Anupa, ū貹, ĀԳܱ貹, Գܱ, Āū貹, ū: 32 definitions
Introduction:
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Alternative spellings of this word include Anoop.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇaū貹 means “a country situated near water,’� or “a marshy country.� It was applied to various tracts near the sea, generally in the combination sāgarū貹, e.g., in Bengal; in or near the Pánṇya kingdom in the South; in the north and west of the peninsula of Kathiawar; and on the western coast generally; but the name was more specially applied to a tract on the west coast which constituted a kingdom in the Pāṇḍavas� time.
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopediaū貹 (अनूप).—A famous place in ancient India. Some scholars hold the view that ū貹 is near river Narmadā. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 24).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Indexū貹 (अनूप).�(c)—the kingdom got by Sūta from Pṛthu. The people were ū貹s, a Vindhya tribe.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 172; 16. 65; Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 147.
ū (अनूप�) refers to the name of a Lady mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. I.59.44, I.65). Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning ū) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: Rāj nighṇṭuū貹 (अनूप, “wet�) or ū貹ś refers to “wet land� and represents one of the three classifications of “land� (ś), as defined in the first chapter (ū徱-) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). Accordingly, “this type of land [viz., ū貹-ś] is rich in water resources and a variety of fauna on its copper coloured soil, which produces rice. It is a rugged terrain, full of small hillocks with a vast expanse and its air is pleasantly cooled by numerous waterfalls. Thus, it eradicates 辱ٳٲ-ṣa. This land possesses cold properties. The diseases of gastro-intestinal tract and also the diseases due to kapha and ٲ are common in such lands�.
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India1) Āū貹 (आनूप) refers to “marshy land water� and is classified as terrestial type of water (jala) according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (ⲹṇāgṇa-첹ٳԲ), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as 첹śٰ or 첹첹.—Different types of water (jala) and their properties are mentioned here [viz., in Ჹ-첹ṇa]. The water is classified into two as celestial and terrestrial ones. Terrestrial waters are classified into three [viz., marshy land water (ū貹)].
2) Āū貹 (आनूप) or Āū貹māmṣa also refers to the meat of animals “living in marshy lands�, according to the same Bhojanakutūhala, in the ⲹṇāgṇa section which contains the discussions on different food articles and their dietetic effects according to the prominent Ayurvedic treatises.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyĀԳܱ貹 (आनुप, “sub-aquatic�):—One of the six types of habitats (ś).—These geographical habitats are divided according to their ūٲ. Jāṅgala has a predominance of Vāta and Pitta. Skilled physicians should account for the nature of the habitat when treating a patient. The word is used throughout Ayurvedic (India medicine) literature such as the 䲹첹-ṃh and the śܳٲ-ṃh.
: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume IAnimals, which are generally found to frequent marshy places (ĀԳܱ貹s) may be divided into five groups, such as,
- the Kulachara (or, ū) (frequenting the shores of pools and lakes),
- Plava (divers or swimmers),
- Koshastha (conchiferous aquatic animals such as, the molluscs etc.),
- the Padina
- and the (piscatory) Matsya.
ū貹 (अनूप) refers to �(water from) swamps�, as mentioned in verse 5.13-14 of the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh (Sūtrasthāna) by 岵ṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] as concerns (water from) wells, ponds [viz., ū貹: jāṅgalū貹śailata�], etc., one should know (if it comes) from jungle, swamp, or rock. No water or, in case of incapability, little (is) to be drunk by those suffering from weak digestion and visceral induration (and) by those suffering from jaundice, abdominal swellings, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, dysentery, and cutaneous swellings. Except in autumn and summer, even a healthy man shall drink only little�.
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsĀū貹 (आनूप):—Marshy lands

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)ū貹 (अनूप) or Sū貹 refers to “marshy lands� (suitable for tracking footprints), according to the ŚⲹԾ첹-śٰ: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting by the observation of footprints (貹岹ṣ�) is that in which animals are tracked by their footprints and killed. It is of two kinds: [ś貹岹ṣi and ūś徱ٲ] [...] These two kinds of hunting succeed greatly in sandy deserts or in marshy lands (sa-ū貹) in the rainy season and in others with the greatest trouble�.

This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
India history and geography
: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1Anupa or Anupala is one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Komatis (a trading caste of the Madras Presidency). Anupa refers to the plant Anupala (Dolichos Lablab). The Komatis are said to have originally lived, and still live in large numbers on the banks of the Godavari river. One of the local names thereof is Gomati or Gomti, and the Sanskrit Gomati would, in Telugu, become corrupted into Komati. The sub-divisions are split up into septs (viz., Anupa), which are of a strictly exogamous character.
: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)ū貹 is the name of a land granted by king Subhikṣa (for the merit and fame of his parents and himself) as recorded in the “Plate of Subhikṣarājadeva� (10th century A.D.). It was situated within the jurisdiction of Varoṣikā-grāma, belonging to Nāhallāka and others measuring nine Droṇavas. ū貹 was dedicated to the goddess Nārāyṇa-bhaṭṭāraka (Nārāyṇa) who is said to have been installed on the bank of the Viṣṇugaṅgā.
