Upapata, Upapāta: 11 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Natyashastra
Languages
1. Pali
2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Upapata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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 Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Upapāta (उपपात) refers to one of the five limbs (aṅga) belonging to Prāveśikī type of song (dhruvā) defined in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32.9-16. Accordingly, “depending on different conditions, the dhruvās are known to be of five classes”.

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

context information

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Upapāta, = upapatti (but der. fr. pat (cp. uppāda¹ = ud + pat but uppāda² = ud + pad) with the meaning of the casual & unusual) rebirth Vin. III, 4; S. IV, 59 (cut°); Pug. 50. (Page 144)

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

upapāta (ဥပပါတ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[upa+pata+ṇa]
[ဥပ+ပတ+ဏ]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

upapāta—

(Burmese text): (ဘဝဟောင်းမှ ဘဝသစ်သို့) ကပ်ရောက်ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသော တရား၊ ပဋိသန္ဓေ၊ (မုချတ္ထ) ပဋိသန္ဓေ၏ အနီ။

(Auto-Translation): (The transition from old life to new life) the law that arises, the essence of conditioned existence, the redness of conditioned existence.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

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

Upapāta (उपपात).—

1) An unexpected occurrence.

2) A calamity, misfortune, accident. उपपातो हि आर्तिसम्बद्धं द्रव्यम् (upapāto hi ārtisambaddhaṃ dravyam) | ŚB. on MS.6.4.23.

3) Destruction.

Derivable forms: upapātaḥ (उपपातः).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upapāta (उपपात).—[masculine] occurrence, accident.

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

1) Upapāta (उपपात):—[=upa-pāta] [from upa-pat] a m. accident, occurrence, misfortune, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) [=upa-pāta] b upa-pātin See upa-√pat.

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

Upapāta (उपपात):—(von pat mit upa) m. Zufall, Unfall: karmopapāte prāyaścittaṃ tatkālam [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 25, 1, 1. 2, 4. 3, 25. 4, 16. 6, 7.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Upapāta (उपपात):—m. —

1) das Hinzukommen , von Neuem Entstehen [Indische studien von Weber 10,311.] —

2) Zufall , Unfall.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Upapāta (उपपात) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvavāya.

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

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Upapāta (ಉಪಪಾತ):—

1) [noun] an unexpected occurrence.

2) [noun] a calamity; a disaster; misfortune; an accident.

3) [noun] destruction; demolition.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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