Upagupta: 12 definitions
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Upagupta means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpagupta (उपगुप्त):—(upa + gupta) m. der Sohn des Gupta, Nomen proprium eines Mannes, [Burnouf 133. 146. 377. fgg.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 309 (79).] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, Anhang IV.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpagupta (उपगुप्त):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten.
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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Starts with: Upaguptaka, Upaguptavitta.
Full-text: Vasvananta, Upaguptavitta, Upaguru, Ashvagupta, Yuyudha, Dhitika, Mathura, Shanavasika, Samragayati, Samrageti, Vashra, Alakshanaka, Agnisambhava, Vedhas, Ajugubgup, Naukrama, Gupta, Gup, Mara.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 5 - The legend of Upagupta < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Story of the lazy bhikṣu admonished by a demon < [Chapter XXVI - Exertion]
Act 9.6: Ratnākara approves of Samantaraśmi’s venture to the Sahā universe < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 7 - Country of Mo-t’u-lo (Mathura) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Chapter 15 - Country of Sin-tu (Sindh) < [Book XI - Twenty-three Countries]
Chapter 1 - Country of Mo-kie-t’o (Magadha), part 1 < [Book VIII and IX]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 4 - Hierarchy of the teaching < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
In Asoka’s Footsteps (by Nina Van Gorkom)
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 13 - The Description of the Race of Nimi < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]
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