Uparibhaga, Uparibhāga, Upari-bhaga: 7 definitions

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Uparibhaga means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Uparibhāga (उपरिभाग) refers to the “upper portion” or “summit” of a Mountain, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “[...] Yoginīs are on the lotus petals [facing to the four cardinal directions] such as the east [and] to every intermediate [direction]. [Yoginīs] starting with Ḍākinī, twenty-four in total, are [arranged] by sixes. [...] Assuming the pratyālīḍha posture, [every Yoginī] wears a string of skulls and other [good ornaments]. [Every Yoginī] is to be discerned on [the lotus petals in] a counterclockwise direction, to have been born on the upper portion (uparibhāga) (summit) of Mt. Sumeru. *The lotus petals are thus [taught]* [...]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Uparibhaga in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

uparibhāga : (m.) upper portion.

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

Uparibhāga refers to: the upper part; used in Instr. , loc or aor. in sense of “above, over, beyond” J. IV, 232 (Instr.).

Note: uparibhāga is a Pali compound consisting of the words upari and bhāga.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Uparibhaga in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

uparibhāga (उपरिभाग).—m (S) The upper part, portion, side, face.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Uparibhaga in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Uparibhāga (उपरिभाग).—the upper portion or side.

Derivable forms: uparibhāgaḥ (उपरिभागः).

Uparibhāga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upari and bhāga (भाग).

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

Uparibhāga (उपरिभाग):—[=upari-bhāga] m. the upper portion or side, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi] [commentator or commentary] on [Taittirīya-saṃhitā etc.]

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Uparibhaga in German

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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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