Upamiti: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Nyaya (school of philosophy)
Upamiti (उपमिति, “comparative knowledge”) refers to one of the four kinds of “right experience” (also known as pramāṇas), according to Annaṃbhaṭṭa’s Tarkasaṃgraha.—Buddhi or knowledge is of two kinds–anubhava (experience) and smṛti (recollection). Anubhava or experience may be right or wrong. The right experience is divided into four kinds, viz. perceptual knowledge (pratyakṣa), inferential knowledge (anumiti), comparative knowledge (upamiti) and verbal knowledge (śabda). These are called four pramāṇas which are accepted from the Nyāya system.
Nyaya (न्याय, nyaya) refers to a school of Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. The Nyaya philosophy is known for its theories on logic, methodology and epistemology, however, it is closely related with Vaisheshika in terms of metaphysics.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
upamiti (उपमिति).—f S Analogical knowledge. 2 Resemblance, similitude: also a resemblance, a likeness (as a picture, an image &c.)
upamiti (उपमिति).—f Analogical knowledge. Resemblance.
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
Upamiti (उपमिति).—f.
1) Resemblance, comparison, similarity; पल्लवोपमितिसाम्यसपक्षम् (pallavopamitisāmyasapakṣam) S. D.; तदाननस्योपमितौ दरिद्रता (tadānanasyopamitau daridratā) N.1.24.
2) (In Nyāya Phil.) Analogy, inference, deduction, knowledge of things derived from analogy, a conclusion deduced by means of an उपमान (upamāna); प्रत्यक्षमप्यनुमितिस्तथोप- मितिशब्दजे (pratyakṣamapyanumitistathopa- mitiśabdaje) Bhāṣā P.52.
3) A figure of speech = उपमा (upamā) q. v.
4) A likeness, picture.
Derivable forms: upamitiḥ (उपमितिः).
Upamiti (उपमिति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. Resemblance, comparison, a likeness, a picture, image, &c. 2. Analogy. 3. Knowledge of things derived from analogy or resemblances. E. upa like, mā to measure, ktin aff.
Upamiti (उपमिति).—i. e. upa-mā + ti, f. Comparison.
Upamiti (उपमिति).—[feminine] resemblance; induction (ph.).
1) Upamiti (उपमिति):—[=upa-miti] [from upa-mā] f. comparison
2) [v.s. ...] resemblance, likeness, similarity, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] analogy
4) [v.s. ...] knowledge of things derived from analogy or resemblance, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
Upamiti (उपमिति):—[upa-miti] (tiḥ) 2. f. Resemblance; a picture; analogy.
Upamiti (उपमिति):—(von mā mit upa) f. Vergleichung: stanau māṃsagranthī kanakakalaśāvityupamitau [Bhartṛhari 3, 17.] pallavopamitisāmyasapakṣam (adharabimbam) [Sāhityadarpana 55, 19.] [Bhāṣāpariccheda 51.] Induction [MÜLLER] in [morgenländischen Gesellschaft VI, 3, Nalopākhyāna 1.]
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Upamiti (उपमिति):—Schlussfolge nach Analogie (nicht Induction) [SARVADARŚANAS. 114, 2.] Die erste Stelle zu streichen, da upamitau hier als nom. du. partic. mit stanau zu verbinden ist.
Upamiti (उपमिति):—f. —
1) Aehnlichkeit. —
2) Schlussfolge nach Analogie.
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.
Tamil dictionary
Upamiti (உபமிதி) noun < upa-miti. Knowledge of things derived from analogy; உபமா னப்பிரமாணத்தினால் வரும் அறிவு. [upama nappiramanathinal varum arivu.] (தர்க்கபாஷை [tharkkapashai] 30.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Upamiti (उपमिति):—n. 1. comparison; analogy; 2. resemblance;
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): Upa, Mithi, Miti.
Starts with (+0): Upamitibhavaprapanca, Upamitibhavaprapancakatha.
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Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
1.3. Pramāṇas: Basic Introduction < [Chapter 2 - Analysis on the Basis Of Epistemology]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 89 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
Page 108 < [Marathi-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 88 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 1]
Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
Pramāṇa (3): Upamāna or Comparison < [Chapter 2 - Salient features of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika System]
An Introduction to Tarkasaṃgraha < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Contribution of Vachaspati-Mishra to Nyaya Philosophy (by Champak Kalita)
Part 20 - The concept of Upamāna or Comparision < [Chapter 3 - The Theory of Knowlegde]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Literary utility of aupamya in charaka samhitha < [2015, Issue XII December]
Analogy: the base of surgical developments in ayurveda < [2015, Issue XI November]
Critical analysis of upama with reference to charaka samhita sutrasthana: a review < [2023, Issue 12, December]