Uparishtha, Upariṣṭha, Uparistha, Upari-stha: 7 definitions
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Uparishtha has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Upariṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Uparistha or Uparishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUparistha (उपरिस्थ):—[(u + stha)] adj. f. ā oben stehend, befindlich [MAITRYUP.2, 4.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 188.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2347.] [Spr. 4245.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 65, 204.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie 11, 6. 8] (hier fälschlich upariṣṭha) . stehend auf, mit gen. [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 16, 5] (ṣṭha) .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpariṣṭha (उपरिष्ठ):—Adj. = uparistha [Daśakumāra 16,2.]
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Uparistha (उपरिस्थ):—(!) Adj. (f. ā) oben — , darüber stehend , darauf befindlich [Maitryupaniṣad 2,4.] stehend auf (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend) [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,591,1.13.]
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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