Upastambha, Upashtambha: 13 definitions
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Upastambha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ) refers to “pillarets”. It refers to miniature pillars (stambha) contained on the sides of the shaft (daṇḍa) of the main pillar.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Ayurveda (science of life)
1) Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ):—It is made out of two words Upa and Stambha, it means Sub pillars. Pillars which supports, strengthens and supports life. It includes Ahara(Food), Nidra(Sleep) and Bramhacharya(celibacy).
2) Supression, Diminished
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
Marathi-English dictionary
upaṣṭambha (उपष्टंभ).—m S Base, basis, ground, occasion, support, foundation.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ).—
1) Stay, support.
2) Support of life (as food, sleep &c.).
3) Encouragement, incitement, aid; मन्त्रोपस्तम्भेन (mantropastambhena) H.3.
4) Basis, ground, occasion; मूषकबलोपस्तम्भेन कारणेन भवितव्यम् (mūṣakabalopastambhena kāraṇena bhavitavyam) H.1.
Derivable forms: upastambhaḥ (उपस्तम्भः).
See also (synonyms): upastambhana.
Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ).—m.
(-mbhaḥ) Support of life, as food, sleep, and government of the passions. E. upa and stabhi to stop, ghañ aff.
Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ).—[upa-stambh + a], m. A support, [Hitopadeśa] 29, 19.
Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ).—[masculine] stambhana [neuter] stay, support.
1) Upaṣṭambha (उपष्टम्भ):—[=upa-ṣṭambha] etc. See upa-stambha.
2) Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ):—[=upa-stambha] [from upa-stambh] m. (less correctly written upa-ṣṭambha) stay, support, strengthening, [Hitopadeśa] [commentator or commentary] on [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]
3) [v.s. ...] encouragement, incitement
4) [v.s. ...] excitement [commentator or commentary] on [Sāṃkhyakārikā]
5) [v.s. ...] base, basis, ground, occasion
6) [v.s. ...] support of life (as food, sleep, and government of passions), [Caraka]
Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ):—[upa-stambha] (mbhaḥ) 1. m., Support of life, as food, self-government, &c.
Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ):—(von stambh mit upa) m. Stütze, Anregung: mūṣikabalopastambhena kenāpi kāraṇenātra bhavitavyam [Hitopadeśa 29, 19.] gṛdhrasya mantropastambhāt [104, 6.]
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Upaṣṭambha (उपष्टम्भ):—und upaṣṭambhaka s. u. upastambha und upastambhaka .
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Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ):—Stütze [] zu [Chāndogyopaniṣad] [S. 425] (upaṣṭambha) . Aufregung: yathā vṛṣo vṛṣadarśana upaṣṭambhaṃ karoti [GAUḌAP.] zu [SĀṂKHYAK. 13.] An der zweiten Stelle im [Hitopadeśa] hat die ed. [JOHNS.] upaṣṭambha .
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Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ):—, Nahrung, Schlaf und Keuschheit sind die drei Stützen des Körpers [CARAKA 1, 11.]
Upaṣṭambha (उपष्टम्भ):—und ka s. upastambha und ka.
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Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ):—m. —
1) Stütze , Hülfsmittel. —
2) Aufregung.
Upaṣṭambha (उपष्टम्भ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvaṭṭhaṃbha.
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
Upaṣṭaṃbha (ಉಪಷ್ಟಂಭ):—
1) [noun] a strong rigid support.
2) [noun] a helping act, device etc.; a support.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Stambha, Upa.
Starts with: Upashtambhaka, Upastambhana.
Full-text: Mantropashtambha, Samupashtambha, Upatthambha, Upashtambhaka, Uvatthambha, Upastambhana, Ren chi yin, Ren chi, Chi yin.
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