Upakrama: 18 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpakrama (उपक्रम):—(wie eben) m.
1) Herannahung, Herbeikunft: papraccha prayojanamupakrame [Mahābhārata 3, 8602. 8608.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 65, 8.] —
2) das an-Etwas-Gehen, Anwendung: auṣadhopakramāsādhyo vyādhiḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 37.] —
3) Behandlung (medic.) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 215.] [Medinīkoṣa Manu’s Gesetzbuch 59.] [VAIG.] zu [Daśakumāracarita 86,] [Nalopākhyāna 6.] [Suśruta 1, 5, 11.] —
4) Antritt, Anfang, Beginn [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1510.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 216.] [Vedāntasāra] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 216, 3.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 15], ult. pūrvaraṅga upakramaḥ (nāṭyasya) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 282.] upopakramatvādupadravasya weil upadrava mit upa beginnt [] zu [Chāndogyopaniṣad 2, 8, 2.] —
5) Anschlag, überlegter Plan [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 12. 3, 4, 142.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 215.] kiṃ vā madvadhāyaiṣa upakramo mantharakasya [Pañcatantra 263, 2.] der erste Gedanke zu einem Werke: vartate dya mahānadyoḥ saṃgamo nagaropānte sa suyyopakramastayoḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 98.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 42.] am Ende eines comp. neutr. und das erste Glied behält seinen Ton [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 21. 6, 2, 14.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 28.] —
6) womit man zum Ziele gelangt (vgl. upāya), Mittel: tataśca pratikurvanti yadi paśyantyupakramāt [Mahābhārata 3, 14082.] tānānayedvaśaṃ sarvāṃsāmādibhirupakramaiḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 107. 159.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 344.] [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 14.] medic. [Suśruta 1, 64, 3. 2, 3, 14. 58, 6.] viruddhopakramatvāt [1, 186, 10.] = upadhā [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 142.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = vaśīkāra [Vaijayantī a. a. O.] —
7) = vikrama [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
8) fehlerhafte Var. für apakrama [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 803.]
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Upakrama (उपक्रम):—
3) vātasyopakramaḥ snehaḥ svedaḥ u.s.w. [Oxforder Handschriften 304,b. 7. fg. 12.] —
4) upakramāpavargau [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 85. 111.] upakramopasaṃhārau [SARVADARŚANAS. 73, 5. 4.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 29, 20.] [Sāhityadarpana 199, 6. 294, 12.] dakṣiṇopa, savyopa adj. [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 175, 3 v. u.] —
6) [Spr. 4287.] apyatra kasyacidupakramasya gatiḥ syāt [Mālavikāgnimitra 44, 23. Z. 2] ist wohl upakramān zu lesen. —
9) das Thun für Etwas, das Befördern: sopakramaṃ nirupakramaṃ ca karma [Oxforder Handschriften 230,b,3.] sopakramaṃ yatphalajananāya sahopakrameṇa kāryakāraṇābhimukhyena vartate . yathoṣṇapradeśe prasāritamārdravastraṃ śīghrameva śuṣyati . uktarūpaviparītaṃ nirupakramam . yathā tadevārdraṃ vāsaḥ saṃvartitamanuṣṇadeśe cireṇa śopameti . [5. fgg.] — Vgl. 2. kopakrama und nirupakrama .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpakrama (उपक्रम):—m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —
1) Herannahung , Herbeikunft. —
2) Anwendung (einer Arzenei). —
3) das Thun für Etwas , Befördern. —
4) Behandlung (medic.) —
5) Antritt , Anfang , Beginn [Lāṭyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 4,6,1.] —
6) Anschlag , überlegter Plan. —
7) der erste Gedanke zu einem Werke. *n. am Ende eines Comp. —
8) Mittel. —
9) Radkranz [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,326,16.] —
10) * = vikrama. —
11) fehlerhaft apakrama.
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Starts with: Upakrama-karana, Upakraman, Upakramana, Upakramanem, Upakramanika, Upakramaniya, Upakramaparakrama, Upakramashila, Upakramashilate, Upakramati, Upakramopasamhara.
Ends with: Anupakrama, Anurupakarma, Bhaktyupakrama, Cintopakrama, Durupakrama, Hirasatako-upakrama, Nirupakrama, Samupakrama, Samyukta-upakrama, Vacanopakrama, Vachanopakrama.
Full-text (+17): Uvakkama, Nirupakrama, Durupakrama, Upakramaparakrama, Kopakrama, Upakramana, Svedana, Upakramanem, Brimhana, Bhaktyupakrama, Upakrama-karana, Rukshana, Hiraasatko-upkram, Langhana, Stambhana, Samupakramya, Snehana, Vacanopakrama, Samupakrama, Upakramitri.
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