Upadha, Upadhā, Upādhā: 15 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Vyakarana
India history
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Nepali
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Introduction:

Upadha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: archive.org: Uṇādi-Sūtras In The Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition

Upadhā (उपधा).—One of the technical terms which have been used in the uṇādi-sūtras;—Upadhā means the penultimate letter of a word. It is not altogether a new term in the uṇādi-sūtras. In the same sense Yāska uses it in the Nirukta. Pāṇini defines it in the sūtra ‘alo’ntyāt purva upadhā’ which means the last but one letter. The term in the sense of a penult has been used in a bout eight uṇādi-sūtras.

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Upadhā (उपधा).—Penultimate letter, as defined in the rule अलोन्त्यात्पूर्वं उपघा (alontyātpūrvaṃ upaghā) P. I. 1.65, e.g. see ह्रस्वोपध, दीर्घोपध, लघूपध, अकारोपध (hrasvopadha, dīrghopadha, laghūpadha, akāropadha) etc.; lit. उपधीयते निधीयते सा (upadhīyate nidhīyate sā) that which is placed near the last letter.

context information

Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Upa-dhā.—(CII 1), cf. hīta-sukham=upadadhyuḥ; to bring [welfare and happiness to the people]. Note: upa-dhā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

upādha (उपाध).—f (upādhi S) A mischievous, annoying, disquieting (person, affair, occurrence); a bore or pest; an encumbrance or a clog; a wearisome sickness; a vexatious dispute; a trouble, scrape, difficulty, predicament.

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

upādha (उपाध).—f A mischievous, annoying, dis- quieting (person, affair, occurrence), a bore or pest. A trouble.

context information

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

Upadhā (उपधा).—3 U.

1) To place or lay upon, place under or in; अधिजानु बाहुमुपधाय (adhijānu bāhumupadhāya) Śiśupālavadha 9.54; उपहितं शिशिरापगमश्रिया मुकुलजालमशोभत किंशुके (upahitaṃ śiśirāpagamaśriyā mukulajālamaśobhata kiṃśuke) R.9.31; Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.47; Kumārasambhava 1.44; हृदि चैनामुपधातुमर्हसि (hṛdi caināmupadhātumarhasi) R.8.77 treasure up-lay to heart; Manusmṛti 4.54; उपहितसूक्ष्मग्रन्थिना (upahitasūkṣmagranthinā) Ś.1.19.

2) To place, lay; वामहस्तोपहितवदना (vāmahastopahitavadanā) Ś.4 resting on.

3) (a) To place near; अक्ष्णोर्मुखेन्दुमुपधेहि (akṣṇormukhendumupadhehi) Mv.4.56. (b) To put to or yoke (as a horse to a carriage &c.); उप त्मनि दधानो धुर्याशून् (upa tmani dadhāno dhuryāśūn).

4) To cause, bring on or produce; नरः कृतान्तोपहितां (naraḥ kṛtāntopahitāṃ) (daśāṃ) प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.53.

5) To impose, entrust with, charge with (as a duty); तदुपहितकुटुम्बः (tadupahitakuṭumbaḥ) R.7.71.

6) To lay a command upon, enjoin, instruct in (with acc.); स्त्रीषु नृत्यमुपधाय शिक्षयन् (strīṣu nṛtyamupadhāya śikṣayan) R.19.36.

7) To lie down upon, use as a pillow; उपधाय वामभुजमशयिषि (upadhāya vāmabhujamaśayiṣi) Daśakumāracarita 111.

8) To apply, employ, lay or bestow upon, क्रिया हि वस्तूपहिता प्रसीदति (kriyā hi vastūpahitā prasīdati) R.3.29.

9) To place over, cover, conceal.

1) To add, place in addition.

11) To communicate, impart, give, bestow; उपहितशोभा (upahitaśobhā) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.55.

12) To locate; एतदुपहितं चैतन्यम् (etadupahitaṃ caitanyam) Vedānta S.

13) (In gram.) To precede without the intervention of another syllable.

14) To deceive (vañc); स्वयं चापहृता भृत्या ये चाप्युपहिताः परैः (svayaṃ cāpahṛtā bhṛtyā ye cāpyupahitāḥ paraiḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.111.77.

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Upadhā (उपधा).—

1) Imposition, forgery, fraud, deceit, trick, pretence; उपधाभिश्च यः कश्चित्परद्रव्यं हरेन्नरः (upadhābhiśca yaḥ kaścitparadravyaṃ harennaraḥ) Manusmṛti 8.193.

