Upapatti, Upa-pada-ti: 26 definitions
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In Hinduism
Mīmāṃsā (school of philosophy)
Upapatti (उपपत्ति, “congruity”) refers to one of the various tools used by authors displaying their skill in the art of writing.—In order for a text to have any validity it must be in harmony and agreement with all the relevant factors within the bounds of logic and pragmatism.
Mimamsa (मीमांसा, mīmāṃsā) refers to one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of philosophy, emphasizing the nature of dharma and the philosophy of language. The literature in this school is also known for its in-depth study of ritual actions and social duties.
Shaiva philosophy
Upapatti (उपपत्ति) refers to “that which is logically possible” (as opposed to Anupapatti—‘not logically possible’), according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā 1.5.6.—Accordingly, “Let [us admit] this: since ordinary human practice (vyavahāra) is determined on [the basis of] these manifestations alone, what is the point of some external [object] that would be distinct [from consciousness and] that is not [even] logically possible (anupapatti)?”.
Shaiva philosophy is a spritiual tradition within Hinduism that includes theories such as the relationship between the Atman (individual soul) and Siva, the nature of liberation (moksha), and the concepts of maya (illusion) and shakti (divine energy). Saiva philosophy teaches that union with Shiva can be achieved through knowledge, devotion, and spiritual practice. It encompasses major branches like Shaiva Siddhanta and Kashmir Shaivism.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Upapatti (उपपत्ति, “birth”) refers to one of the three kinds of Ārūpyasamāpatti (“formless absorptions”), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32. Accordingly, “acquired by birth (upapatti-prātilambhika).—Those who have practiced the four immaterial absorptions (ārūpyasamāpatti) are reborn by virtue of ripening of these actions (karmavipāka) in the formless realm (ārūpyadhātu) and obtain four clear (vispaṣṭa) and morally undefined (avyākṛta) skandhas”.
Upapatti (उपपत्ति) refers to “birth”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Then again, the Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja uttered these verses to that Bodhisattva, the great being Guṇarājaprabhāsa: ‘(27) [...] The one who is established in the emptiness, the absence of distinguishing marks, and the absence of wishful thinking, reveals death and birth (cyuti-upapatti) in accordance with his intention, but who is beyond birth, abiding, and death, I ask [the Lord] about the behaviour of men for the sake of them. [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Upapatti (उपपत्ति) refers to the “(old) freshness (of a burnt tree)” [?], according to Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi.—Accordingly, “[...] And even among the five-sensed beings, many belong to the animal world such as the cow, the deer, the bird, the serpent, etc. Hence human birth is as difficult of attainment as a heap of jewels at the crossing of the roads. And if one loses the condition of a human being by negligence, it is as difficult to attain it once again, as it is difficult for a burnt tree to regain its old freshness (upapatti—dagdhatarupudgalatadbhāvopapattivad). Even if human birth is attained, a good country, a good family, keen senses, health, etc. are more and more difficult of attainment. [...]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
upapatti : (f.) birth; rebirth; approach.
Upapatti, (fr. upa + pad, cp. uppatti) — 1. birth, rebirth, (lit. attainment) M. I, 82; S. III, 53; IV, 398; A. V, 289 sq.; Sn. 139, 643, 836; Dh. 419 (sattānaṃ); in var. specifications as: deva° rebirth among gods PvA. 6, 81; devaloka° A. I, 115; kāma° existence in the sensuous universe D. III, 218; It. 94; arūpa° in the formless spheres Vbh. 172, 267, 296; rūpa°, in the world of form Vbh. 171 sq. , 263 sq.; 299; niraya° in Purgatory PvA. 53. ‹-› 2. occasion, opportunity (lit. “coming to”); object for, in dāna° objects suitable for gifts A. IV, 239 (where 8 enumd. , see dāna).
