Upasrij, Upasṛj: 4 definitions

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Upasrij means something in 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.

The Sanskrit term Upasṛj can be transliterated into English as Upasrj or Upasrij, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upasṛj (उपसृज्).—6 P.

1) To pour out or on, offer (water &c.).

2) To add to, annex; to join, attach, connect with, bring to; एता देवताः पाप्मभिरुपासृजन् (etā devatāḥ pāpmabhirupāsṛjan) Bṛ. Up.1.3.6.

3) To beset with, oppress, infest; तेनोपसृष्टो यस्तस्य लक्षणानि निबोधत (tenopasṛṣṭo yastasya lakṣaṇāni nibodhata) Y.1.272; Manusmṛti 4.61; see उपसृष्ट (upasṛṣṭa) below; रोषेण, व्याधिना (roṣeṇa, vyādhinā) &c.

4) To eclipse; Manusmṛti 4.37.

5) To come in contact with.

6) To produce, effect, create; उपसृज्य तमस्तीव्रं जहाराश्वं पुनर्हरिः (upasṛjya tamastīvraṃ jahārāśvaṃ punarhariḥ) Bhāgavata 4.19.19.

7) To destroy.

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

Upasṛj (उपसृज्).—hurl, cast, let flow, pour upon; send or bring to ([accusative] or [dative]); admit, add, augment; affect or visit with ([instrumental]), vex, plague.

Upasṛj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and sṛj (सृज्).

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

1) Upasṛj (उपसृज्):—[=upa-√sṛj] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -sṛjati, -sṛjate ([Aorist] [Ātmanepada] 1. sg. -sṛkṣi, [Ṛg-veda ii, 35, 1] :

—[Passive voice] 3. sg. -sarji, [Ṛg-veda ix, 69, 1]) to let loose upon or towards;

—to let stream upon, pour on, shed forth, [Ṛg-veda vi, 36, 4; x, 98, 12; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xi, 38; Taittirīya-saṃhitā v; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa i; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii];

—to emit towards, cause to go near, bring or lead near, [Ṛg-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to admit (a calf to its mother), [Ṛg-veda viii, 72, 7; ix, 69, 1; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.;

—to add, subjoin, increase, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya] etc.;

—to visit, afflict, plague, trouble, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv];

—to come together or into contact with, [Caraka];

—to cause, effect, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv, 19, 19] :—[Causal] See upa-sarjita.

2) Upāsṛj (उपासृज्):—[=upā-√sṛj] [Ātmanepada] ([Aorist] 1. sg. -asṛkṣi) to make, perform, compose (e.g. a song), [Ṛg-veda viii, 27, 11.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Upasṛj (उपसृज्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvasajajja.

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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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