Upastabdha: 3 definitions
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Upastabdha 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpastabdha (उपस्तब्ध).—a. Supported, stayed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUpastabdha (उपस्तब्ध).—ppp. (to Sanskrit upa-stambh-; in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], = Pali upatthaddha, used in ways apparently not closely paralleled in Sanskrit), based upon, supported by, resting or relying on, with instr., or in composition: Mahāvastu i.5.9, repeated 12 and 6.6, karmopastabdhatvāt, because of the fact that it (the body, or bodily existence) is based on karma (kept going by it); ii.255.13—14 paṇḍito buddhimanto sukuśa- lamūlapuṇya-upastabdho; ii.280.16—17 pañcavidhaṃ ārya- smitaṃ prādur-akare, sayyathīdaṃ: chandopastabdhaṃ, vīryopastabdhaṃ, smṛtyupa°, samādhyupa°, prajñopa° (based on…); Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 463.5 paramapuṇyopastabdhā (as a consequence of supreme merit) vayam īdṛśe pravacana upapannāḥ; Gaṇḍavyūha 392.6 (verse) upastabdha (= °dhāḥ, n. pl.) ye (text °bdhaye) guṇamahodadhibhiḥ sumedhāḥ; 493.23 tvaṃ…sūpastabdhaś ca śukladharmaiḥ (well supported by, firmly based on…).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpastabdha (उपस्तब्ध):—[=upa-stabdha] [from upa-stambh] mfn. supported, stayed, [Caraka]
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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