Upasampada, Upasampadā: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Upasampada means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Upasampada (“acceptance”).—Full ordination as a Bhikkhu or Bhikkhuni. See pabbajja.
Upasampada (N, “admission within of Sangha as a Bhikkhu).—Integration of a samasera within the communuty of Bhikkhus.
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).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Upasampada (उपसम्पद) refers to “ordination” (i.e., ‘to be ordained and obtain the way as a monk’), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Śrīgupta said to the Lord: “[...] O Lord, as I do not have any worldly attachment (amama) nor property (aparigraha), I pray that I may leave the world for the well-explained discipline, be ordained (upasampada), and obtain the way as a monk”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Upasampada refers to “acceptance into the order of Bhikkhus (ordination)”.—This must take place within a prescribed boundary, called a sima.
India history and geography
Upasampadā.—(EI 9; IA 22), the initiation of a Buddhist monk. Note: upasampadā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
upasampadā : (f.) higher ordination of a monk.
Upasampadā, (f.) (fr. upa + saṃ + pad) — 1. taking, acquiring; obtaining, taking upon oneself, undertaking D. II, 49; M. I, 93; A. III, 65; Dh. 183 (cp. DhA. III, 236); Nett 44 (kusalassa).—2. (in special sense) taking up the bhikkhuship, higher ordination, admission to the privileges of recognized bhikkhus (cp. BSk. upasampad & °padā Divy 21, 281 etc. ) Vin. I, 12, 20, 95, 146 and passim; III, 15; IV, 52; D. I, 176, 177, 202; S. I, 161; A. IV, 276 sq. & passim; DhA. II, 61 (pabbajjā +); PvA. 54 (laddh° one who has received ordination), 179 (id.). (Page 147)
1) upasampadā (ဥပသမ္ပဒါ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[upa+saṃ+pada+a+itthījotaka-ā]
[ဥပ+သံ+ပဒ+အ+ဣတ္ထီဇောတက-အာ]
2) upasampadā (ဥပသမ္ပဒါ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[upasampadā+khandhaka]
[ဥပသမ္ပဒါ+ခန္ဓက]
3) upasampadā (ဥပသမ္ပဒါ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[upa+saṃ+pada+a+itthījotaka-ā．maaūnisya,1．297-nitea upasampannassa bhāvo upasampadā-hu vacanatthapru．]
[ဥပ+သံ+ပဒ+အ+ဣတ္ထီဇောတက-အာ။ မအူနိသျ၊ ၁။ ၂၉၇-၌ ဥပသမ္ပန္နဿ ဘာဝေါ ဥပသမ္ပဒါ-ဟု ဝစနတ္ထပြုသည်။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) upasampadā—
(Burmese text): အထက်တန်းကျ-မြင့်မြတ်-သည်ဖြစ်၍ ဖြစ်သော ပြည့်စုံခြင်း၊ ရဟန်းပဉ္စင်းအဖြစ်၊ ရဟန်းခံခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): The high attainment of perfection, as a noble one and in the state of a monk.
2) upasampadā—
(Burmese text): ဥပသမ္ပဒက္ခန္ဓက-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): "Uphodhamma Dhakhandhaka - Look."
3) upasampadā—
(Burmese text): ပြည့်စုံစေခြင်း၊ ဖြစ်စေခြင်း၊ ၇ခြင်း၊ ပွါးများခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Fulfillment, creation, growth, and expansion.
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
Upasaṃpadā (उपसंपदा):—[=upa-saṃpadā] [from upasaṃ-pad] f. the act of entering into the order of monks, [Buddhist literature]
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: Sampada, Sam, Upa, Cam, Khandhaka, Pada, A, Upasampada, Pata.
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