Uposhana, Upoṣaṇa: 11 definitions
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Uposhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Upoṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Uposana or Uposhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
The upoṣaṇa vow, which involves the speaking of the truth, the observing of strict chastity, the circumambulating the images of the gods with the right side turned towards them, the eating only at the time when Buddhist mendicants do, restraint of the mind, and patience.
(Ocean of Story Volume 5, p. 126; story 132a. The Water-Spirit in his Previous Birth)
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
upōṣaṇa (उपोषण).—n (S) Fasting or a fast, esp. religiously. S laṅghana.
upōṣaṇa (उपोषण).—n Fasting or fast. upōṣita p Fasting.
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
Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण).—A fast, fasting; नास्ति स्त्रीणां पृथग् यज्ञो न व्रतं नाप्युपोषणम् (nāsti strīṇāṃ pṛthag yajño na vrataṃ nāpyupoṣaṇam) Manusmṛti 3.155.
Derivable forms: upoṣaṇam (उपोषणम्).
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Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण).—A fast.
Derivable forms: upoṣaṇam (उपोषणम्).
See also (synonyms): upoṣita.
Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) A fast, fasting. E. upa before vasa to abide, aff. lyuṭ.
Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण).—1. [adjective] burning down (—°).
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Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण).—2. [neuter] fasting.
1) Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण):—[from upa-vas] a n. a fast, fasting.
2) b etc. See upa- √5. vas.
Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण):—[upo+ṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. A fast.
Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण):—(von vas, vasati mit upa) n. Fasten [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 10.]
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Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण):—[Kathāsaritsāgara 63, 57. 76. 82.]
Upoṣaṇa (उपोषण):—n. Fasten.
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
Upōṣaṇa (ಉಪೋಷಣ):—[noun] the act or an instance of fasting; abstinence from food; fast.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Uposhanamgey.
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