Alternative spellings of this word include Updhan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Upadhāna (उपधान):—A modality for treatment of poisoning Incision made on scalp (vertex) resembling the feet of the crow and then applying medicated paste or placing meat of goat, cow or buffalo over the incised scalp, which will absorb the poison from the body.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

upadhāna : (nt.) a pillow. (adj.), causing; imposing.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Upadhāna, (adj. nt.) (fr. upa + dhā, cp. upadahati) “putting under”, i.e. (1) a pillow, cushion D. I, 7; S. II, 267 = Miln. 366 (kaḷingar°); S. III, 145; A. I, 137, 181; III, 50, J. IV, 201; V, 506 (tamb° = ratt° C.); (2) imposing, giving, causing Dh. 291 dukkh°). (Page 142)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

upadhāna (उपधान).—n S Conferring, bestowing, affording, imparting, communicating. 2 (Commonly upādhi) Communication, by body to body, of qualities (as through union or juxta-position): virtuous reflection.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

upadhāna (उपधान).—n Conferring, bestowing, afford- ing, imparting, communicating.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upadhāna (उपधान).—a. Used (as a Mantra) in the putting up of the sacrificial bricks; P.IV.4.125.

-nam 1 Placing or resting upon.

2) A pillow, cushion; रामबाहुरुपधानमेष (rāmabāhurupadhānameṣa) Uttararāmacarita 1. विपुलमुपधानं भुजलता (vipulamupadhānaṃ bhujalatā) Bhartṛhari 3.79.

3) Peculiarity, individuality (viśeṣam); फलोपाधानाभावात् (phalopādhānābhāvāt) P.VI.3.39. Sk.

4) Affection, kindness.

5) A religious observance among especially the Jainas for preparing the ground for future monkhood.

6) Excellence or excellent quality; सोपधानां धियं धीराः स्थेयसीं खट्वयन्ति ये (sopadhānāṃ dhiyaṃ dhīrāḥ stheyasīṃ khaṭvayanti ye) Śiśupālavadha 2.77. (where u° also means a pillow).

7) Poison.

8) A small wooden pin of a stringed musical instrument; पाशोपधानां ज्यातन्त्रीं चापदण्डां महास्वनाम् (pāśopadhānāṃ jyātantrīṃ cāpadaṇḍāṃ mahāsvanām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.35.16.

-nī 1 A pillow, cushion.

2) A foot-stool.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Upadhāna (उपधान).—(1) nt. (= Pali id., Dhammapada (Pali) 291 paraduk-khūpadhānena yo attano sukham icchati, on the basis of, by means of, pain to others…, compare Senart Mahāvastu i.464, n. on i.112.3), basis, what causes or is needful for…, usually in composition with sukha-: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 284.10 (verse), read, evaṃ (or, etan) mamo sarvasukhopadhānaṃ saddharma…, the Good Law which is the basis of all happiness for me; 339.4 sarvasukhopadhāna-pratimaṇḍitāḥ; 348.2 sattvānāṃ sar- vasukhopadhānaṃ dadyāt; Jātakamālā 18.12 dānaṃ naikasu- khopadhānasumukhaṃ; Mahāvyutpatti 6140 sukhopadhānam = Tibetan bde baḥi yo byad, what is needful for happiness; sarvasukhopadhānena Mahāvastu i.302.6; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 67.11 (sukhitān kuryāt); 114.3; Kāraṇḍavvūha 28.7; °dhānair Śikṣāsamuccaya 173.14; sukhopa- dhānaiḥ (preceding word missing) Kāśyapa Parivarta 159.3; manuṣyasu- khopadhānena Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 113.10; upadhānasaṃpanno Mahāvastu ii.259. 14, epithet of Buddha, possessed of the basis (sc. of happiness, presumably short for sukhopa°); also [compound] with hita-, Mahāvastu i.112.3 (verse) sarvaṃ hitopadhānaṃ, all the basis of wel- fare; with duḥkha- (as in Pali, above), Gaṇḍavyūha 354.16 yat teṣāṃ sattvānāṃ duḥkhopadhānaṃ tad utsṛjya; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 110.20—21, see s.v. śatana; (2) ifc. [bahuvrīhi], base, rest, sup- port (lit. and physical): Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 22.3, 5 and 27.9 aśmanta- kopadhānāyāṃ (resting on a stove) kāṃsyapātryāṃ (in 22.5 °kopādh°, misprint); (3) piṇḍopadhāna, see this; (4) m., n. pr. (proper name), in Mahāvastu iii.176.14, a cousin of the Buddha, son of Śuklodana and brother of Ānanda and Devadatta; perhaps distortion of some other name (Upananda?).

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Upādhāna (उपाधान).—[, Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 22.5, misprint for upadhāna, q.v.]

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

Upadhāna (उपधान).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. A pillow. 2. Kindness, affection. 3. Poison. 4. Religious observance or obligation. 5. Excellence, excellent quality. 6. Resting or placing upon. E. upa, dhā to have or hold, lyuṭ aff.

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

Upadhāna (उपधान).—i. e. upa-dhā + ana, n., and f. nī, A pillow, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 42, 15; Mahābhārata 1, 7165.

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

Upadhāna (उपधान).—[adjective] & [neuter] setting up; [neuter] also = seq.

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

1) Upadhāna (उपधान):—[=upa-dhāna] [from upa-dhā] mfn. placing upon, employed or used in placing upon (as a Mantra in the setting up of the sacrificial bricks), [Pāṇini 4-4, 125]

2) [v.s. ...] n. the act of placing or resting upon, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Kauśika-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] that on which one rests, a pillow, cushion, [Atharva-veda xiv, 2, 65; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Suśruta] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] cover, lid, [Caraka; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

5) [v.s. ...] peculiarity, singularity, excellence (cf. premopa), [Bālarāmāyaṇa; Siddhānta-kaumudī]

6) [v.s. ...] affection, kindness

7) [v.s. ...] religious observance

8) [v.s. ...] poison, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] (also) fetching, procuring, [Jātakamālā]

10) [v.s. ...] a jewel-case, ibidem

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

1) Upadhāna (उपधान):—[upa-dhāna] (naṃ) 1. n. A pillow; kindness; poison; religious observance; excellence; placing on.

2) Upādhāna (उपाधान):—(naṃ) 1. n. Placing, applying.

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

Upadhāna (उपधान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvahāṇa, Ohāṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Upadhana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Upadhāna (उपधान) [Also spelled updhan]:—(nm) a pillow, bolster.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upadhāna (ಉಪಧಾನ):—

1) [noun] a leaning on; reclination; reposing.

2) [noun] a cloth case filled with feathers, down, foam rubber, air, etc., used as a support, as for leaning or reclining on; a side-pillow.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Upadhāna (उपधान):—n. a pillow; a bolster; cushion;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dhana, Upa, Tana.

Starts with: Upadhanaka, Upadhanalinga, Upadhanavalamba, Upadhanavidhi, Upatanakaranam, Upatanam.

Ends with: Anupadhana, Asittakupadhana, Caranopadhana, Charanopadhana, Dukkhupadhana, Gandopadhana, Kalingarupadhana.

Full-text (+8): Ohana, Upadhanavidhi, Upadhaniya, Upadhanalinga, Uvahana, Upadhani, Upatanam, Upabhuktadhana, Upadheyya, Cuniyopatanam, Gadduka, Updhan, Dukkhupadhana, Upadheya, Sadhusamagama, Gandopadhana, Genduka, Kalingarupadhana, Caranopadhana, Shayanasana.

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