Upajana: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpajana (उपजन):—(von jan mit upa) m. Zusatz, Zuwachs [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 6, 7. 9, 1. 11, 2.] nopajanaṃ (Anhängsel) smarann (der aus dem Körper geschiedene Geist) idaṃ śarīraṃ sa yathā prayogya ācaraṇe yukta evamevāyamasmiñcharīre prāṇo yuktaḥ [Chāndogyopaniṣad 8, 12, 3.] die Bedeutung von upa [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 3.] varṇopajana Hinzutritt von Buchstaben [2, 2.] [Sāyaṇa] in der Einl. zu [Ṛgveda 1, 105.] zutretende Buchstaben, Silben, Suffixe: anarthakā upajanāḥ [Yāska’s Nirukta 4, 7. 20.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 11, 5.]
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Upajana (उपजन):—Zutritt: svaropajanaścādṛṣṭaḥ padeṣu saṃhitāyāṃ ca [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 4, 109.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpajana (उपजन):—m. —
1) Hinzutritt Comm. zu [Gotama's Nyāyadarśana 2,2,53.] —
2) Zusatz , Zuwachs , Anhängsel. —
3) hinzutretender Laut , — Silbe , Suffix.
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: Upajanam, Upajanana, Upajanati, Upajanayati.
Full-text: Upjana, Upajanam, Hayantat, Aya, Vishvasa, Vishwas.
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