Upaghata, Upa-gha-ta, Upaghāta: 23 definitions
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Upaghata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Upaghāta (उपघात) refers to one of the four limbs (aṅga) belonging to Prāveśikī type of song (dhruvā) defined in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32.9-16. Accordingly, “depending on different conditions, the dhruvās are known to be of five classes”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Upaghāta (उपघात):—Pain or loss of function
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Upaghāta (उपघात) refers to “suffering”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 7), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If [Mercury] should cut through the constellations of Uttaraphālguni (sacred to Āryama, the Sun), of Kṛttikā (sacred to Agni, the fire), of Uttarabhadra and of Bharaṇi (sacred to Yama), all living creatures will be afflicted with disease in blood, in flesh, in bones and the like. If he should cut through the constellations of Aśvinī (sacred to the Aśvinī Devas), of Śatabhiṣaja (sacred to Varuṇa), of Mūla and Revatī, tradesmen, physicians, boatmen, creatures of water and horses will suffer [i.e., upaghāta]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Upaghāta (उपघात, “offence”) refers to “disregard to the keepers and instruments of true knowledge” and it is one of the causes leading to the influx (āsrana) of karmas which obscure knowledge and perception.
Upaghāta is a Sanskrit technical term defined in the Tattvārthasūtra (ancient authorative Jain scripture) from the 2nd century, which contains aphorisms dealing with philosophy and the nature of reality.
Upaghāta (उपघात).—What is meant by disparagement of true knowledge (upaghāta)? Blaming or calling false the true knowledge is disparagement of true knowledge (upaghāta)’.
Upaghāta (उपघात) refers to “self-annihilation” and represents one of the various kinds of Nāma, or “physique-making (karmas)”, which represents one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra chapter 8. What is meant by self annihilation (upaghāta) body-making karma? The karmas rising of which causes attainment of major and minor limbs that cause self destruction (like horns of a dear) are called self annihilation body-making karma.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
upaghāta : (m.) jolting; sudden jerk.
Upaghāta, (fr. upa + (g)han, cp. ghāta) hurting, injuring, injury M. III, 237; S. II, 218; IV, 323 sq.; A. III, 173; Th. 1, 583; Miln. 274, 307, 347; DA. I, 273. an° not hurting others, kindness Dh. 185. (Page 140)
1) upaghāta (ဥပဃာတ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[upa+ghā+ta]
[ဥပ+ဃာ+တ]
2) upaghāta (ဥပဃာတ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[upa+hana+ṇa]
[ဥပ+ဟန+ဏ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) upaghāta—
(Burmese text): (၁) သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း။ (၂) ညှဉ်းဆဲနှိပ်စက် ဖျက်စီးခြင်း။ (၃) ပျက်စီး-ဆုတ်ယုတ်-ခြင်း။ (၄) စိတ်ဆင်းရဲခြင်း။ (တိ) (၅) ညှဉ်းဆဲနှိပ်စက်တတ်သောတရား၊ ညှဉ်းဆဲနှိပ်စက်ကြောင်းတရား။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Killing. (2) Oppression and destruction. (3) Deterioration and decline. (4) Depression. (5) The principle of oppression, and the nature of oppression.
2) upaghāta—
(Burmese text): နမ်းရှုအပ်သော၊ သူ။ ဥပသိင်္ဃိတ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Kneel down and look up, my friend.
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
upaghāta (उपघात).—m (A lax formation with upa & ghāta) A blow of misfortune or evil; any adverse occurrence. Ex. tū sumuhūrttāvara nigha mhaṇajē ghāta u0 sārē vāralē.
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
Upaghāta (उपघात).—See under उपहन् (upahan).
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Upaghāta (उपघात).—
1) A stroke, injury, insult; Manusmṛti 2.179; राजदैवोपघातेन पण्ये दोषमुपागते (rājadaivopaghātena paṇye doṣamupāgate) Y.2.256.
2) Destruction, ruin.
3) Touch, contact (with an intention to hurt).