This inscribed copper plate (mentioning ū貹) is preserved in the temple of Yogabadarī (one of the Pañcabadarī) at Pāṇḍukeśvar (Pāṇḍukeśvara). It records the grant of many pieces of land, situated in the viṣayas (districts) of Ṭaṅgṇura and Antaraṅga made by king Subhikṣa in favour of three deities.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryanupa : (m.) watery land.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAnupa, see ū貹. (Page 37)
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ū貹, (adj.) (Vedic ū貹, anu + ap: see a, orig. alongside of water) watery, moist; watery land, lowland J. IV.358 (anopa T; anupa C. p. 359), 381 (°khetta); Miln.129 (°khetta). (Page 45)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryū貹 (အနူ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[anu+a. anūpo salilapyo. .187. anugatā ā atrāti anūpo,assa ādino utta�,paralopovā. ¤,ṭ�.]
[အန�+အာပ။ အနူပေ� သလိလပ္ပါယော။ ဓာန်။၁၈၇။ အနုဂတ� အာပ� အတြာတ� အနူပေါ၊ အာပ� အာဒိနေ� ဥတ္တံ၊ ပရလောပေါဝါ။ ၎င်း၊ဋီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)ū貹�
(Burmese text): ရေများသေ�-ရေလုံလောက်စွာရသေ�-စိုထိုင်းသေ�-အရပ်၊ ရေနီးရ�-မြောင်းရို�-မြောင်းပေါင�-အရပ်။ အနုပဒေ�-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Wet area - sufficiently water-filled - humid area, near water - waterways - riverbank - area. Also look at the art area.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryū貹 (अनूप).—a (anupama S) Strange, singular, uncommon: also queer, odd, comical: also wonderful or marvelous.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishū貹 (अनूप).�a Strange, uncommon. Queer, wonderful.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnupa (अनुप).�= अनूप (ū貹), q. v.
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Գܱ (अनुप�).�2 P.
1) To drink after (a person or thing), drink along with; (madhu ītvā) ... अनुपास्यसि बाष्पदूषित� जलाञ्जलिम् (anusyasi bāṣpadūṣita� jalāñjalim) R.8.68; कल्माषान्भक्षयन्मध� चानुपिवेत् (kalmāṣānbhakṣayanmadhu cānupivet) Suśr.; (ūṇa�) लीढ्वानुपीत्वा � पयोऽग्निशक्त्य� कामं निकामं पुरुषो निषेवेत् (līḍhvānuītvā ca payo'gniśaktyā kāma� nikāma� puruṣo niṣevet) | B�. S.76.6.
2) To follow in drinking.
3) (2 P.) = अनुपाल� (Գܱ) q. v.
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Գܱ (अनुप�).�2 P.
- 1 P.
1) To guard, watch over, protect, defend; बालदायादिक� रिक्थं तावद्राजानुपालयेत् (bāladāyādika� riktha� tāvadrājānulayet) Manusmṛti 8. 27 keep in custody.
2) To conform to, obey, observe; दशरथवचनमनुपालयन् (daśarathavacanamԳܱayan) K.21; सत्येऽनुपालयेत्सत्यम� (ٲ'Գܱٲٲⲹ) H.4.23; so प्रतिज्ञाम�, धर्मम्, मार्गम� (pratijñām, dharmam, mārgam) &c.; keep, preserve; अनुपालयतां प्रभुशक्तिम् (Գܱayatā� prabhuśaktim) Kirātārjunīya 2.1 watching.
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ū貹 (अनूप).�a. [anu-ap ūdanordeśe P.VI.3.98, anugatā� a� yasmin]
1) Situated near water, watery, rich or abounding in water, wet, marshy. जलप्रायमनूपं स्यात्पुंस� कच्छस्तथ�- विधः (jalaprāyamū貹� syātpuṃsi kacchastathā- vidha�) Amar.
-貹�, -pam 1 A watery place or country; स्यन्दनाश्वै� सम� युध्येदनूप� नौद्विपैस्तथ� (syandanāśvai� same yudhyedanūpe naudvipaistathā) Manusmṛti 7.192; Y.3.42; शौरेरूपानूपमपाहरन्मन� (śaurerūpū貹maharanmana�) Śiśulavadha 12.44. नानाद्रुमलतावीरुन्निर्झरप्रांतशीतलैः � वनैर्व्याप्तमनूप� तत्सस्यैर्व्रीहियवादिभी� (nānādrumalatāvīrunnirjharaprāṃtaśītalai� | vanairvytamū貹� tatsasyairvrīhiyavādibhī�)
2) Name of a particular country (-� pl.); तामग्रतः अनूपराजस्य विधा� (tāmagrata� ū貹rājasya vidhāya) R.6.37.
3) A marsh, bog.
4) A pond or tank of water.
