The Sanskrit term Upanetṛ can be transliterated into English as Upanetr or Upanetri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upanetṛ (उपनेतृ).—a. One who leads or brings near, fetching; नियमविधिजलानां बर्हिषां चोपनेत्री (niyamavidhijalānāṃ barhiṣāṃ copanetrī) Kumārasambhava 1.6; मालत्यभिज्ञानस्यो- पनेत्री (mālatyabhijñānasyo- panetrī) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9. m. (-tā) A preceptor who performs the उपनयन (upanayana) ceremony, an Achārya; जनिता चोपनेता च यस्तु विद्यां प्रयच्छति । अन्नदाता भयत्राता पञ्चैते पितरः स्मृताः (janitā copanetā ca yastu vidyāṃ prayacchati | annadātā bhayatrātā pañcaite pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ) || Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.66.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Upanetrī (उपनेत्री).—[, Lefm. Lalitavistara 168.18 (verse); read vadhakāṃ (= °kān) sa tavā upanetī (= upanayati); all mss. but one panetī.]

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

Upanetṛ (उपनेतृ).—i. e. upa-nī + tṛ, m., f. trī, n. One who brings near, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 61.

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

Upanetṛ (उपनेतृ).—[feminine] trī who brings, bearer of ([genetive]).

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

1) Upanetṛ (उपनेतृ):—[=upa-netṛ] [from upa-nī] mf(trī)n. one who brings near, [Kumāra-sambhava i, 61]

2) [v.s. ...] m. (tā) the spiritual preceptor, [Pañcatantra]

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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.

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Partial matches: Netri, Upa.

Full-text: Aupanayika.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

II.5. Dharma leading to the good place (aupanayika) < [II. Recollection of the Dharma (dharmānusmṛti)]

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