Upasamharana, Upasaṃharaṇa: 6 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryupasaṃharaṇa : (nt.) gathering; folding; 2. comparison.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpasaṃharaṇa (उपसंहरण).—
1) Withdrawing, taking away or back.
2) Refusing, withholding.
3) Excluding.
4) Attacking, invading.
Derivable forms: upasaṃharaṇam (उपसंहरणम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUpasaṃharaṇa (उपसंहरण).—(nt.; = Pali id.; to next), provision, production: Gaṇḍavyūha 463.12 pitṛbhūtāni kalyāṇamitrāṇi vipula- hitopasaṃharaṇa-tayā, good friends are like fathers, because they provide many salutary things; Bodhisattvabhūmi 18.21 sattvānāṃ kliṣṭavarjitānugrāhakavastūpasaṃharaṇa-kāmatā.
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Upasaṃhāraṇa (उपसंहारण).—(nt.; = prec.), provision, furnishing: Bodhisattvabhūmi 270.12—13 priyāpriya-saṃyogaviyogopasaṃhāraṇa- tayā, by the fact of provision (for creatures in need) of association or dissociation with pleasant or unpleasant things (respectively), i.e. by the fact that he (the Bodhisattva) sees to it that creatures are thus looked out for.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpasaṃharaṇa (उपसंहरण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) 1. Refusing, withholding. 2. Excluding. 3. Taking away. 4. Attacking, invading. E. upa and sam before haraṇa taking.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpasaṃharaṇa (उपसंहरण):—[=upa-saṃharaṇa] [from upasaṃ-hṛ] n. the act of withdrawing etc., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpasaṃharaṇa (उपसंहरण):—[upa-saṃ-haraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Taking away.
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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