Upajan: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpajan (उपजन्).—4 Ā.
1) To be born or produced, originate, arise, grow; उष्मणश्चोपजायन्ते (uṣmaṇaścopajāyante) Manusmṛti 1.45; H. Pr.38; संरास्तेषूपजायते (saṃrāsteṣūpajāyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.62;14.11.
2) To happen, take place, become visible, appear; प्राणविपत्तिरुपजायते (prāṇavipattirupajāyate) K.16.
3) To be or become, be or exist; सतीत्वमुपजायते (satītvamupajāyate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1. 138.
4) To be born again; सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते (sarge'pi nopajāyante) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 14.2; Y.3.256. -Caus. (janayati) To produce, cause, rouse; उत्तराप्रलापोपजनितकृपः (uttarāpralāpopajanitakṛpaḥ) K.175.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpajan (उपजन्).—be produced in addition, be born (again), appear, arise. [Causative] procreate, cause, effect, attempt.
Upajan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and jan (जन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpajan (उपजन्):—[=upa-√jan] [Ātmanepada] -jāyate, to be produced or originate in addition;
—to be added or put to, [Ṛg-veda i, 25, 8; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya] etc.;
—to follow (as a consequence), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];
—to be born, originate, come forth, appear, become visible, happen, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Manu-smṛti; Hitopadeśa; Suśruta] etc.;
—to be born again, [Mahābhārata xiii, 6689; Yājñavalkya iii, 256; Bhagavad-gītā];
—to exist, be, [Pañcatantra; Hitopadeśa] :
—[Causal] -janayati, to generate, produce;
—to cause, effect, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Prabodha-candrodaya; Mālavikāgnimitra; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Upajan (उपजन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvajā.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Upajana, Upajanam, Upajanana, Upajanati, Upajanayati, Upajandhani, Upajanem, Upajanipaja, Upajanu, Upajanvaratni.
Ends with: Samupajan.
Full-text: Upajatika, Upajanana, Upajatakheda, Upajatavishvasa, Upajatakopa, Upajatakrodha, Upajata, Uvaja, Upajati, Samupajan, Upaja, Upajana.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa II, adhyāya 3, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Second Kāṇḍa]