upapatti (ဥပပတ္တိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[upa+pada+ti]
[ဥပ+ပဒ+တိ]
[Pali to Burmese]
upapatti—
(Burmese text): (၁) အသင့်ယုတ္တိ၊ သင့်လျော်ညီမျှခြင်း၊ (အလျော,အတင်း၊ အယုတ်,အလွန်မရှိသည်ဖြစ်၍) အလယ်အလတ်ကျကျ သင့်လျော်ညီမျှခြင်း။ (၂) (ထိုထိုဘဝ၌) ကပ်ရောက်ခြင်း-လားရောက်ခြင်း-ဖြစ်ခြင်း-ရခြင်း-ပဋိသန္ဓေနေခြင်း။ (ဥပပတ္တိ အရကောက်ရာ၌ ပဋိသန္ဓေကို ပဓာနထား၍ဤအတ္တဘောတစ်ခုလုံး အရကောက်ရသော နေရာလည်း ရှိသည်၊ ပဋိသန္ဓေနေခြင်းဟူရာ၌ ကိုယ်ထင်ရှား ဘွားကနဲ ဖြစ်ခြင်း=ဥပပတ်ပဋိသန္ဓေနေခြင်းလည်း ပါဝင်သည်)။ (၃) (ထိုထိုဘဝ၌) ကပ်ရောက်ကြောင်း-ဖြစ်ကြောင်း-ဖြစ်သော တရား (ပဋိသန္ဓေ ရုပ်နာမ် ခန္ဓာတရား)။ (၄) အကြောင်း၊ အလို၊ အဓိပ္ပါယ်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Consistency, suitability, and moderation (with balance, extremes and excesses being absent). (2) (In that life) being afflicted - experiencing - becoming - receiving - the state of existence. (There are places where the essence of existence can be chiefly considered in the indicated cycle, and it also includes the notion of being clearly perceived or recognized in the essence of existence). (3) (In that life) the principles of affliction - existence - manifestation (the essence of existence as a form). (4) Reason, intention, meaning.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
upapatti (उपपत्ति).—f (S) Establishing, evincing, adducing arguments and illustrations in proof. 2 Rationale, theory, detailed account, explication of reasons or principles. 3 Demonstrated conclusion. 4 In arith. or geom. Proving or proof. 5 Means, resources, expedients, instruments.
upapatti (उपपत्ति).—f Theory, rationale. Establishing, proof.
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
Upapatti (उपपत्ति).—f.
1) Happening, occurring, becoming visible, appearance, production, birth; अथोपपत्तिं छलनापरोऽ- पराम् (athopapattiṃ chalanāparo'- parām) Śiśupālavadha 1.69 (janma); इष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु (iṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 13.9.
2) Cause, reason, ground; प्रियेषु यैः पार्थ विनोपपत्तेः (priyeṣu yaiḥ pārtha vinopapatteḥ) Kirātārjunīya 3.52.
3) Reasoning, argument; उपपत्तिमदूर्जितं वचः (upapattimadūrjitaṃ vacaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 2.1; देवि सोपपत्तिकमभिहितम् (devi sopapattikamabhihitam) | Nāg.5 argumentative; giving a reason for the establishment of a matter; S. D.482.
4) Fitness, propriety.
5) Termination, end.
6) Association, connection.
7) Acceptance, adoption; Mv.5.
8) Ascertainment, demonstration, demonstrated conclusion; उपपत्तिरुदाहृता बलात् (upapattirudāhṛtā balāt) Kirātārjunīya 2.28.
9) (In Arith. or Geom.) Proof, demonstration.
1) A means, an expedient.
11) Assistance, support, help; ततः प्रजह्रे सममेव तत्र तैरपेक्षितान्योन्यबलोपपत्तिभिः (tataḥ prajahre samameva tatra tairapekṣitānyonyabalopapattibhiḥ) Kirātārjunīya 14.44.
12) Doing, effecting, gaining; accomplishment; स्वार्थोपपत्तिं दुर्बलाशः (svārthopapattiṃ durbalāśaḥ) R.5.12; तात्पर्यानुपपत्तितः (tātparyānupapattitaḥ) Bhāṣā P.; H.3.111; see अनुपपत्ति (anupapatti).
13) Attainment, getting; असंशयं प्राक् तनयोपपत्तेः (asaṃśayaṃ prāk tanayopapatteḥ) R.14.78; Kirātārjunīya 3.1.
14) Religious abstraction (samādhi).
15) Accident, chance; उपपत्त्योपलब्धेषु लोकेषु च समो भव (upapattyopalabdheṣu lokeṣu ca samo bhava) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.288.11.
