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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

upasaṃharati : (upa + saṃ + har + a) collects; focuses; concentrates; compares.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Upasaṃharati (उपसंहरति).—rarely °te (compare prec. and °hāra; use in Pali needs more careful definition than Dictt. have given; the only Sanskrit use pertinent to [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] uses here cited seems to be collect, as in Mahābhārata Cr. ed. 1.186.4 dravyāṇy anekāny upasaṃjahāra, collected many things of value; we begin with passages closest to this), (1) collects (as in Sanskrit, above), annajātam upasaṃhṛtya Jātakamālā 31.7; (2) brings together, provides for someone: (pañca cāsya kāmaguṇān asadṛśān) upasaṃharati sma Lalitavistara 186.20, and he (Śuddho- dana) provided for him (the Bodhisattva; [Boehtlingk], strangely, als Beispiel herbeiholen) incomparable (specimens of the) five objects of sense; sarvaratikrīḍāś copasaṃhartavyā(ḥ) Lalitavistara 193.1 (same situation); (glānopasthāna…)-kriyayā premagauravaprasādopasaṃhṛtayā Bodhisattvabhūmi 239.22, provided (tendered) with affection etc.; kiṃcid eva mātram upasaṃ- hariṣyāmaḥ [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 500.2 (and upasaṃharet 4), we will provide a little something (recompense, present) for you; dṛṣṭibandhanabaddhānāṃ prajñāśastram upasaṃhartu- kāmaḥ Gaṇḍavyūha 492.8, wishing to furnish the knife of knowledge for those bound in the bonds of heresy; this shades over into (3) produces, effects, brings about, often as in prec. with gen., for…: Bodhisattvabhūmi 27.(9—)10 (tatra bodhisattvo yad eva hitapakṣyaṃ sukhaṃ, tad eva) sattvānām upasaṃ- haret, na tv ahitapakṣyam; Gaṇḍavyūha 459.16 apramāṇāni sattva- sukhāny upasaṃhartavyāni, must be effected (here, instead of gen., sattva- as prior member of [compound]); Bodhisattvabhūmi 15.24 na pramādasthānam asyopasaṃharati, and he does not produce (cause, make) for him any occasion for heedlessness; Bodhisattvabhūmi 123.11 (na madgubhāvam, so read with ms.) asyopasaṃ- harati, and he does not cause any annoyance to him (a petitioner, beggar); Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 285.9 and 11 (na…) kaukṛtyam upasaṃharati, (a Bodhisattva) does not produce (cause) regret (remorse, troubled feelings, see kaukṛtya; sc. in others); similarly Kāśyapa Parivarta 3.6 (verse) pareṣu kaukṛty' upasaṃha- ranti; Tibetan renders verb by ñer (= near, rendering preverb upa) sgrub (produce); Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 102.17 (ahaṃ…Sarasvatī… dharmabhāṇakabhikṣor)…pratibhāṇam upasaṃhari- ṣyāmi; Daśabhūmikasūtra 72.(10—)11 (pūjayati sarvākāra-)pūjābhinirhā- raṃ copasaṃharati,…and makes an accomplishment of homage of all forms (to Buddhas); (4) especially with the object something said, produces (stories, sacred utterances, etc.), tells: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 123.8 (tathāgato…tāṃs-) tān dharmaparyāyān upasaṃharati, tāṃ-tāṃ dharmakathāṃ kathayati…; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 283.13 (subj. a preacher) upasaṃharec citrakathāṃ (so, or kathān, mss.); in Mahāvyutpatti 6272 vividhasaṃmodanakathām upasaṃhṛtya, so probably read with v.l. in both edd., text of both upasaṃskṛtya; Tibetan byas nas, having made; produces or presents (orally), recites (as, a sacred stanza), Divyāvadāna 489.8 te upasaṃharanti (sc. the verse cited above, 2—5); Gaṇḍavyūha 251.22 (dharmaṃ deśayamānān…vijñāpaya- mānān) upasaṃharamāṇān (mid. = act., proclaiming) apaśyat; (5) adduces (verbally), mentions, describes, brings up, refers to: Sukhāvatīvyūha 4.8 (tathāgateṣu…) jñānadarśanam upasaṃharet, one might adduce (describe; but Müller, pile up); Divyāvadāna 359.18 (katham…) tathāgatamāhātmyeṣu śrāvakam upasaṃharasi, how can you speak of (adduce) a disciple?; Śikṣāsamuccaya 211.2 (after contemplation of decomposed corpses; sa imam eva kāyaṃ) tatropasaṃharati, ayam api kāya evaṃdharmā evaṃsvabhāvaḥ, he speaks of (adduces) this very (living) body in this connection, saying, this body too is of the same nature.

context information

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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