Upasad: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpasad (उपसद्).—1, 6 P.
1) To sit near to, go near, approach; अथ हैनं प्रस्तोता उपससाद (atha hainaṃ prastotā upasasāda) Ch. Up.1.11.4. उपसेदुर्दशग्रीवम् (upasedurdaśagrīvam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.92,3.12,6.135.
2) To sit at the feet of; उपाध्यायमुपासदम् (upādhyāyamupāsadam) Kathāsaritsāgara 18.21.
3) To wait upon, serve; (taṃ) आकल्पसाधनैस्तैस्तैरुपसेदुः प्रसाधकाः (ākalpasādhanaistaistairupaseduḥ prasādhakāḥ) R.17.22; Śiśupālavadha 13.24.
4) To march against.
5) To try to get or obtain.
6) To sink down. -Caus.
1) To place near.
2) To lead towards.
3) To get, find.
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Upasad (उपसद्).—a. Serving, waiting upon. -f.
1) Siege, assault, attack.
2) Laying up, accumulating.
3) Service, worship.
4) Name of a ceremony, forming part of the ज्योतिष्टोम (jyotiṣṭoma) ceremony, and lasting for several days. दीक्षानु- जन्मोपसदः शिरोधरम् (dīkṣānu- janmopasadaḥ śirodharam) Bhāgavata 3.13.37.
5) Name of a sacrificial fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpasad (उपसद्).—[adjective] serving, attending; [feminine] approach, assault, siege; attendance, waiting on; [Name] of a ceremony ([ritual or religion]).
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Upāsad (उपासद्).—sit down upon ([accusative]). [Causative] approach, obtain, receive.
Upāsad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upā and sad (सद्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upasad (उपसद्):—[=upa-sad] 1. upa-√sad [Parasmaipada] -sīdati ([Vedic or Veda] [Potential] 1. [plural] -sadema; [imperfect tense] -asadat)
—to sit upon ([accusative]), [Ṛg-veda vi, 75, 8];
—to sit near to, approach ([especially] respectfully), revere, worship, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc., [Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.;
—to approach (a teacher in order to become his pupil), [Kathāsaritsāgara] ;
—to approach asking, request, crave for, [Ṛg-veda i, 89, 2; vii, 33, 9; Taittirīya-saṃhitā ii; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii];
—to approach in a hostile manner, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 3, 27];
—to possess, [Ṛg-veda viii, 47, 16; Atharva-veda iii, 14, 6];
—to perform the Upasad ceremony (See below), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā vi, 2, 3, 4] :
—[Causal] -sādayati, to place or put upon or by the side of [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa etc.];
—to cause to approach, lead near (See upa-sādita).
2) [=upa-sad] 2. upa-sad mfn. approaching (respectfully), worshipping, serving, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxx, 9]
3) [v.s. ...] m. (t) Name of a particular fire (different from the Gārhapatya, Dakṣiṇāgni, and Āhavanīya), [Vahni-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] f. (t) attendance, worship, service, [Ṛg-veda ii, 6, 1]
5) [v.s. ...] settlement (?), [Atharva-veda vi, 142, 3]
6) [v.s. ...] siege, assault, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Kāṭhaka]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a ceremony or sacrificial festival preceding the Sutyā or pressing of the Soma (it lasts several days, and forms part of the Jyotiṣṭoma), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xix, 14; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra etc.]
8) Upāsad (उपासद्):—[=upā-√sad] [Parasmaipada] ([Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] -sadam) to sit down upon ([accusative]), [Ṛg-veda viii, 1, 8];
—to approach, walk along, [Kirātārjunīya iv, 1.]
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Starts with: Upasada, Upasadana, Upasaddhoma, Upasadh, Upasadha, Upasadhaka, Upasadhana, Upasadhita, Upasadi, Upasadita, Upasaditin, Upasadrupa, Upasadvan, Upasadvrata, Upasadvratin, Upasadya.
Ends with: Abhyupasad, Pratyupasad, Samupasad.
Full-text (+16): Aupasada, Anupasadam, Upasada, Upasadvratin, Upasattva, Upasadana, Tryupasatka, Upasadrupa, Pratyupasadam, Upasadita, Upasatpatha, Upasadvrata, Upasadya, Upasat, Upasaditin, Upasaddhoma, Abhyupasad, Upasadvan, Samupasad, Ahavaniyaka.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa III, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Third Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa X, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Tenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa V, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Fifth Kāṇḍa]
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 4: Rites Performed on the Fourth Day (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 2.6: The performance of the Upasadiṣṭi < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 3.1: Construction of the Mahāvedī < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
III, 3, 33 < [Third Adhyāya, Third Pāda]
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Vireshwarananda)
Chapter III, Section III, Adhikarana XX < [Section III]
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
Summary of the Dvādaśāha sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]
Summary of the Soma Sacrifice / Agniṣṭoma < [Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]
Contents of the Brāhmaṇas of the Yajurveda < [Chapter 1 - A brief outline of the Brāhmaṇa Literature]