Upavishesha, Upaviśeṣa: 1 definition
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Upavishesha 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.
The Sanskrit term Upaviśeṣa can be transliterated into English as Upavisesa or Upavishesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUpaviśeṣa (उपविशेष).—(-upaviśeṣa), adj., at end of cpds., lit. forming a subordinate variety (of…), a kind or sort, variety (of…): Lalitavistara 44.3 (verse) devy-upaviśeṣa marutsnuṣeva, a kind of goddess… (said of Māyā); (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 73.7 (bodhisattvānām upāyakauśalyatā…nirvāṇoparigāminī) vartmopaviśeṣā, a particular kind of way…
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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Starts with: Upavisheshana.
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