Utthapana, Uṭṭhapana, Utthāpana: 21 definitions

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Utthapana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Utthapan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Utthāpana (उत्थापन):—Fourth of the eighteen Saṃskāra (special purification process). They are used to purify rasa (mercury) as per Rasaśāstra literature (Medicinal Alchemy), and are mentioned in texts such as the Rasaprakāśasudhākara. In Āyurveda, Saṃskāra refers to the “detoxification” process of metals and herbs. The Utthāpana-saṃskāra is commonly used for Dravya-karma and Rasāyana-karma, but also to remove various types of rasa-doṣa (mercury impurities). In other words: the first eight saṃskāras are sequentially used to purify and detoxify mercury in preparation for internal use. Utthāpana refers to the process of the ‘resurrection’ of swooned mercury, effected by steaming it with alkalis, salts and plant matter, and by rubbing it in exposure to sunlight, by means of which it recovers the brilliance and other physical properties it had lost through the process of Mūrcchana.

Source: Google Books: The Alchemical Body

Utthāpana is the “resurrection” of swooned mercury, effected by streaming it with alkalis, salts, and plant matter and by rubbing it in the open air. Through “resurrection,” mercury recovers the brilliance, etc. it had lost through mūrcchana.

Source: archive.org: History of Indian Science Technology (rasashastra)

Utthāpana (उत्थापन, “revival”) refers to “revival of form” and represents to the fourth of eighteen alchemical purification processes of mercury (mahārasa, rasendra or pārada). A religio-philosophic base was given to mercury-based alchemy in India. Mercury was looked upon as the essence of God Śiva, and sulphur as that of Goddess Pārvatī.

Mercury had to undergo 18 processes (e.g., utthāpana) before it could be used for transforming either metals or the human body. A combination of male and female principles (i.e. mercury and sulphur) forming cinnabar or mercuric sulphide or even of mercury and mica, was supposed to be highly potent and was therefore consumed as a Rasāyana or medicine for increasing body fluids or vitality. The earliest mention of Rasāyana was found in Āyurveda which was probably composed by 8th or 9th century BC, since it was a part of Atharvaveda, the last of the four Vedas.

Source: CCRAS: Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of India, Appendix I

Utthāpana (उत्थापन):—The fourth of the eight purification steps of Pārada (mercury), also known as the Aṣṭasaṃskāra.—Collect the Pārada at the end of Mūrchana process and subject it to Utthāpana, and wash with Kāñjika and collect the Pārada carefully. (see the Rasahṛdayatantra 2.7: a 10th-century Sanskrit alchemical treatise by Govinda Bhagavatpāda).

Ingredients:

  1. Pārada [Mercury] (1 part),
  2. Kāñjika (Quantum satis).

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Utthāpana (उत्थापन):—A process of recovering of mercury etc from previous murchhana process / regaining in the original form

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Utthāpana (उत्थापन, “raising”) refers to one of the ten practices performed after the removal of the stage curtain, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 5. Accordingly, “the reciters of the Benediction start (lit. raise) first of all in the stage the performance [of the play]; hence the utthāpana is considered by some to be the beginning [of the performance].”.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Utthāpana (उत्थापन) refers to “bringing forth (the religious rite)”, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Charity (is) cow dung and water united, moral conduct and cleansing, Patience, taking away tiny ants, heroism, bringing forth the religious rite (kriyā-utthāpana). Meditation, single-minded in each moment, wisdom, splendidly clear lines, These perfections, six indeed are gained, having made the Muni’s maṇḍala”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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

Uṭṭhapana, see vo°. (Page 129)

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

utthāpana (उत्थापन).—n (S) Raising, establishing, erecting, setting up, lit. fig. 2 Rising to receive a visitor. v dē, ghē. 3 fig. Removing (from an office). 4 In arithmetic. Substitution.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

utthāpana (उत्थापन).—n Raising. Rising to receive a visitor.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Utthāpana (उत्थापन).—1 Causing to rise, come up, or get up.

2) Raising, elevating.

3) Causing to leave (a house).

4) Exciting, instigating.

5) Awakening, rousing (fig. also).

6) Vomiting.

7) Finishing, completing.

8) Bringing about.

9) Bringing forth.

1) (In Math.) Finding the quantity sought, an answer to the question, substitution of a value (Colebr.).

-nī The concluding verse (ṛc).

Derivable forms: utthāpanam (उत्थापनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utthāpana (उत्थापन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Raising, elevating. 2. Causing to rise or get up. 3. Exciting, instigating. 4. (In arithmetic) Substitution of a value. E. ut and sthā causal form, affix lyuṭ

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utthāpana (उत्थापन).—i. e. ud-sthā, [Causal.], + ana, n. 1. Raising, Mahābhārata 1, 1885. 2. Leading away. [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 24, 9.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utthāpana (उत्थापन).—[neuter] causing to rise, awakening, producing, bringing about, finishing.

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

1) Utthāpana (उत्थापन):—[=ut-thāpana] [from ut-thā] n. causing to rise or get up

2) [v.s. ...] raising, elevating, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] causing to leave (a house etc., with [accusative] of the person made to leave), [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]

4) [v.s. ...] causing to come forth, bringing forth, [Suśruta]

5) [v.s. ...] exciting, instigating, bringing about, causing to cease, finishing

6) [v.s. ...] (in [mathematics]) the finding of the quantity sought, answer to the question, substitution of a value, [Bījagaṇita]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utthāpana (उत्थापन):—[utthā+pana] (naṃ) 1. n. A raising up.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Utthāpana (उत्थापन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uṭṭhavaṇa.

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Utthapana 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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Utthāpana (उत्थापन) [Also spelled utthapan]:—(nm) raising up, elevating; elevation; ~[ka] (a) elevating; (nm) an elevator.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Utthāpana (ಉತ್ಥಾಪನ):—[noun] = ಉತ್ಥಾಪನೆ [utthapane].

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