Alternative spellings of this word include Upavichara.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

s. manopavicāra.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Upavicāra, (upa + vicāra; cp. BSk. upavicāra Divy 19, translated on p. 704 in Notes by “perplexed by doubts” (?)) applying (one’s mind) to, discrimination D. III, 245 (domanass°); M. III, 239; S. IV, 232 (somanass° etc.); A. III, 363 sq.; V, 134; Ps. I, 17; Dh. 8, 85, 284; Vbh. 381. (Page 147)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upavicāra (उपविचार).—Envirous, neighbourhood.

Derivable forms: upavicāraḥ (उपविचारः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Upavicāra (उपविचार).—m. (to prec.; in meaning 2 = Pali id., badly defined in [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]), (1) environs: Mahāvyutpatti 5505 (Tibetan ñe ḥkhor) grāmopavicāraḥ; Gaṇḍavyūha 161.4 (yena suprabhasya) mahāna- garasyopavicāras tenopasaṃkramya; kṣetrāṇi samāni samopavicārāṇi Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.50.9; (2) range, scope; substant- ially = Sanskrit gocara, see Śikṣāsamuccaya 251.17 s.v. upavicarati: Divyāvadāna 19.25 udakastabdhikā manuṣyāḥ snānopavicārāḥ (text snāto°),…devoted to bathing (lit. having bathing as their range of interest; compare note p. 704, where this word is wrongly interpreted); Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 15a.5 tataḥ paścāc (not [compound] with the following as note suggests!) chravaṇopavicāraṃ vijahayya darśanopavicāre kāyam avanāmya…, after that, causing her to leave the range of hearing (of the assembly of nuns, but still) in the range of (their) sight, having made her bow down her body, etc. (what follows is a private examination of the initiate by a specially designated nun; it is to be held in sight of the assembly but out of their hearing); Bodhisattvabhūmi 37.13 (pāne yāne) vastre alaṃkāropavicāre bhāṇḍopaskare…, in regard to the sphere of ornaments (i.e. things that fall under the head of ornaments); Śikṣāsamuccaya 244.12 aṣṭādaśamana-upavicāraḥ ([bahuvrīhi]), having 18 spheres of mental activity (said of man; compare Pali aṭṭhādasamanopa° Majjhimanikāya (Pali) iii.239.28), listed in Śikṣāsamuccaya 244.18 ff. aṣṭādaśeme… mana-upavicārāḥ…cakṣuṣā rūpāṇi dṛṣṭvā saumana- [Page141-b+ 71] syadaurmanasyopekṣāsthānīyāny upavicarati, on seeing forms with the eye he ranges over (experiences) such (forms) as give rise to pleasure, pain, or indifference; (20) evaṃ śrotrādiṣu vācyam (with the other five senses, incl. manas), so that there are 6 times 3 = 18 in all.

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

Upavicāra (उपविचार):—[=upa-vi-cāra] m. environs, neighbourhood, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Upavicara 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Upavi, Cara.

Starts with: Upavicarati, Upavicarayati.

Ends with: Citrarupavicara, Devatasvarupavicara, Domanassupavicara, Rupavicara, Somanassupavicara, Vidhisvarupavicara, Yadrupavicara.

Full-text: Domanassupavicara, Vijahayati, Upavicarayati, Upavicarati, Manopavicara, Upekkha.

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