Upapad: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Upapad (उपपद्).—4 Ā.
1) To reach, come to, approach, go near; यमुनातटमुपपेदे (yamunātaṭamupapede) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; उपपद्यख स्वकर्मोचितां गतिम् (upapadyakha svakarmocitāṃ gatim) Daśakumāracarita 93.
2) To be got or obtained, fall to one's share; त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते (tvadanyaḥ saṃśayasyāsya chettā na hyupapadyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 6.39;13.18.
3) To take place, occur, happen, be produced; देवि एवमुपपद्यते (devi evamupapadyate) M.1 even as you say, just so; अर्थास्तस्योपपत्स्यन्ते (arthāstasyopapatsyante) Mb.; उपपन्ना हि दारेषु प्रभुता सर्वतोमुखी (upapannā hi dāreṣu prabhutā sarvatomukhī) Ś.5.26.
4) To be possible; कर्तव्यं वो न पश्यामि स्याच्चेत्किं नोपपद्यते (kartavyaṃ vo na paśyāmi syāccetkiṃ nopapadyate) Kumārasambhava 6.61; Manusmṛti 9.121,4; 1.12; नेश्वरो जगतः कारणमुपपद्यते (neśvaro jagataḥ kāraṇamupapadyate) Ś. B.
5) To be suitable, be fit for, be adequate for, fit, suit (with loc.); क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वरय्युपपद्यते (klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitattvarayyupapadyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.3;18.7; उपपद्यते (upapadyate) it is fit; ते गुणाः परस्मिन् ब्रह्मण्युपपद्यन्ते (te guṇāḥ parasmin brahmaṇyupapadyante) Ś. B.
6) To go against, attack.
7) To put in a word or statement; इति ह विश्वामित्र उपपपाद (iti ha viśvāmitra upapapāda) Ait. Br. -Caus.
1) To bring into any state, cause to arrive or be obtained; विश्वासमुपपादिता (viśvāsamupapāditā) Rām. inspired with confidence; get ready; रथमुपपादय (rathamupapādaya) Ve.2.
2) To offer, present any one with (acc.), bring to; दिष्टया त्वमसि मे धात्रा भीतेनेवोपपादितः (diṣṭayā tvamasi me dhātrā bhītenevopapāditaḥ) R.15.18,14.8;16.32; Manusmṛti 9.72,73;3.96; sometimes with dat.; सर्वस्वं वेद- विदुषे ब्राह्मणायोपपादयेत् (sarvasvaṃ veda- viduṣe brāhmaṇāyopapādayet) Manusmṛti 11.76;9.244; or with loc.; अक्षयोऽयं निधी राज्ञां यद्विप्रेषूपपादितम् (akṣayo'yaṃ nidhī rājñāṃ yadvipreṣūpapāditam) Y.1.315.
3) (a) To cause to happen or occur, bring about; मरणमुपपादयेत (maraṇamupapādayeta) K.36. (b) To accomplish, effect, cause, do, perform; यावत्तु मानुष्यके शक्यमुपपादयितुम् (yāvattu mānuṣyake śakyamupapādayitum) K.62,113,12,134; देव- कार्यम् (deva- kāryam) R.11.91;17.55; Meghadūta 29.
4) (a) To make a statement, adduce, put forward. (b) To justify.
5) To make good, establish, prove; कथमीश्वरं विनाशधर्मिणमुप- पादयसि (kathamīśvaraṃ vināśadharmiṇamupa- pādayasi) Prab.
6) To pronounce, declare.
7) To make fit or adequate for; कालोपपादिते क्षेत्रे (kālopapādite kṣetre) Manusmṛti 9.36.
8) To furnish with, endow with; Kām.11.57; K.2; आत्मानं प्रथमं राजा विनयेनोपपादयेत् (ātmānaṃ prathamaṃ rājā vinayenopapādayet) Subhāṣ.
9) To find out, ascertain; दक्षिणाप्रवणं चैव प्रयत्नेनोपपादयेत् (dakṣiṇāpravaṇaṃ caiva prayatnenopapādayet) Manusmṛti 3.26.
