In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Upārjita (उपार्जित) refers to “all that was obtained” (during hunting), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “Thus after hawking the fatigued king should take rest in a shady place, fanned by, soft breezes fragrant with the perfume of lotuses. His followers should then all rally, even those who formed the circle The chief among them. should present to the king all that they have bagged (upārjita) in hawking and speak about the achievements of the hawks, etc., for the amusement, of their lord. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Upārjita (उपार्जित) refers to “acquired” (merit), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “As the waves of rivers only go away [and] they do not return, so the former powers of embodied souls that have gone away do not come [again] [com.—They do not come (na āgacchanti) because of the absence of previously acquired merit (pūrva-upārjita—pūrvopārjitapuṇyahīnatvāt)]”.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

upārjita (उपार्जित).—p (S) Acquired, earned, gained.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

upārjita (उपार्जित).—p Acquired, earned.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upārjita (उपार्जित).—a. Procured, acquired. तदर्थं च क्षेत्रमुपार्जितम् (tadarthaṃ ca kṣetramupārjitam) Mahābhārata II.3.19

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

Upārjita (उपार्जित):—[from upārj] mfn. procured, acquired, gained, [Mahābhārata; Hitopadeśa etc.]

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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

Upārjita (ಉಪಾರ್ಜಿತ):—[adjective] earned; obtained; gained; got (as reward for or result of one’s deeds).

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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: Uparjitayasha.

Ends with: Anuparjita, Papoparjita, Purvoparjita, Samuparjita.

Full-text: Svoparjita, Vadaloparjita, Samuparjita, Prahata.

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