Upadvipa, Upadvīpa: 10 definitions

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Upadvipa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Updweep.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Upadvīpa (उपद्वीप) is the name of a deity or entity to which is given homage to [i.e., oṃ yāṃ upadvīpāya namaḥ, or -rāṃ°, -lāṃ°], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

upadvīpa (उपद्वीप).—n (S) An insular portion of the earth. Eight are enumerated. See aṣṭōpadvīpa. 2 An island.

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

upadvipa (उपद्विप).—n An island. An insular portion of the earth.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upadvīpa (उपद्वीप).—An adjacent small island, minor island.

Derivable forms: upadvīpaḥ (उपद्वीपः).

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

Upadvīpa (उपद्वीप):—[=upa-dvīpa] m. a small adjacent island, minor island, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Pañcarātra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Upadvipa 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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Upadvīpa (उपद्वीप) [Also spelled updweep]:—(nm) an islet, isle.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upadvīpa (ಉಪದ್ವೀಪ):—[noun] a land mass, not very large, surrounded by water, situated near a large island; a small island.

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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.

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Nepali dictionary

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Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Upadvīpa (उपद्वीप):—n. small island;

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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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