Upasa, Upāsa, Upasha, Upaśa, Upāsā: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Upaśa can be transliterated into English as Upasa or Upasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryupāsa (उपास).—m (upavāsa S) Fasting or a fast, esp. religiously. Contrad. from laṅghana.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishupāsa (उपास).—m Fasting or a fast. upāśī a Fast- ing, hungry.
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 dictionaryUpaśa (उपश).—4 P.
1) To become calm or quiet, be assuaged; उपशाम्यतु ते बुद्धिः (upaśāmyatu te buddhiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.5.
2) To cease, stop; अग्निः, शब्दः, कोपः (agniḥ, śabdaḥ, kopaḥ) &c.; cease to speak; K.11. -Caus.
1) To calm, tranquillize.
2) To appease, pacify, assuage, mitigate.
3) To extinguish, kill.
Derivable forms: upaśam (उपशम्).
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Upāsā (उपासा).—
1) Service, attendance.
2) Worship, adoration; सात्त्विकोपासया सत्त्वं ततो धर्मः प्रवर्तते (sāttvikopāsayā sattvaṃ tato dharmaḥ pravartate) Bhāgavata 11.13.2.
3) Religious meditation. शरं ह्युपासानिशितं संदधीत (śaraṃ hyupāsāniśitaṃ saṃdadhīta) Muṇḍ. Up.2.2.3.
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Upaśa (उपश).—Name of a country inhabited by a warrior tribe.
Derivable forms: upaśaḥ (उपशः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpāsā (उपासा):—[from upās] f. homage, adoration, worship, [Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad; Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra; Kathāsaritsāgara etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpāsā (उपासा):—(sā) 1. f. Service, worship.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryUpāsa (उपास):—(nm) see [upavāsa].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUpāsa (ಉಪಾಸ):—[noun] (correctly, ಉಪವಾಸ [upavasa]) the act or an instance of abstaining from food; fast; fasting.
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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Ends with: Anupasa, Anurupasha, Ashtupasa, Aupasha, Bahupasha, Hridayaupasha, Kattupasa, Khupasha, Kupasa, Maccupasa, Mrityupasha, Nittupasa, Pashupasha, Rupasa, Snayupasha, Supasha, Svaupasha, Tupasa, Ushtaupasa, Uthatambasatam-Upasa.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.5.89 < [Chapter 5 - Eating the Mendicant Brāhmaṇa’s Offerings]
Verse 3.5.53 < [Chapter 5 - The Pastimes of Nityānanda]
Verse 2.9 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Śrīvāsa and the Inauguration of Saṅkīrtana]
Kena upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Mantra 1.4 < [Book 1 - Prathama-Khaṇḍa]
Mundaka Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Vireshwarananda)
Chapter I, Section I, Adhikarana XI < [Section I]