Upeya: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpeya (उपेय).—pot. p.
1) To be gone to or approached.
2) To be effected by means; उपायदर्शने (upāyadarśane) M.1.
3) Assailable.
4) To be sought; Manusmṛti 7.215.
5) To be obtained.
6) To be approached sexually;
-yaḥ A thing to be obtained; अवरः श्रद्धयोपेत उपेयान्विन्दतेऽञ्जसा (avaraḥ śraddhayopeta upeyānvindate'ñjasā) Bhāgavata 4.18.4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpeya (उपेय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. To be sought, to be had recourse to. 2. To be gone to or approached. 3. To be effected by any means. E. upa before iṇ to go, yat aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpeya (उपेय).—[adjective] being or to be effected, to be gone to or approached; [neuter] aim, object.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upeya (उपेय):—[from upe] mfn. to be set about or undertaken, a thing undertaken, [Manu-smṛti vii, 215; Mālavikāgnimitra]
2) [v.s. ...] to be approached sexually, [Manu-smṛti xi, 172]
3) [v.s. ...] to be striven after or aimed at, that which is aimed at, aim, [Naiṣadha-carita] [commentator or commentary] on [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpeya (उपेय):—[upe+ya] (yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a. That may be approached, sought or obtained.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Upeya (उपेय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uveya.
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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 corpusUpēya (ಉಪೇಯ):—
1) [adjective] that is to be effected with means or trick.
2) [adjective] that is to be obtained, got.
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Upēya (ಉಪೇಯ):—[noun] that which is to be obtained.
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: Upeya-namaviveka.
Ends with: Anupeya, Aupeya, Gaupeya, Madhupeya, Pratyupeya, Samabhyupeya.
Full-text: Uveya, Pratyupeya, Aupeya, Anupeya, Anupeyamana, Jnanavishaya, Apavarga, Vishaya, Abhyupaya, Upaya, Pravaha, Upanishad Brahman, Kule, I.
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.394 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 9.8.1 < [Section 8 - Eighth Tiruvaymoli (Arukkum vinaiyayina)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 7.215 < [Section XV - General Precepts]
Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika (by V. Sujata Raju)
Creation in the Śruti < [Chapter 5: A Study of Māṇḍūkya Kārikā: Advaita Prakaraṇa]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 3.1 - Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya (Benedictory Verse) < [Chapter 3 - Introduction to the Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)