4) Personal violence, assault. मैत्रेय भोः किमिदमद्य ममो- पघातो (maitreya bhoḥ kimidamadya mamo- paghāto) Mṛcchakaṭika 9.29.
5) Disease, sickness.
6) Sin.
Derivable forms: upaghātaḥ (उपघातः).
Upaghāṭa (उपघाट).—[, wrong em. in ed. Mahāvastu i.229.7; see aruṇod- ghāṭa.]
Upaghāta (उपघात).—m.
(-taḥ) 1. Disease, sickness. 2. Touch, contact, especially with an intent to injure. 3. Personal violence, assault. E. upa much, han to injure, ghañ aff.
Upaghāta (उपघात).—i. e. upa-han, [Causal.], + a, m. Damage, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 256.
Upaghāta (उपघात).—[masculine] stroke, blow, hurt, injury, damage, offence.
1) Upaghāta (उपघात):—[=upa-ghāta] a m. ([from] upa-√han q.v.), a stroke, hurt, violation
2) [v.s. ...] injury, damage, offence, wrong, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Śakuntalā] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] weakness, sickness, disease, morbid affection (cf. puṃstvopa, svaropa), [Suśruta]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of oblation or sacrifice, [Gṛhyāsaṃgraha ii, 7.]
5) [=upa-ghāta] [from upa-han] b etc. See p. 197, col. 1.
Upaghāta (उपघात):—[upa-ghāta] (taḥ) 1. m. Disease; touch.
Upaghāta (उपघात):—(von han mit upa) m.
1) Schlag, Verletzung, Beschädigung, Zunahetretung, Beleidigung, Beeinträchtigung: parasya [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 179.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 256.] [Mahābhārata 1, 3240. 7772. 3, 12423. 16296.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 33, 13. 14. 6, 101, 20.] [Suśruta 2, 157, 4. 9.] puṃstvopaghāta [1, 156, 4. 2, 57, 12.] svaropaghāta Angegriffenheit der Stimme, Heiserkeit [1, 269, 21. 2, 186, 7. 236, 7. 372, 11.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 150, 4.] [Śākuntala 21, 14.] [Bhāṣāpariccheda 47.] Schaden, Gegens. abhyudaya [Pañcatantra 156, 15.] —
2) diejenige Art des Opferns, welche in kleinen Stücken (upaghātam gerund., s. u. han mit upa) geschieht, [Gṛhyasaṃgrahapariśiṣṭa 2, 7.]
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Upaghāta (उपघात):—
1) duḥkhopaghāta ein heftiger Schmerz [Spr. 4193.] —
2) füge angespiessten nach kleinen hinzu.
Upaghāta (उपघात):—m. —
1) Schlag , Verletzung , Beschädigung. —
2) Verkümmerung , Beeinträchtigung , Erleidung eines Schadens. —
3) das Nehmen , Fassen.
Upaghāta (उपघात) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvadhāya.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Upaghāta (ಉಪಘಾತ):—
1) [noun] a sudden action resulting in a powerful or destructive effect, from or as from a blow; a stroke; a blow; personal violence.
2) [noun] the impact of a blow or heavy stroke; injury.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Upaghāta (उपघात):—n. striking; hitting; smiting;
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: Hana, Gha, Upa, Luo, Da, Ghata, Ta, Na.
Starts with: Upaghaatak, Upaghataka, Upaghataka Kamma, Upaghatakara, Upaghatakarana, Upaghatakari, Upaghatakartha, Upaghatakaupaddava, Upaghatam, Upaghatana, Upaghatika.
Full-text (+23): Anupaghata, Upaghatam, Nirupaghata, Svaropaghata, Upaghatika, Garbhopaghata, Attupaghata, Cittupaghata, Upaghatakarana, Upaghatakara, Kayupaghata, Gunupaghata, Paccayupaghata, Dosopaghata, Vibadhupaghata, Vipakupaghata, Kulupaghata, Upaghatakari, Panyupaghatam, Upaghataka.
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