1) To examine.
Upapad (उपपद्).—fall upon, attack; come near, approach ([especially] for aid or insruction); get to or into ([accusative] or [locative]), fall to the lot of ([genetive]); happen, occur, take place, appear as ([nominative]), turn to ([dative]); be fit or right. [Causative] bring about, cause, effect, arrange, prepare; make or appoint (2 [accusative]); present or furnish with (2 [accusative] or [accusative] of [person or personal] & [instrumental] of th.); give (also in marriage), offer, procure, bestow on ([accusative] of th. & [dative], [rarely] [locative] of [person or personal]); find out, ascertain, prove.
Upapad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and pad (पद्).
1) Upapad (उपपद्):—[=upa-pad] 1. upa-√pad [Ātmanepada] -padyate, (rarely [Parasmaipada]) -ti, to go towards or against, attack, [Atharva-veda iv, 18, 2];
—to approach, come to, arrive at, enter, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Kāraṇḍa-vyūha];
—to approach or come to a teacher (as a pupil), [Mahābhārata];
—to approach for succour or protection;
—to approach or join with in speech, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa vii, 17, 5];
—to reach, obtain, partake of;
—to enter into any state, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa];
—to take place, come forth, be produced, appear, occur, happen;
—to be present, exist, [Lāṭyāyana];
—to be possible, be fit for or adequate to (with [locative case]), [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Kauśika-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to be regular or according to rules;
—to become, be suitable, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta; Śakuntalā] etc.:
—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] -pādayati, to bring to any state (with two [accusative]);
—to cause anything ([accusative])
—to arrive at ([locative case] or [dative case]), cause to come into the possession of, offer, present, [Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.;
—to cause to come forth or exist;
—to accomplish, effect, cause, produce, [Lāṭyāyana; Mahābhārata; Meghadūta] etc.;
—to get ready, prepare, make fit or adequate for, make conformable to, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];
—to furnish or provide or endow with, [Mahābhārata; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra] etc.;
—to make anything out of [Prabodha-candrodaya];
—to examine;
—to find out, ascertain, [Rāmāyaṇa; Manu-smṛti] etc.;
—to prove, justify, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha] [commentator or commentary] on [Prabodha-candrodaya, on; Kapila] etc.;
—to attend on a patient, physic, [Suśruta i, 56, 20; Caraka]
2) [=upa-pad] 2. upa-pad f. the act of happening, occurring, taking place.
Upapad (उपपद्):—(1. pad mit upa) f. das Eintreffen, das Eintreten: pañca saṃvatsaravargāsteṣu dhīro manīṣayā . karmaṇa upapado vidyātsaṃsthā vaiṣuvatāni ca .. [NIDĀNA 5, 11, 2] bei [WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 284.]
Upapad (उपपद्):—f. das Eintreffen , Eintreten.
Upapad (उपपद्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvavajja.
Upapad (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 下生入 [xià shēng rù]: “to reborn below”.
2) 受生 [shòu shēng]: “be born”.
3) 往生 [wǎng shēng]: “reborn [in another world”.
4) 然 [rán]: “in this way”.
Note: upapad can be alternatively written as: upa-√pad.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Upapad is another spelling for उपपद [upapada].—n. the first part of a compound word; a prefix;
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, Pad.
Starts with (+15): Upapada, Upapadaja, Upapadak, Upapadaka, Upapadamatimsutravyakhyana, Upapadana, Upapadane, Upapadanem, Upapadaniya, Upapadanta, Upapadasamasa, Upapadatthavisesa, Upapadavibhakti, Upapadavidhi, Upapadayati, Upapadayi, Upapadayishyama, Upapaddha, Upapadeti, Upapadin.
Full-text (+9): Upapada, Upapatti, Upapadana, Upapajjati, Uvavajja, Upapattiyukta, Upapadin, Upapattimat, Upapannartha, Upapadaniya, Upapattiparityakta, Upapadaka, Abhyupapatti, Abhyupapad, Upapadya, Samupapad, Upapadita, Upapaddha, Upapattisama, Xia sheng ru.
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