2) Trial or test of honesty, (bhedopajāpau upadhā dharmādyairyatparī- kṣaṇam); (said to be of 4 kinds:1 loyalty, 2 disinterestedness, 3 continence, 4 courage i. e. dharmopadhā Religious allurement, arthopadhā Monetary allurement, kāmopadhā Love allurement, bhayopadhā Allurement under the pressure of fear. 'bhiyā dharmārthakāmaiśca parīkṣā yā tu sopadhā' ityabhidhāna- cintāmaṇiḥ); (śodhayet) धर्मोपधाभिर्विप्रांश्च सर्वाभिः सचिवान् पुनः (dharmopadhābhirviprāṃśca sarvābhiḥ sacivān punaḥ) Kālikā P. उपधाभिः शौचाशौचज्ञानममात्यानाम् (upadhābhiḥ śaucāśaucajñānamamātyānām) | Kau. A.1.1; अमात्यानुपधातीनान् (amātyānupadhātīnān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 15.5.14.

3) A means or expedient; अयशोभिदुरा लोके कोपधा महणादृते (ayaśobhidurā loke kopadhā mahaṇādṛte) Śiśupālavadha 19.58.

4) (In gram.) A penultimate letter (antyādvarṇātpūrvaṃ upadhā). अलोन्त्यात् पूर्व उपधा (alontyāt pūrva upadhā) P.I.1.65.

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Upādhā (उपाधा).—3 U.

1) To place near or upon.

2) To offer, give, impart. अपि नः स्वर्गतिं सूक्ष्मामुपाधास्यदधीश्वरः (api naḥ svargatiṃ sūkṣmāmupādhāsyadadhīśvaraḥ) Bhāg. 1.28.11.

3) To put on, wear.

2) To create, cause, produce; कोपोपाहितबाष्प (kopopāhitabāṣpa) Bhartṛhari 3.85; Gītagovinda 1.

5) To render, make, effect.

6) To keep, hold.

7) To seduce (a woman); Rām.

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

Upadhā (उपधा).—f.

(-dhā) 1. A false pretence. 2. Trial or test of honesty, &c. of four kinds, of loyalty, disinterestedness, continence, and courage. 3. A penultimate letter. E. upa, dhā having, from dhā to have, with aṅ and ṭāp affs.

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

Upadhā (उपधा).—[upa-dhā], f. 1. A false pretence, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 193. 2. Deceit, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 16.

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

Upadhā (उपधा).—[feminine] imposition, fraud; penultimate letter ([grammar]).

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Upādhā (उपाधा).—put on, place upon ([locative]); [Middle] seize, take. nirā take out or away. payā lay about, surround.

Upādhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upā and dhā (धा).

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Upadhā (उपधा).—C.[Middle] = [Simple][Causative]

Upadhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and dhā (धा).

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

1) Upadhā (उपधा):—[=upa-dhā] 1. upa-√dhā [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -dadhāti, -dhatte, to place or lay upon, place near to, put on or into;

—to place, lay, put, [Ṛg-veda x, 87, 3; 145, 6; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.;

—to put to, yoke (horses), [Ṛg-veda iv, 29, 4];

—to give or make over, hand over (knowledge), teach, [Raghuvaṃśa];

—to impose, lay upon, commit, consign, [Raghuvaṃśa];

—to place under one’s self, lie down upon, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to place in addition, add, connect, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Lāṭyāyana] etc.;

—to communicate, cause to share in;

—to use, employ;

— (in [grammar]) to lie or be placed close to, precede without the intervention of another syllable, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya] etc.;

—to cause to rest upon or depend on [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. upa-dhā f. imposition, forgery, fraud, deceit, trick, false pretence, [Mahābhārata; Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] trial or test of honesty (of four kinds, viz. of loyalty, disinterestedness, continence, and courage), [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya; Śiśupāla-vadha] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] (in [grammar]) a penultimate letter, [Pāṇini; Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya; Nirukta, by Yāska] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] condition, reservation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Upādhā (उपाधा):—[=upā-√dhā] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -dadhāti, -dhatte, to place upon, put on [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa x; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to seize, lay hold of, take up, [Mahābhārata];

—to keep, hold back, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii];

—to seduce (a woman), [Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Upadhā (उपधा):—[upa-dhā] (dhā) 1. f. False pretence; trial of honesty, courage or ability; a penultimate letter.

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

Upadhā (उपधा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvahā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Upadha in German

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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Upadhā (उपधा):—adj. penultimate;

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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.

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