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Upaya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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

Upāya (उपाय):—(von 3. i mit upa) m.

1) Herbeikunft [Medinīkoṣa y. 75.] aho duṣṭaḥ kāyastadapi maraṇopāyacakitaḥ [Bhartṛhari 3, 10.] —

2) wodurch man zu seinem Ziel gelangt, Mittel, Weg, fein angelegtes Mittel, List [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 3, 23. 23, 142.] [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3, 2, 4.] sarvopāyaistathā kuryānnītijñaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ . yathāsyābhyadhikā na syurmitrodāsīnaśatravaḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 177. 8, 48. 190. 9, 312. 11, 112.] [Bhagavadgītā 6, 36.] [Nalopākhyāna 26, 9.] [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 13, 27.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 8, 15. 9, 1. 8.] [Amaruśataka 21.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 2. 25, 32.] [BURN. Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 549. fg.] upāyena hi tatkuryādyanna śakyaṃ parākramaiḥ [Pañcatantra I, 233.] upāyo vihitaścāyaṃ tvadarthamatulo nayā [Nalopākhyāna 24, 33.] ayamupāyaścintito mahān [19, 4.] upāyo yaṃ mayā dṛṣṭo nirapāyaḥ [4, 19.] upāyamanapāyam [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 44, 8.] saṃśayātmakaḥ [Pañcatantra I, 10.] cintayitvā ca tasyopāyānbahūṃstataḥ Mittel dieses in’s Werk zu setzen [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 8, 21.] nānyo sti kaścidupāyo smākaṃ jīvitasya [Pañcatantra 161, 9.] kaṃ kariṣyatyupāyam [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 6, 5.] vadhārthaṃ tasya bhagavannupāyaṃ kartumarhasi [1, 14, 19.] mayā tāvadeteṣāṃ vadhāyopāyaścintanīyaḥ [Pañcatantra 191, 9.] upāyo yaṃ mayā dṛṣṭo naiṣadhānayane tava [Nalopākhyāna 24, 24.] sarvopāyaṃ ca vartiṣye vinivartayituṃ vanāt [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 82, 18.] etairupāyayogaiḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 10.] saṃyuktānviyuktāṃśca sarvopāyāṃsṛjedbudhaḥ [7, 214.] bhedo daṇḍaḥ sāma dānamityupāyacatuṣṭayam (den Feind zu bezwingen) [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 736.] [Medinīkoṣa y. 75.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 108. 109. 200.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 345.] kaccidrājaguṇaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ saptopāyāṃstathānagha (die [4] eben erwähnten und die [3] sogenannten kṣudropāyāḥ; s. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 738]) .. balābalena samyaktvaṃ caturdaśa parīkṣase [Mahābhārata 2, 155.] in comp. mit dem Ziel: vṛttyupāyān [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 2.] hantāyaṃ vihitastasya vadhopāyaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 14, 20.] [Pañcatantra 55, 6.] āharaṇopāya [Suśruta 1, 23, 15.] sādhanopāya [2, 46, 11.] arthopāyāścintanīyāḥ kartavyāśca [Pañcatantra 6, 7. 92, 3.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 43. 138.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 77.] mit dem Mittel selbst: śasyopāya [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 9, 10.] hanyāccitrairvadhopāyairudvejanakarairnṛpaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 248.] [Suśruta 1, 26, 20.] yantropāya [359, 11.] sukhopāyena auf eine leichte Art [Pañcatantra 211, 10.] am Ende eines adj. comp. f. āḥ buddhimāsthāya sopāyām [Mahābhārata 3, 1306.] —

3) das Einstimmen in den Gesang: tatra hoturnidhanopāyaḥ [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 5, 12, 4.] — Vgl. upakrama und apāya .

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Upāya (उपाय):—

2) gavāmayanasyopāyāṃścaturaḥ pratipādayet vier Wege zu [WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 284.] dvāvupāyāviha proktau vimuktau śatrudarśane zwei Mittel zur Rettung [Spr. 1275.] durjanaṃ sajjanaṃ kartumupāyo nahi bhūtale [4195.] evaṃ rāṣṭramupāyena bhuñjāno labhate phalam auf die rechte Weise [4917.] upāyopanyāsa Titel des 1ten Acts im Madhurāniruddha [Oxforder Handschriften 142,a. No. 290.]

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

Upāya (उपाय):—m. —

1) Annäherung [Indische sprüche 3772] v.l. —

2) Mittel [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra] Weg zu , fein angelegtes Mittel , Kunstgriff , List. upāyena und upāyatas ([136,5]) auf die rechte Weise , auf kluge Weise. —

3) das Anstimmen eines Gesanges [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtra (Weber) 5,12,4.]

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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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