Upasala, Upasāla, Upasālā, Upashala, Upaśāla, Upaśālā: 6 definitions
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Upasala means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Upaśāla and Upaśālā can be transliterated into English as Upasala or Upashala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesAccording to the Buddhavamsa Commentary (194), Sala and Upasala were the two chief women disciples of Phussa Buddha. The Buddhavamsa (xix.20), however, calls them Cala and Upacala.
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Younger brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, one of his two chief disciples. Bu.ix.21; BuA.147; J.i.36.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryupasaḷā (उपसळा).—a Vitious, mischievous, wickedly troublesome--a child.
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 dictionaryUpaśāla (उपशाल).—A place near a house, a court before a house.
-lam ind. Near a house.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpaśāla (उपशाल):—[=upa-śāla] n. a place or court in front of a house, [Kauśika-sūtra]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shala, Upa, Cala.
Starts with: Upashalam.
Ends with: Apupashala, Aupashala, Pupashala.
Full-text: Upashalam, Vipasala, Ipasala, Upacala, Phussa, Paduma.
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