diś, [Causal.], + ana, f. A sermon (concerning duty), [Pañcatantra] 165, 17.
Upadeśana (उपदेशन).—[neuter] upadeśanā [feminine] advice, instruction.
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]
Upadeśana (उपदेशन):—[upa-deśana] (naṃ) 1. n. Instruction.
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.]
Upadeśana (उपदेशन):—n. und upadeśanā f. Anweisung , Unterweisung , Lehre.
Upadeśana (उपदेशन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvaesaṇa, Uvaesaṇayā, Upaesaṇā.
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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Starts with: Upadeshanavant, Upadeshanavat.
Full-text: Upadeshanavat, Wu bo ti she ni, Uvaesana, Uvaesanaya, Upaesana, Ba zhuan sheng, Ba zhuan, Ye ge, Ye sheng, Shiksha.
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