Upashaya, Upaśaya, Upaśāya, Upāsaya: 12 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
3. Pali
See also

Introduction:

Upashaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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 Upaśaya and Upaśāya can be transliterated into English as Upasaya or Upashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Upaśaya (उपशय):—A Sanskrit technical term translating to “alleviating factor”, referring to one of the “five characteristics of diagnosis” (pañcalakṣaṇanidāna). It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. These five characteristics are regarded as very important clues for diagnosis (nidāna) within Āyurveda.

Source: Indian Journal of History of Science: Jvaranirnaya: a rare monograph on diagnosis of fevers from the pre-colonial era

Upaśaya (उपशय) refers to the “pacification (of fever)”, according to the Jvaranirṇaya: an Ayurvedic manuscript dealing exclusively with types of jvara (fevers) written by Sri Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita in the 16th century CE.—The uniqueness of the text is that one can get a comprehensive classification, symptomatology and diagnosis of jvara, all at one place in this text. [...] The description of types of pacifications (upaśaya) is explained with examples. [...]

context information

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upaśaya (उपशय).—See under उपशी (upaśī).

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Upaśaya (उपशय).—a.

1) Lying by the side of

2) Productive of happiness or rest.

-thaḥ 1 Lying by the side of.

2) A lair, ambush; हन्ति नोपशयस्थोऽपि शयालुर्मृगयुर्मृगान् (hanti nopaśayastho'pi śayālurmṛgayurmṛgān) Śiśupālavadha 2. 8.

3) Diagnosis by the effect of certain articles of food, or medicine (one of the five elements of nidāna).

4) Allaying disease by diet, regimen &c.

-yā A prepared piece of clay.

-stha a. Lying in ambush (as a hunter); see उपशयः (upaśayaḥ) (2).

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Upaśāya (उपशाय).—Sleeping in turn, rotation for sleeping with (another who keeps watch at night). 'उपशायोपशायश्च पर्यायशयनार्थकाः (upaśāyopaśāyaśca paryāyaśayanārthakāḥ)'; cf. निशोपशायः कर्तव्यः फलोच्चायश्च संहतैः (niśopaśāyaḥ kartavyaḥ phaloccāyaśca saṃhataiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 7.41.

Derivable forms: upaśāyaḥ (उपशायः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upaśaya (उपशय).—mfn.

(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Productive of happiness or rest. m.

(-yaḥ) 1. As- certainment of disease or diagnosis by the effect of certain articles of food or medicine. 2. Allaying disease by diet, regimen, &c. E. upa before śī to sleep, ac aff.

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Upaśāya (उपशाय).—m.

(-yaḥ) Watching and sleeping alternately. E. upa alternately, śī to sleep, ghañ aff.

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

Upaśaya (उपशय).—[adjective] lying near or at hand.

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

1) Upaśaya (उपशय):—[=upa-śaya] a See upa-√śī.

2) Upaśāya (उपशाय):—[=upa-śāya] a etc. See upa-√śī.

3) Upaśaya (उपशय):—[=upa-śaya] [from upa-śī] b mfn. lying near at hand or close by, lying ready for use, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

4) [v.s. ...] m. one of the Yūpas (or posts to which the sacrificial animal is tied), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā vi, 6, 4, 4]

5) [v.s. ...] the lying near or by the side of

6) [v.s. ...] a kind of hole in the ground (placed near the track of wild animals, for a hunter to conceal himself in [Mallinātha on Śiśupāla-vadha ii, 80])

7) [v.s. ...] (in med.) the allaying (of diseases) by suitable remedies, suitableness, usefulness, advantageous medicine, [Caraka]

8) [v.s. ...] the liking, predilection (of a sick person as for coolness etc.), [ib.]

9) [v.s. ...] diagnosis by the effect of certain articles of food or medicine, [Horace H. Wilson]

10) Upaśayā (उपशया):—[=upa-śayā] [from upa-śaya > upa-śī] f. ([scilicet] mṛd) a piece of clay prepared and ready for use, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

11) Upaśāya (उपशाय):—[=upa-śāya] [from upa-śī] b m. (ifc.) the turn for lying down or sleeping with, [Pāṇini 3-3, 39] (cf. rājopośāya.)

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

1) Upaśaya (उपशय):—[upa-śaya] (yaḥḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. m. Diagnosis; allaying of a disease.

2) Upaśāya (उपशाय):—[upa-śāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Watching and sleeping alternately.

[Sanskrit to German]

Upashaya in German

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upaśaya (ಉಪಶಯ):—[noun] (med.) diagnosis by the effect of certain articles of food or medicine; science of food in relation to the disease to be cured.

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Upaśāya (ಉಪಶಾಯ):—

1) [noun] a sleeping in turn; rotation for sleeping (as among night-watch persons).

2) [noun] sequence a) the following of one thing after another in chronological, causal or logical order; succession or continuity b) the order in which it occurs.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

upāsaya (ဥပါသယ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[upa+ā+si+ṇa]
[ဥပ+အာ+သိ+ဏ]

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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.

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