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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Upaharaṇa (उपहरण) refers to “extracting (jewels)” (from the ocean), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.15 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, as Bhārgava narrated to Jalandhara the details regarding the headless Rāhu: “[...] The enemies of the Asuras extracted jewels (ratna-upaharaṇa) from the ocean. The gods seized the nectar and drank it deceitfully. Then the gods including Indra increased in strength and prowess by the drinking of the nectar and harassed the Asuras with the assistance of Viṣṇu. This Viṣṇu who is always a partisan of Indra, cut off the head of Rahu as he was drinking the nectar along with the gods. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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

Upaharaṇa, (nt.) (fr. upa + hṛ) — 1. presentation; luxury J. I, 231.—2. taking, seizing J. VI, 198. (Page 148)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upaharaṇa (उपहरण).—

1) Bringing near, fetching.

2) Taking, seizing.

3) Offering gifts to superiors, deities &c.

4) Offering victims.

5) Serving out food or distributing it.

Derivable forms: upaharaṇam (उपहरणम्).

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

Upaharaṇa (उपहरण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Offering gifts to superiors. 2. Presenting victims. 3. Distributing or serving out food. 4. Taking, seizing. E. upa before hṛ to take, lyuṭ aff.

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

Upaharaṇa (उपहरण).—[neuter] presenting, offering.

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

1) Upaharaṇa (उपहरण):—[=upa-haraṇa] [from upa-hṛ] n. the act of bringing near, proffering, offering, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] presenting victims

3) [v.s. ...] distributing or serving out food

4) [v.s. ...] taking, seizing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Upaharaṇa (उपहरण):—[upa-haraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Offering.

[Sanskrit to German]

Upaharana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upaharaṇa (ಉಪಹರಣ):—

1) [noun] the act of bringing near.

2) [noun] an accomplishing of a sacrifice (in a ritual manner).

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Harana, Upa.

Ends with: Agropaharana, Ratnopaharana, Sukhupaharana.

Full-text: Agropaharana, Tud.

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