Upaplava: 15 definitions
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Upaplava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Ayurveda (science of life)
Upaplava (उपप्लव):—[upaplavaḥ] Affliction: A cause of great suffering
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Upaplava (उपप्लव) [=Sopaplava?] (Cf. Upadrava) refers to “suffering” or “destruction” [?], according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If there should be both lunar and solar eclipses in one month, princes will suffer both from dissensions among their own army and from wars. [...] If the eclipses should fall in the lunar month of Vaiśākha cotton, gingelly and beans will be injured; the Ikṣvākus, the Yaudheyas, the Śakas and the Kaliṅgas will suffer [i.e., upaplava—sopaplavāḥ]; but there will be prosperity over the land”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Upaplava (उपप्लव) refers to a “visitation”, according to the Halāyudhastotra verse 34-35.—Accordingly, “The visitation of the wives of the distinguished sages (dvijavara-vadhu-upaplava) in the Pine Park, the oblation with seed in Fire, the twilight dance: Your behaviour is not reprehensible. O Three-eyed one! The doctrines of the world do not touch those who have left worldly life, having passed far beyond the path of those whose minds are afflicted by false knowledge. The gods all wear gold and jewels as an ornament on their body. You do not even wear gold the size of a berry on your ear or on your hand. The one whose natural beauty, surpassing the path [of the world], flashes on his own body, has no regard for the extraneous ornaments of ordinary men”.
Upaplava (उपप्लव) refers to “afflictions”, according to the Netratantroddyota commentary on the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 22.11]—“[...] [Śiva] projects [all conditions] outward and he also causes them to be made one with himself [internally, inside his consciousness]. And for this reason, he can also be understood as their leader. Untainted, transcending the impurities, beginning with minuteness, and free of afflictions (an-upaplava). In the same way, one should construe niṣprapañca and nirābhāsa. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Upaplava (उपप्लव) refers to the “deluge” (during the time of dissolution), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.27 (“The birth of Śaṅkhacūḍa”).—Accordingly, [as Viṣṇu said to the Gods]: “O gods, be calm and unperturbed, do not be afraid. No deluge (upaplava) will take place, this is not the time of dissolution. [nopaplavā bhaviṣyante layakālo na vidyate] The Asura Dambha a devotee of mine is performing a penance seeking for a son. I shall bestow a boon and quieten him”;
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
upaplava (उपप्लव).—m (S) Ravages and excesses (as of hostile armies, marauders &c.): also exactions and oppressions (as of a tyrant); annoyance, harassment, molestation.
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
Upaplava (उपप्लव).—1 Misfortune, evil, calamity, distress, adversity; अथ मदनवधूरुपप्लवान्तं (atha madanavadhūrupaplavāntaṃ) ... परिपालयाम्बभूव (paripālayāmbabhūva) Kumārasambhava 4.46; जीवन्पुनः शश्वदुपप्लवेभ्यः प्रजाः पासि (jīvanpunaḥ śaśvadupaplavebhyaḥ prajāḥ pāsi) R.2.48;
2) (a) An unluky accident, injury, trouble; कच्चिन्न वाय्वादिरुपप्लवो वः (kaccinna vāyvādirupaplavo vaḥ) R.5.6; Meghadūta 17. (b) An obstacle, impediment; तौ (tau) (arthakāmau) हि तत्त्वावबोधस्य दुरुच्छेदावुपप्लवौ (hi tattvāvabodhasya durucchedāvupaplavau) Kirātārjunīya 11.2.
3) Oppression, harassing, troubling; उपप्लवाय लोकानां धूमकेतुरिवोत्थितः (upaplavāya lokānāṃ dhūmaketurivotthitaḥ) Ku. 2.32.
4) Danger, fear; see उपप्लविन् (upaplavin) below.
5) Agitation, perturbation; इन्द्रिय° (indriya°) K.146.
6) A portent or natural phenomenon foreboding evil.
7) Particularly, an eclipse of the sun or moon; चन्द्रमिवोपप्लवान्मुक्तम् (candramivopaplavānmuktam) V.I.11.
8) Name of Rāhu, the ascending node, केतूपप्लवभौममन्दगतयः षष्ठे तृतीये शुभाः (ketūpaplavabhaumamandagatayaḥ ṣaṣṭhe tṛtīye śubhāḥ).
9) Anarchy.
1) Name of Śiva.
11) Doubt, scepticism (with Buddhists).
12) Loss, absence; मायया विभ्रमच्चित्तो न वेद स्मृत्युपप्लवात् (māyayā vibhramaccitto na veda smṛtyupaplavāt) Bhāgavata 1.84.25.