16) Suitability, expediency; उपपत्ति- मदूर्जिताश्रयं नृपमूचे वचनं वृकोदरः (upapatti- madūrjitāśrayaṃ nṛpamūce vacanaṃ vṛkodaraḥ) Kirātārjunīya 2.1; Bhag.4.28.68.
Derivable forms: upapattiḥ (उपपत्तिः).
Upapatti (उपपत्ति).—f. (= Pali id.; compare next three, and upapāda; specialization of Sanskrit id., compare [Boehtlingk] s.v., 7.324), (re-) birth, state of existence (past or future or present): Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 228.10 (verse) °tiṃ śubhāṃ tyaktvā, giving up a glorious state of existence (in a heavenly world, to be reborn on earth); Mahāvastu i.282.18 upapattiyā (loc. sg.)…vaśitāṃ gato (see °tti-vaśitā); Divyāvadāna 187.16 kā upapattiḥ (future state) ko 'bhisaṃparāya (q.v.) iti; 194.20 (tiryagyony-)upapatti- bhayabhīto; Daśabhūmikasūtra 75.14 °tti-nānātva-tāṃ; Kāśyapa Parivarta 102.7 na cyutir nopapattiḥ; Bodhisattvabhūmi 359.1 bodhisattvānāṃ pancavidhā upapattiḥ; Gaṇḍavyūha 522.13 upapatty-ānantarya-citte praty- upasthite, said of a man at the point of death, when the mental state which immediately precedes rebirth has arrived (he becomes aware, by sight, hearing, etc., of the state in which he is about to be reborn by the power of karma); upapatti-pratilambhika, or °prātilambhika, qq.v.
Upapatti (उपपत्ति).—f.
(-ttiḥ) 1. Birth, production. 2. Association, connexion. 3. Fitness, propriety. 4. Cessation, end. 5. Possessing, having. 6. Ascertained or demonstrated conclusion. 7. Cause, reason. 8. Effecting, doing. 9. Religious abstraction. 10. (In arithmetic or geometry,) Proof, demonstration. E. upa before pad to go, ktin aff.
Upapatti (उपपत्ति).—i. e. upa-pad + ti, f. 1. Taking place, happening, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 13, 9; appearance, Mahābhārata 14, 496; success, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Upapatti (उपपत्ति).—[feminine] happening, appearing, following, resulting; rightness, exactness, fitness, propriety.
1) Upapatti (उपपत्ति):—[=upa-patti] [from upa-pad] f. happening, occurring, becoming visible, appearing, taking place, production, effecting, accomplishing, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Bhagavad-gītā; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] proving right, resulting
3) [v.s. ...] cause, reason
4) [v.s. ...] origin, birth, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
5) [v.s. ...] ascertained or demonstrated conclusion, proof, evidence, argument, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Vedāntasāra; Naiṣadha-carita; Rājataraṅgiṇī] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] fitness, propriety, possibility, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc. ([instrumental case] upa-pattyā, suitably, in a fit manner)
7) [v.s. ...] association, connection, possession
8) [v.s. ...] religious abstraction, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] use, employment, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra, ]Sch.
Upapatti (उपपत्ति):—[upa-patti] (ttiḥ) 2. f. Birth; fitness; cause; end; proof; event.
Upapatti (उपपत्ति):—(von pad mit upa) f.
1) das Eintreffen, Sichereignen, zu-Stande-Kommen, zum-Vorschein-Kommen: iṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu [Bhagavadgītā 13, 9.] upapattiṃ tu vakṣyāmi garbhasyāham [Mahābhārata 14, 496.] svārthopapattiṃ prati durbalāśaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 12.] prāktanayopapatteḥ stanaṃdhayaprītimavāpsyasi tvam [14, 78.] —
2) das Zutreffen, Angemessenheit [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 2, 7, 23. 24, 7, 19.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 2, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 5.] [Vedāntasāra] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 216, 4. 17.] [] in [Frid 129.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 300, Nalopākhyāna 4.] [Sāhityadarpana 4, 7. 24, 22.] upapattiparityaktaśāstra [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 373.] anupapattyupapattiyukta [378.] upapattyā auf angemessene Weise [Mahābhārata 14, 815. 15, 249.] upapattibhiḥ dass. [13, 574.] —
3) bei den Mathemm. Beweis [Algebra 59.]
