Upanayana, Upanāyana, Upānayana: 24 definitions
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Upanayana has 23 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Upnayan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpanayana (उपनयन):—(wie eben) n.
1) das Zuführen, Bringen: vastrālaṃkāropanayanam [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 5] in der Unterschr. [Prabodhacandrodaja 110, 6.] —
2) das Zuführen der Söhne aus den drei freien Kasten zum Lehrer, wodurch sie in die Stellung vollberechtigter Mitglieder der religiösen Gemeinde einzutreten beginnen; Einführung. Als Zeitpunkt derselben wird [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 19] (vgl. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 36. fgg.]) angegeben für den Brahmanen des 8te bis 16te Jahr, für den Kṣattriya das 11te bis 22ste, für den Vaiśya das 12te bis 24ste. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 1.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 4. 15.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 4.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 5.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 321. 1039.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 23, 28.] cūḍopanayanāni [Mahābhārata 1, 8047.] vratopanayanābhyām [3, 7025.] kṛtopanayana [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 108. 173.]
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Upanāyana (उपनायन):—n. dass.: garbhāṣṭame śabde kurvīta brāhmaṇasyopanāyanam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 36.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 14.] — Vgl. aupanāyanika .
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Upanayana (उपनयन):—
1) dhārāsāropanayanaparāḥ (sānumantaḥ) [Vikramorvaśī 76.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 53, 30.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 110, 6] gehört zu [3]). —
2) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11,17,21.] [Oxforder Handschriften 30,b,22. 85,a,18. 86,b,8. 268,b,22.] —
3) das Einführen (durch den Lehrer in eine Wissenschaft), das Vertrautmachen mit [Prabodhacandrodaja 110, 6.] —
4) Einleitung, introductio: upanayanādhyāya Titel des 1ten Adhy. in [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.]
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Upanāyana (उपनायन):—[Z. 1] lies bde st. śabde .
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Upānayana (उपानयन):—(von 1. nī mit upā) n. das Heimführen [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 69, 33.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpanayana (उपनयन):—n. —
1) das Zuführen , Bringen. —
2) das Anwenden. snehasya [Carakasaṃhitā 1,29.] —
3) das Einführen (in eine Wissenschaft) , das Vertrautmachen mit. —
4) Aufnahme eines Schülers in die Lehre , wodurch dieser in die Stellung eines vollberechtigten Mitglieds der relgiösen Gemeinde einzutreten beginnt. —
5) Einleitung , introductio.
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Upanāyana (उपनायन):—n. = upanayana 4).
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Upānayana (उपानयन):—n. das Heimführen.
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Starts with: Upanayanacintamani, Upanayanakarika, Upanayanakarman, Upanayanakarmapaddhati, Upanayanalakshana, Upanayanam, Upanayanapaddhati, Upanayanaprayoga, Upanayanatantra, Upanayanavidhi.
Ends with: Bhagavadupanayana, Punarupanayana, Rupanayana, Samupanayana, Surupanayana, Utkrantyupanayana, Vashopanayana.
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