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)

Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstra

Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ) refers to “pillarets”. It refers to miniature pillars (stambha) contained on the sides of the shaft (daṇḍa) of the main pillar.

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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.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

[«previous next»] — Upastambha in Ayurveda glossary
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

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

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upastambha in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

upaṣṭambha (उपष्टंभ).—m S Base, basis, ground, occasion, support, foundation.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upastambha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English 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.

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

Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ).—m.

(-mbhaḥ) Support of life, as food, sleep, and government of the passions. E. upa and stabhi to stop, ghañ aff.

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

Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ).—[upa-stambh + a], m. A support, [Hitopadeśa] 29, 19.

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

Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ).—[masculine] stambhana [neuter] stay, support.

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

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]

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

Upastambha (उपस्तम्भ):—[upa-stambha] (mbhaḥ) 1. m., Support of life, as food, self-government, &c.

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

Upaṣṭambha (उपष्टम्भ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvaṭṭhaṃbha.

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Upastambha in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upastambha in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upaṣṭaṃbha (ಉಪಷ್ಟಂಭ):—

1) [noun] a strong rigid support.

2) [noun] a helping act, device etc.; a support.

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

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