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Upapatti (उपपत्ति):—
1) priyopapatti ein freudiges Ereigniss [Spr. 2217.] dehopa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 55, 1.] —
2) füge hinzu das Hervorgehen, Sichergeben, Bewiesensein: kartṛdarśanāpahnavo na yujyate tasyānumeyatvenāpyupapatteḥ [SARVADARŚANAS. 81, 20. 82, 6. 99, 21.] anupapatti Unstatthaftigkeit, Unmöglichkeit [?80, 5. 7. 84, 16. 95, 16. 101, 9. 121, 14. 140, 18. 152, 19. Vedānta lecture No. 33. Bhāṣāpariccheda 81. Scholiast zu Naiṣadhacarita 22, 57. Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 374] (so ist zu lesen) und [?378 (Spr. 2760)] bedeuten upapattiyukta begründet, richtig, sich in Wirklichkeit so verhaltend, upapattiparityakta (śāstra) und anupapatti (vastu) unbegründet, sich in Wirklichkeit nicht so verhaltend. sopapattika begründet [Scholiast] zu [Harivaṃśa 4541.] [Sāhityadarpana 317, 4.] —
3) [Scholiast] zu [Sūryasiddhānta 2, 28. 29. 30. 32.] [GAṆITĀDHY. 52. fgg.] Argumentation [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 507.] Begründung: upapattirmatā hetorupanyāso rthasiddhaye [Sāhityadarpana 482. 471.] upapattikṛto yo rtha upanyāsaḥ sa kīrtitaḥ [152, 13.]
Upapatti (उपपत्ति):—f. —
1) das Eintreffen , Sichereignen , zu Stande — , zum Vorschein Kommen. —
2) das Zutreffen , Sichergeben , Begründetsein , Bewiesensein , Begründung , Beweis. yukta begründet , bewiesen. parityakta unbegründet , unbewiesen. —
3) Angemessenheit. Indst. Sg. und Pl. ([Mahābhārata 13,23,3]) auf angemessene Weise.
Upapatti (उपपत्ति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvavatti.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Upapatti (उपपत्ति) [Also spelled upaptti]:—(nf) proof, evidence.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Upapatti (ಉಪಪತ್ತಿ):—
1) [noun] a logical reason put forth or means used, for the establishment of a matter, in an argument.
2) [noun] something that tends to or helps prove the fact.
3) [noun] means of living or of supporting life; livelihood.
4) [noun] resources or available wealth.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Upapatti (உபபத்தி) noun < upa-patti.
1. Reason, justification; நியாயம். அப்படிச் சொல் வதற்கு உபபத்தி என்ன [niyayam. appadis sol vatharku upapathi enna]? Brāh.
2. Property, wealth; ஆஸ்தி. அவன் உபபத்தியுள்ளவன். [asthi. avan upapathiyullavan.] Brāh.
3. Argument advanced for the establishment of a proposition, proof; சொல்லும் விஷயத்தை ஸ்தாபிக்கும்பொருட்டுக் காட்டும் யுக்தி. சச்சிதானந்த முபபத்தியகமுஞ் சீவனுமாய் [sollum vishayathai sthapikkumboruttug kattum yugthi. sachithanantha mupapathiyagamugn sivanumay] (பிரபோதசந்திரோதயம் [pirapothasandirothayam] 22, 17).
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
Upapatti (उपपत्ति):—n. proof; demonstration; cause; inference;
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.
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Partial matches (+0): Upa, Pada, Ti, Patti, Pata.
Starts with (+10): Upapattibhava, Upapattibhaya, Upapatticitta, Upapattideva, Upapattihetu, Upapattika, Upapattikatha, Upapattikkhana, Upapattikkhanasamanta, Upapattikkhaya, Upapattimant, Upapattimat, Upapattimulaka, Upapattinimitta, Upapattinimittaparikappana, Upapattinimittaupatthana, Upapattinissita, Upapattipaccaya, Upapattiparityakta, Upapattipariyanta.
Full-text (+160): Anupapatti, Abhyupapatti, Upapattimat, Yathopapatti, Upapattideva, Upapattibhava, Nirupapatti, Aupapattika, Devupapatti, Upapattivashita, Upapattisama, Upapattiparityakta, Nanasampayuttopapatti, Kamupapatti, Danopapatti, Cutopapatti, Upapattiyukta, Brahmalokupapatti, Karanupapatti, Upapattivinnana.
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