Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

upanidhā : (f.) comparison; pledge.

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

Upanidhā, (f.) (abstracted from upanidhāya or direct formation fr. upa + ni + dhā?) comparison Nd² 158 (= upamā; should we read upanidhāya?). (Page 143)

context information

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

Upanidhā (उपनिधा).—3 U.

1) To put or place near; to bring or lead near to; कर्णयोरुपनिधाय (karṇayorupanidhāya) (mukham) Āśval.; वहति समीरे मदनमुपनिधाय (vahati samīre madanamupanidhāya) Gītagovinda 5.

2) To produce, cause; भयमुपनिदधे स राक्षसानाम् (bhayamupanidadhe sa rākṣasānām) Bhaṭṭikāvya 4.45.

3) To present; उद्दिष्टामुपनिहितां भजस्व पूजाम् (uddiṣṭāmupanihitāṃ bhajasva pūjām) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.25.

4) To deposit, entrust दृष्ट्वा पूर्वोपनिहितं निधिम् (dṛṣṭvā pūrvopanihitaṃ nidhim) Manusmṛti 8.37,196.

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

Upanidhā (उपनिधा).—place near, put before ([dative]); lay down, bury (a treasure); deposit, commit, entrust ([locative]); bring about, effect.

Upanidhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upani and dhā (धा).

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

Upanidhā (उपनिधा):—[=upa-ni-√dhā] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -dadhāti, -dhatte, to put or place down near to, put or place before, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Lāṭyāyana; Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] ;

—to place down, conceal;

—to deposit, intrust;

—to bring near, lead near to, [Gīta-govinda];

—to produce, cause, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Upanidhā (उपनिधा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvaṇihā.

context information

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)

Partial matches: Dha, Upani, Ta.

Starts with: Upanidhana, Upanidhapannatti, Upanidhatar, Upanidhatri, Upanidhaya, Upanidhayaka.

Full-text: Upanidhyatavya, Upanidhatri, Upanidhana, Uvaniha, Upanihita, Upanidhi, Upanidadhati, Upama.

Relevant text

No search results for Upanidha, Upanidhā, Upani-dha, Upani-dhā; (plurals include: Upanidhas, Upanidhās, dhas, dhās) in any book or story.