Uposhadha, Upoṣadha: 7 definitions
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Uposhadha has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Upoṣadha can be transliterated into English as Uposadha or Uposhadha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpoṣadha (उपोषध):—m. Nomen proprium eines Brahmanen [Burnouf 138,] [Nalopākhyāna 2.] Vielleicht eine Pāli Form für upavasatha; vgl. ebend. [227, Nalopākhyāna 1.] — Vgl. utpoṣadha .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpoṣadha (उपोषध):—m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes (buddh.).
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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Full-text: Uposhati, Utposhadha, Poshadha, Uposatha, Posatha, Varakalyana, Upavasatha, Posaha, Uposhadhika, Poshadhika, Poshadhoshita, Upavasastha.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XVIII - Jātaka of Campaka (the Nāga king) < [Volume II]
Chapter XVII - The tenth Bhūmi < [Volume I]
Chapter XXXII - Genesis of the world (Rājavaṃśa): the Śākyans and the Koliyans < [Volume I]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
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