Upadana, Upādāna, Upadāna: 26 definitions

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Upadana has 24 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Updan.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Upadāna (उपदान):—n.

1) = upadā [2.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 225 ] (v. l. upādāna). —

2) nom. act. von mit upa [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 63,] [Scholiast]

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Upādāna (उपादान):—(von dā, dadāti mit upa + ā) n.

1) das für-sich-Nehmen, sich-Zueignen: viśrabdhaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śūdrāddravyopādānamācaret [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 417.] adattānāmupādānam [12, 7.] [Mahābhārata 3, 8600. 8605. 8611.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 16, 2.] gandhopādāna das Aufnehmen des Geruchs, Riechen [8, 87.] śāstropādāna das sich-mit-den-Lehrbüchern-vertraut-Machen [Hitopadeśa 4, 13, v. l.] —

2) das Erwähnen, Aufführen: sarvatraiva prathamaṃ putropādānāt [ŚAṄKHA] und [LIKHITA] in [DĀY. 127, 8.] Sch. zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 3, 73. 3, 1, 76. 4, 2, 93.] [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [2, 4, 32.] —

3) das Insichschliessen, Enthalten [Sāhityadarpana 11, 21. 22.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 248], b, [4.] —

4) das Ablenken der Sinne von den äussern Erscheinungen [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1524.] —

5) materielle Ursache [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 10.] [Colebrooke I, 412.] [Bālabodhanī 12] und [WIND.] z. d. St. [GOLDSTÜCKER] bei [Burnouf 496, Nalopākhyāna 2.] [SĀṂKHYAK. 9. 50.] [Bhāṣāpariccheda 149.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 112, 1.] —

5) buddh. nach [BURNOUF] [?(Intr. 487. 494. 497)] Empfängniss (la conception), nach [COLEBR.] [?(Misc. Ess. I, 396)] Anstrengung (effort, or exertion of body or speech); entseht aus der tṛṣṇā und erzeugt den bhava. upādānaskandha [Burnouf 475,] [Nalopākhyāna 1. 496,] [Nalopākhyāna 2. 513.]

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Upādāna (उपादान):—

1) śāntatvopādāna (so ist zu lesen) das Annehmen [Sāhityadarpana 170, 1.] Gegens. hāna [Kapila 1, 108. 4, 23.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 42, 9.] das Gebrauchen, Anwenden [Sāhityadarpana 270, 12. 651.] —

5) [Kapila 1, 76. 81. 115.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 180.] [Vedānta lecture No. 40.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 54, 13. 16.] nopādānaṃ vinā ghaṭādyutpattiḥ [95, 10.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 120, 67.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 24, 18.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. upādānaka [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 1, 62.] —

7) [?(Z. 12] des Artikels lies [6 Stenzler]

5) das Herbeischaffen von zur Verehrung der Gottheit erforderlichen wohlriechenden Dingen und Blumen, bildet einen der 5 Theile des Upāsana bei den Rāmānuja, [SARVADARŚANAS. 55, 17. 19.] —

8) Geschenk, Darbringung (vgl. upadāna) [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 29, 225.] [Halāyudha 2, 279.] —

9) Titel einer buddhistischen Schrift [WASSILJEW 50.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Upadāna (उपदान):—1. n. Darbringung , Geschenk.

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Upadāna (उपदान):—2. n. Nom. act. von mit upa.

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Upādāna (उपादान):—n.

1) das Fürsichnehmen , Sichzueignen.

2) das Aufnehmen mit den Sinnen , mit dem Verstande.

3) das Annehmen , Anerkennen , Nichtausschliessen [231,15.] [Sāhityadarpaṇa 11,21.] [SIDDH.K.248,b,] [4.] —

4) das Gebrauchen , Anwenden.

5) das Erwähnen , Aufführen [210,2.211,32.283,4.] —

6) *das Ablenken der Sinne von der Sinnenwelt.

7) bei den Rāmānuja das Herbeischaffen von zur Verehrung der Gottheit erforderlichen wohlriechenden Dingen und Blumen.

8) bei den Buddhisten Aufnahme , Empfängniss.

9) * = upadāna Geschenk , Darbringung.

10) materielle Ursache [262,24.] Nom.abstr. f. [The Sankhya Philosophy 5,109.6,32.] tva n. [1,81.]

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