Upayama, Upayāma: 9 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpayama (उपयम).—
1) Marriage, marrying; कन्या त्वजातोपयमा सलज्जा नवयौवना (kanyā tvajātopayamā salajjā navayauvanā) S. D.
2) Restraint.
3) A support; stay.
Derivable forms: upayamaḥ (उपयमः).
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Upayāma (उपयाम).—
1) A kind of vessel in a sacrifice.
2) The formulas uttered in taking out the Soma juice by means of a ladle (Vaj.7.4 seqq.)
3) Marriage (see upayama).
Derivable forms: upayāmaḥ (उपयामः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpayama (उपयम).—m.
(-maḥ) Marriage. E. upa and yam to stop, affix ap.
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Upayāma (उपयाम).—m.
(-maḥ) Marriage. E. upa, yam to refrain, affix ghañ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpayama (उपयम).—[upa-yam + a], m. Marriage.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpayama (उपयम).—[masculine] wedding, marriage.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upayama (उपयम):—[=upa-yama] [from upa-yam] m. ([Pāṇini 3-3, 63]) appropriation, taking possession of
2) [v.s. ...] marrying, marriage, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] kindling a fire, (kanyāgny-upayama, taking a wife and kindling the domestic fire, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra xviii, 18])
4) [v.s. ...] a support, stay, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra xv, 9, 10.]
5) Upayāma (उपयाम):—[=upa-yāma] [from upa-yam] m. ([Pāṇini 3-3, 63]) a particular vessel for ladling out
6) [v.s. ...] a ladle (used at sacrifices), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā vii, 4, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a deity, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxv, 2]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of the verses ([Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā vii, 4 seqq.]) uttered in ladling out the Soma juice, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
9) [v.s. ...] marrying, marriage, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upayama (उपयम):—[upa-yama] (maḥ) 1. m. Marriage.
2) Upayāma (उपयाम):—[upa-yāma] (maḥ) 1. m. Marriage.
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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 corpusUpayama (ಉಪಯಮ):—[noun] a marriage; wedding a) the act of becoming married; marriage b) the marriage ceremony with its attendant festivities.
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Upayāma (ಉಪಯಾಮ):—[noun] = ಉಪಯಮ [upayama].
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)
Starts with: Upayamagrihita, Upayamaka, Upayamana, Upayamani, Upayamarkkam, Upayamatam, Upayamavant, Upayamavat.
Ends with: Purastadupayama, Uparishtadupayama.
Full-text: Uparishtadupayama, Purastadupayama, Upayamavant, Upayamavat, Upayamin, Graha.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda IV, adhyaya 1, brahmana 2 < [Fourth Kanda]
Kanda XIII, adhyaya 7, brahmana 1 < [Thirteenth Kanda]
Kanda XI, adhyaya 5, brahmana 9 < [Eleventh Kanda]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 7.92.1 < [Sukta 92]
The Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
2. Terms to Denote the idea of Marriage < [Marriage, Family and Position of Women]
Apastamba Yajna-paribhasa-sutras (by Hermann Oldenberg)
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 5.4: Mid-day soma pressing (mādhyandina-savana) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 5.5: Third Soma pressing (tṛtīya-savana) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 5.2: Morning Soma pressing (prātaḥsavana) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]