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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Upavāsin (उपवासिन्) refers to “fasting”, according to the 2nd-century Meghasūtra (“Cloud Sutra”) in those passages which contain ritual instructions.—Accordingly, “He who desires a mighty rain must perform this rite ‘the great-cloud-circle’ in an open space, overspread by a blue canopy, shaded by a blue banner, on a clear spot of earth; [being] a prophet of the Law, seated on a blue seat, fasting (upavāsin) according to the aṣṭāṅga, with well-washed limbs, clad in pure raiment, anointed with fragrant odour, wearing the three white stripes, he must recite it for a day and night continuously facing the east; [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

upavasi : (aor. of upavasati) dwelt in or at; observed.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Upavāsī (उपवासी).—a (S) Fasting, keeping a fast. 2 Not having taken the dinner or meal, impransus &c.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upavāsin (उपवासिन्).—a. Fasting. दिनोपवासी तु निशामिषाशी जटाधरः सन् कुलटाभिलाषी । हास्यार्णवः (dinopavāsī tu niśāmiṣāśī jaṭādharaḥ san kulaṭābhilāṣī | hāsyārṇavaḥ).

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

Upavāsin (उपवासिन्).—mfn. (-sī-sinī-si) Fasting, one who observes a fast. E. upavāsa and ini aff.

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

Upavāsin (उपवासिन्).—i. e. upa-vas + in, adj., f. nī, Fasting, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 401.

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

Upavāsin (उपवासिन्).—[adjective] fasting.

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

Upavāsin (उपवासिन्):—[from upa-vas] mfn. one who observes a fast, fasting, [Mahābhārata; Dhūrtasamāgama]

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

Upavāsin (उपवासिन्):—[upa-vāsin] (sī-sinī-si) a. Fasting.

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

Upavāsin (उपवासिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvavāsi.

[Sanskrit to German]

Upavasin 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upavāsi (ಉಪವಾಸಿ):—

1) [noun] a person deliberately abstaining from taking food.

2) [noun] ಉಂಡು ಉಪವಾಸಿ, ಬಳಸಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿ [umdu upavasi, balasi brahmacari] uṇḍu upvāsi, baḷasi brahmacāri (prov.) he who who pretends pious, but not really so.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Upa, Vasi.

Ends with: Ashtangopavasin, Masopavasin.

Full-text: Upavasa, Upavaci, Upavasiga, Pahuna, Uvavasi, Upashi, Subaddha, Upasamipa, Masopavasin, Unnu.

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