Upasamgrahana, Upasaṃgrahaṇa: 7 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upasamgrahana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upasaṃgrahaṇa (उपसंग्रहण).—

1) Keeping pleased, supporting, maintaining; ताक्ष्णरसदायिनामुपसंग्रहार्थम् (tākṣṇarasadāyināmupasaṃgrahārtham) Mu.2.

2) Respectful salutation (as by touching the feet of the person saluted); स्फुरति रभसात्पाणिः पादोपसंग्रहणाय च (sphurati rabhasātpāṇiḥ pādopasaṃgrahaṇāya ca) Mv.2.3.

3) Accepting, adopting; Br. Sūt.1.4.41.

4) Polite address, obeisance.

5) Collecting, joining.

6) Taking, accepting (as a wife); दारोपसंग्रहः (dāropasaṃgrahaḥ) Y.1.56.

7) (An external) appendage, any necessary article either for use or decoration (upakaraṇa).

8) A pillow, cushion; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.

Derivable forms: upasaṃgrahaṇam (उपसंग्रहणम्).

See also (synonyms): upasaṃgraha.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upasaṃgrahaṇa (उपसंग्रहण).—i. e. upa -sam-grah + ana, n. Respectful salutation (by touching one’s feet, see the last), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 72.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upasaṃgrahaṇa (उपसंग्रहण).—[neuter] clasping (of a person’s feet); deferential greeting.

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

Upasaṃgrahaṇa (उपसंग्रहण):—[=upa-saṃgrahaṇa] [from upasaṃ-grah] n. the act of clasping round, embracing (e.g. the feet), respectful salutation (by embracing the feet), [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti]

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Upasamgrahana in German

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upasamgrahana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upasaṃgrahaṇa (ಉಪಸಂಗ್ರಹಣ):—

1) [noun] the act of touching another’s feet in reverence; respectful solutation.

2) [noun] he who so solutes.

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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.

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