Upalepana: 12 definitions
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Upalepana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Puṣpa (पुष्प) refers to “unguents”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “Then the Bodhisattva Apāyajaha addressed himself to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, please pacify three evil existences’. [...] Then, the rain of gifts, such as flowers, garlands, incenses, unguents (upalepana), aromatic powers, religious robes, parasols, banners, pennons, five kinds of musical instruments, songs, male servants, female servants, wives, boys, girls, female attendants, horses, elephants, [...] poured down from the open space. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Upalepana (उपलेपन).—
1) Smearing, anointing, plastering.
2) An ointment, unguent.
Derivable forms: upalepanam (उपलेपनम्).
Upalepana (उपलेपन).—n.
(-naṃ) Smearing, plastering with cow-dung, &c. E. upa, lip to smear, lyuṭ aff.
Upalepana (उपलेपन).—i. e. upa-lip + ana, n. Smearing, especially with cowdung, [Pañcatantra] 116, 21.
Upalepana (उपलेपन).—[neuter] the same, (painting, colouring*).
1) Upalepana (उपलेपन):—[=upa-lepana] [from upa-lip] n. the act of besmearing (with cow-dung), [Pañcatantra; Purāṇa-sarvasva] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a means of besmearing, cow-dung, [Caraka]
Upalepana (उपलेपन):—[upa-lepana] (naṃ) 1. n. Idem.
Upalepana (उपलेपन):—(wie eben) n. das Bestreichen, Beschmieren [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 7.] tatraiva devatāyatane saṃmārjanopalepanamaṇḍanādikaṃ karma samājñāpayati [Pañcatantra 116, 21.]
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Upalepana (उपलेपन):—dass. [Halāyudha 5, 11.] [STENZLER] in Breslauer Programm [1860, S. 13.] [Oxforder Handschriften 85,b,17.] gocarmamātrabhūmestu hyupalepanajaṃ phalaṃ dattvā [BṚHANNĀRAD. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 34, 43] bei [AUFRECHT, Halāyudha] [Ind.]
Upalepana (उपलेपन):—n. —
1) das Bestreichen , Beschmieren , insbes. mit Kuhmist [Agnipurāṇa 38,42.] —
2) Kuhmist [Carakasaṃhitā 3.]
Upalepana (उपलेपन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ulliṃpaṇa, Uvalevaṇa.
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
Upalēpana (ಉಪಲೇಪನ):—
1) [noun] (gen.) the act of smearing.
2) [noun] an ointment or balm used for smearing.
3) [noun] a covering with epithelium.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Upalepana (उपलेपन):—n. 1. smearing; anointing; 2. plastering;
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 (+0): Lepana, Limpana, Upa.
Starts with (+0): Upalepanam.
Full-text (+0): Upalepanam, Galhupalepana, Bahalupalepana, Nirupalepana, Anupalepana, Upalepa, Haritopalepana, Upalepan, Ullimpana, Uvalevana, Gocarman.
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