Uparam, Upa-ram, Upāram: 3 definitions

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

Upāram (उपारम्).—A. ([Middle]) rest, repose, desist from ([ablative]). vyupā & samā the same.

Upāram is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upā and ram (रम्).

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

1) Uparam (उपरम्):—[=upa-√ram] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] ([Pāṇini 1-3, 85]) -ramati, -te, to cease from motion, stop, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to cease from action, be inactive or quiet (as a quietist), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Bhagavad-gītā];

—to pause, stop (speaking or doing anything), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Pañcatantra] etc.;

—to leave off, desist, give up, renounce (with [ablative]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] [commentator or commentary] on [Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad; Daśakumāra-carita];

—to await, wait for, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii, 2, 1, 2; iii, 8, 2, 29];

—to cause to cease or stop;

—to render quiet, [Pāṇini 1-3, 84] :

—[Causal] -ramayati, to cause to cease or stop;

—to render quiet, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

2) Upāram (उपारम्):—[=upā-√ram] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -ramati, -te, to rest, cease, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.;

2) —to cease, leave off, give up, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Kumāra-sambhava]

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

Uparam (उपरम्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvarama, Orama.

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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.

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