Derivable forms: upaplavaḥ (उपप्लवः).
Upaplava (उपप्लव).—m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Rahu, the ascending node. 2. A portent or natural phænomenon so considered. 3. An affray, or assault, a conflict without weapons. 4. Eclipse. 5. Misfortune. E. upa over, &c. plu to go, ap aff.
Upaplava (उपप्लव).—i. e. upa-plu + a, m. 1. Assault, Mahābhārata 1, 3534. 2. A portent, or natural phenomenon so considered, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 5, 6. 3. An eclipse, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 65, 2 Gorr. 4. Misfortune, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 32.
Upaplava (उपप्लव).—[masculine] visitation, disturbance, trouble, calamity, any portent, [especially] an eclipse.
1) Upaplava (उपप्लव):—[=upa-plava] [from upa-plu] m. affliction, visitation, invasion, inundation
2) [v.s. ...] any public calamity, unlucky accident, misfortune, disturbance
3) [v.s. ...] a portent or natural phenomenon (as an eclipse etc.), [Mahābhārata; Suśruta; Vikramorvaśī; Kumāra-sambhava; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] Name of Rāhu (who is supposed to cause eclipses), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Upaplava (उपप्लव):—[upa-plava] (vaḥ) 1. m. Rāhu, the ascending node; a portent; affray.
Upaplava (उपप्लव):—(von plu mit upa) m.
1) Andrang, Anfall (eines Feindes): gandharvāṇāmupaplave [Mahābhārata 1, 5534.] tadbhīmamutsārya janaṃ yuddhamāsīdupaplave . balinoḥ saṃyuge [2, 914.] —
2) widerwärtiger Zufall, Unfall, Unglück, Störung [Medinīkoṣa v. 58.] mama cāyamupaplavaḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 16076.] upaplavo mahānasmānupāvartata [13575.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 76, 4.] upaplavāya lokānāṃ dhūmaketurivotthitaḥ [Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 32.] nirupaplavāni naḥ karmāṇi [Śākuntala 31, v. l.] rājānaḥ kṣmāṃ galitavividhopaplavāḥ pālayantu [Prabodhacandrodaja 118, 3.] plur. [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 48.] vanopaplava [Meghadūta 17.] viṣayopaplava [Prabodhacandrodaja 41, 2.] doṣopaplava [Suśruta 2, 1, 11. 12.] von widerwärtigen Naturereignissen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 412.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 303.] [Medinīkoṣa] vāṭvādirupaplavaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 6.] salilopaplava Wasserfluth [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 70.] namentlich von Finsternissen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 125.] [Mahābhārata 3, 12887. 14, 1072.] ameghopaplave [Suśruta 1, 113, 18.] upaplavagataṃ sūryam [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 65, 2.] candramivopaplavānmuktam [Vikramorvaśī 11.] upaplavavinirmuktāṃ mūrtiṃ cāndramasīmiva [Kathāsaritsāgara 16, 105.] sopaplava verfinstert (von Sonne und Mond) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 10.] Daher upaplava = rāhu (der Sonne und Mond bei Finsternissen zu verschlingen droht) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 15.] = ketu [Hārāvalī 37.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) ein Beiname Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra]
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Upaplava (उपप्लव):—
2) [SARVADARŚANAS. 153, 8.] smṛtyupa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 84, 25.] dhātūpaplave [11, 3, 8.] dhātūnāṃ mahābhatūtānāmapuplave nāśahetau [Scholiast Z. 4] lies [Śākuntala 31, 3, v. l.] — Finsterniss, Eklipse [Halāyudha 1, 41.]
Upaplava (उपप्लव):—m. —
1) Heimsuchung , widerwärtiger Zufall , Unfall , Unglück , Störung ; insbes. von widerwärtigen Naturereignissen und Finsternissen. —
2) Kampfplatz [Mahābhārata 2,23,25.] —
3) Rand [Śulbasūtra 2,37.]
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
Upaplava (ಉಪಪ್ಲವ):—
1) [noun] any happening that causes great harm or damage; serious or sudden misfortune; calamity; disaster.
2) [noun] an oppressing; a keeping down by the cruel or unjust use of power or authority; oppression; harassing.
3) [noun] a portent or natural phenomenon, as solar or lunar eclipse, a falling of a meteor, etc. believed to bring evil.
4) [noun] the feeling of alarm; fear; fright.
5) [noun] the state of being confused hopelessly as by something complicated; bewilderment.
6) [noun] Śiva.
7) [noun] a condition of uncertainty; a doubt.
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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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
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Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.5.7 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 66 - Kṛṣṇa beheads Barbarīka: Greatness of Guptakṣetra Concluded < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]