Upasana, Upāsanā, Upāsana: 22 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpāsana (उपासन):—(von ās mit upa) n.
1) das Danebensitzen [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 162.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 172.] —
2) das Obliegen: cirasaṃgītopāsana [Mṛcchakaṭikā 2, 11.] iṣvastrāṇāmupāsane [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 67, 18.] —
3) das Dienen, Aufwarten, Pflegen, Ehre-Erzeigen, Verehren [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 34.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 55.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 107.] vraṇyupāsanam [Suśruta 1, 8, 11.] ācāryopā [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 156.] [Bhagavadgītā 13, 7.] khalopā [Bhartṛhari 2, 34.] saṃdhyopā [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 69.] auch upāsanā f. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 497,] [Scholiast] nānyasya karotyupāsanām [Gedicht vom Vogel Cātaka 10.] —
4) Uebungen im Bogenschiessen [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 54.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 231.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 151.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 3, 14702.] —
5) das Erachten, für-Etwas-Halten [Chāndogyopaniṣad 2, 1, 1.] —
6) religiöse Betrachtung: upāsanāni saguṇabrahmaviṣayamānasavyāpārarūpāṇi śāṇḍilyavidyādīni [Vedāntasāra] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 202, 18. 12. 19.] [Kauṣītakyupaniṣad] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 405.] —
7) das häusliche Feuer [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 45.]
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Upāsana (उपासन):—
2)
3) bahuśāstragurūpāsane pi sārādānaṃ ṣaṭpadavat [Kapila 4, 13. 21.] —
3) das Verehren einer Gottheit, Kult [Oxforder Handschriften 17,a,36. fg.] upāsanā [Halāyudha.1,129.] [Oxforder Handschriften 79,a,25. 253,b, Nalopākhyāna 8.] Bei den Rāmānuja besteht das Upāsana-aus 5 Theilen: abhigamana, upādāna, ijyā, svādhyāya und yoga, [SARVADARŚANAS. 55, 17. fg.] vibhavopāsana [15.] arcopāsanā [14. 3. 56, 1. 57, 15.] —
5) zu streichen und die Stelle unter
2) zu stellen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpāsana (उपासन):——
1) n. — a) *das Danebensitzen , in der Nähe Sein. — b) Sitz [Vaitānasūtra] — c) das Dienen , Aufwarten , Pflegen , Ehreerweisen [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra] [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] — d) das Verehren einer Gottheit , Cult , fromme Hingebung [254,4.30.255,1.] — e) das Obliegen , Sichüben in. — f) Uebungen im Bogenschiessen. — g) das häusliche Feuer. —
2) f. ā = 1)a) ([Naiṣadhacarita 1,34.]), c) und d).
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Starts with: Upacanai, Upacanam, Upasanacandramrita, Upasanakanda, Upasanakarmapaddhati, Upasanakhanda, Upasananirupana, Upasanaprayoga, Upasanarcana sadhanapaddhati, Upasanartha, Upasanasarasangraha, Upasanat, Upasanatattva, Upasanavidhi, Upasanavinoda, Upasanopasanakhanda.
Ends with (+6): Acaryopasana, Acharyopasana, Adhaupasana, Adhopasana, Akhupashana, Anupasana, Aupasana, Avupasana, Dakshinamurtyupasana, Dhatupashana, Katupasana, Panchopasana, Pancopasana, Paryupasana, Paryyupasana, Payirupasana, Pratyupasana, Samdhyopasana, Sandhyopasana, Sayamprataraupasana.
Full-text (+41): Uvasana, Aupasana, Upasanacandramrita, Paryupasana, Adhaupasana, Upasanakhanda, Acaryopasana, Samajna, Kandatraya, Upacanam, Anupasana, Pratyupasanam, Upasanartha, Nari, Sayamupasanavidhi, Uvasaya, Anupasita, Upasanakanda, Abhigamana, Sopasana.
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Shiva Gita (study and summary) (by K. V. Anantharaman)
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Concept of Mind in the Major Upanishads (by Gisha K. Narayanan)
8(a). The Concept of Mind in the Taittirīyopaniṣad < [Chapter 4 - The concept of Mind in the Major Upaniṣads]
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Chapter III, Section III, Adhikarana XXXII < [Section III]
Chapter III, Section III, Adhikarana XXXI < [Section III]
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