In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Uparimā (“zenith”) represents one of the “two directions above and below” (paṭidisā in Pali), itself part of the “ten directions” (diś in Sanskrit or disā in Pali) according to an appendix included in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XIV). Uparimā, Uddha or Uddhaṃ  is a Pali word which is known in Sanskrit as ūrdhva, upariṣṭāt or upariṣṭhā, in Tibetan as steṅ and in Chinese as chang.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

uparima : (adj.) upper-most.

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

Uparima, (adj.) (upari + ma, superl. formation) uppermost, above, overhead D. III, 189 (disā); Nett 88. Cp. upariṭṭhima. (Page 146)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Uparima (उपरिम).—adj., and uparimeṇa, adv. -postp. (Pali uparima, id.), (1) adj. upper, higher: °maḥ kāyaḥ, upper (part of the) body, Mahāvyutpatti 213, and various case-forms of same phrase Mahāvastu iii.115.19, 20; 410.6; Divyāvadāna 161.8; Bodhisattvabhūmi 59.12; °maṃ prāvaraṇaṃ, upper garment (cloak), Divyāvadāna 256.23; °mā diśā, the zenith, Mahāvastu ii.163.6, and so °mā dik, Kashgar recension of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka according to Kern p. vii for ūrdhvā dik; uparimaṃ dakaskandham (so read; falsely edited) Divyāvadāna 231.1, a higher (or, the highest) mass of water; (2) °meṇa (dental n in Mahāvastu text), adv., above, on high, sc. in the air: Mahāvastu i.211.4 na kiṃcid uparimena gacchati (also in parallel ii.15.5, for which see s.v. uparim, occurs uparimena as adv.); postp. with gen., Rājagṛhasyoparimeṇa, (in the air) above Rājagṛha, Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 45.1—2.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Uparima (ಉಪರಿಮ):—[adjective] of the region above; placed, situated, belonging to, a higher place or region above.

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Uparima (ಉಪರಿಮ):—[noun] the region above (something).

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Uparimaloka, Uparimandakamala, Uparimandala, Uparimandalaka Malaya, Uparimartya, Uparimartyam, Uparimata, Uparimatala.

Full-text: Uparishtima, Uparitthima, Adhagga, Kannasota, Urdhva, Uddham, Uddha, Daka, Disha.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Appendix 2 - The ten directions (diś) < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]

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