Upasiva, Upasīva, Upashiva: 4 definitions
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Upasiva means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOne of the disciples of Bavari (Sn.v.1007). The questions he asked the Buddha, when he visited him in the company of his colleagues, are recorded in the Upasiva manava puccha (Sn.vv.1069-76). Upasiva joined the Order and became an arahant. According to the Apadana (ii.345ff), in the time of Padumuttara he had been an ascetic in a mountain named Anoma, near Himava. Once the Buddha visited his hermitage and the ascetic spread a seat for him with grass and flowers and gave him fruit to eat. He also gave the Buddha a quantity of fragrant aloe wood. As a result, he was born in heaven for thirty thousand kappas and was seventy one times king of the devas. The Apadana account makes no mention of Bavari.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpaśiva (उपशिव):—[=upa-śiva] m. Name of a man.
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Shiva, Upa, Civa.
Starts with: Upacivanam, Upashivan, Upashivari, Upasiva Manava Puccha.
Ends with: Aupashiva.
Full-text: Aupashiva, Aupashivi, Upasiva Manava Puccha.
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