Upanga, Upāṅga, Upa-anga, Upamga: 20 definitions

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Upanga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi. 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 Wörterbuch

Upāṅga (उपाङ्ग):—(upa + aṅga) n.

1) Unterabtheilung: vargāḥ pṛthvīpurakṣmābhṛdvanauṣadhimṛgādibhiḥ . nṛbrahmakṣattraviṭśūdraiḥ sāṅgopāṅgairihoditāḥ .. [Amarakoṣa 2, 1, 1.] —

2) Anhang —, ergänzendes Werk von geringerer Bedeutung, eine Ergänzung zu einer Ergänzung: vedāḥ sāṅgopāṅgāḥ [Nalopākhyāna] [?(BOPP) 12, 17. Harivaṃśa 14074.] (śāstram) sāṅgopāṅgam [Mahābhārata 1, 4004.] (dhanurvedaḥ) sāṅgopāṅgopaniṣadaḥ sarahasyaḥ [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 5, 16.] (āyurvedaḥ) upāṅgamatharvavedasya [Suśruta 1, 1, 16.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss] [94(68).] purāṇanyāyamīmāṃsādharmaśāstrāṇi ceti catvāryupāṅgāni [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 13. 18.] Die Upāṅga und Aṅga zwölf an der Zahl bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 245.] upāṅgagīta [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 381.]

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Upāṅga (उपाङ्ग):—

2) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, 7.] pratipadamanupadaṃ chando bhāṣā dharmo mīmāṃsā nyāyastarka ityupāṅgāni [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 260.] pratipadamanupadaṃ chando bhāṣāsamanvitam . mīmāṃsānyāyatarkāśca upāṅgāḥ (masc.!) parikīrtitāḥ .. [261.] [WEBER] vereinigt chandobhāṣā an beiden Stellen wegen chāndobhāṣa. upāṅgagīta [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 381] [?(Spr. 5036)] bezeichnet einen besonderen Gesang, vielleicht einen Chorgesang.

3) ein untergeordnetes Glied des Körpers (Finger, Augen, Nase, Mund und Ohren) [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 11, 4]; vgl. oben u. 3. aṅga

1) [SARVADARŚANAS. 78, 4.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 309.]

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

Upāṅga (उपाङ्ग):—1. m. das Schmieren [Carakasaṃhitā 1,5.] Vgl. anu.

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Upāṅga (उपाङ्ग):—2. n.

1) ein untergeordnetes Glied des Körpers.

2) Unterabtheilung.

3) ein Anhang — , ein ergänzendes Werk von geringerer Bedeutung. Ausnahmsweise m.

4) ein trommelartiges Instrument [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 192.]

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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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