5) Bank or side (of a river, mountain); सागरात्पर्वतानूपात� (岵ٱ貹ū) 峾.; नदी� गोयुतानूपा� अतरत� (nadī� goyutānū� atarat) ibid.
6) A buffalo.
7) A frog.
8) A kind of partridge.
9) An elephant.
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Āū貹 (आनूप).�a. (-ī f.) [अनूपदेशे भव� अण� (ū貹deśe bhava� �)]
1) Watery, marshy, wet.
2) Produced in a marshy place.
-貹� Any animal frequenting marshy or watery places (as a buffalo); °मांसम् (ṃs) the flesh of such animals.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupa (अनुप).—mfn.
(-貹�--pa�) Watery, marshy; more usually ū貹.
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ū貹 (अनूप).—mfn.
(-貹�--pa�) Watery, wet. m.
(-貹�) A buffalo. E. anu near or with, and water; ū is substituted for , and ac is added.
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Āū貹 (आनूप).—m.
(-貹�) Any animal frequenting marshy places, as a buffalo, &c. E. ū貹 marshy ground, and � aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryū貹 (अनूप).—i. e. anu-ap + a, I. adj., f. , Watery, [Բśٰ] 7, 192. Ii. m. A shore, [Rāmāyṇa] 5, 15, 55.
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Āū貹 (आनूप).—i. e. ū貹 + a. I. adj. Watery, marshy. Ii. m. Any animal frequenting marshy places.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryū貹 (अनूप).—[masculine] a moist country; water-basin; shore.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Գܱ (अनुप�):—[=anu-] 1. anu-�1. to drink after or there upon, follow in drinking, drink at;
� Caus. ([Potential] -yayet) to cause to drink afterwards, [Śatapatha-brāhmṇa]
2) [=anu-] 2. anu-�2. [Causal] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -ayati, te, to preserve, keep, cherish;
2) —to wait for, expect.
3) ū貹 (अनूप):�mfn. ([from] 2. ap q.v., with anu), situated near the water, watery, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) m. a watery country, [Manu-smṛti] etc.
5) pond, [Ṛg-veda]
6) bank of a river
7) a buffalo (cf. ū貹), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Name of a Ṛṣi, teacher of the Sāma-veda.
9) Āū貹 (आनूप):�mfn. ([from] ū貹 [gana] 첹徱 [Pāṇini 4-2, 133]), belonging to a watery place
10) wet, watery, marshy, [Suśruta]
11) m. any animal frequenting watery or marshy places, as fishes, buffaloes, etc. (cf. ū貹), [ib.]
12) a descendant of ū貹
13) n. Name of a Sāman, [Lāṭyāyana iv, 6, 1.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionaryū貹 (अनूप):—I. 1. [bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-貹�--pam) Watery, rich in water. 2. m.
(-貹�) (Used in a comm. of the Rāmāyṇa also as a neuter: -pam.)
1) A moist country. According to the division of the medical Ātreya-Saṃhitā one of the three climates of India—see besides ṅg and sādhārṇa; it is defined in Wise’s Hindu system of Medicine as having much water on its surface, being intersected by rivers and irregular in its surface, with high mountains and tall trees; the air being there cool and the wind temperate; abounding in grass, water flowers, geese, ducks, cranes, fish, serpents &c., unhealthy and its inhabitants being fat, indolent and weak.
2) (ved.) A jar (첹ś).
3) The name of a country (mentioned f. i. amongst those conquered by Rudradāman, one of the Sinha-kings). 2. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-貹�) 1) A buffalo. [
2) Any animal living in the water or on shore.
3) The francoline partridge (tittiraka).
4) An elephant.
5) A frog (plava).
6) Any shelled animal which lives in the water.
7) An amphibious animal.
8) A fish. (The last seven meanings are given on the authority of several medical authors.)]
9) A proper name, an abbreviation of ū貹siṃha q. v. See ū貹vilāsa. E. anu and ap, changed, according to Pāṇini, to ū, samāsānta aff. a (the affix being the same in the [tatpurusha compound] and the [bahuvrihi compound], according to the Kāśikā), but as regards the change of the vowel, it is more probable that a of ap has got lost and the preceding vowel lengthened by way of compensation, analogously to samīpa, pratīpa, dvīpa, vīpa &c. In darbhū貹 q. v. the n is not changed to �. Ii. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-貹�) (ved.) Throwing or effusing in regular succession or according to (scil. one’s functions); an epithet of the three divinities Parjanya, Vāyu and Āditya ‘who effuse on the earth (i. e. produce there) rain, cold and heat successively or according to their functions� (accord. to Yāska and Sāyṇa). E. vap with anu, kṛt aff. ac(?), but it is better perhaps to assume that this ū貹 means originally ‘favourable, propitious� and comes from anu and ap, kṛt aff. ac. For the latter etym. see the Preface.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Anupa (अनुप):—[(pa�--pa�) a.] Watery.
2) ū貹 (अनूप):�(貹�) 1. m. A buffalo. a. Wet.
3) Āū貹 (आनूप):�(貹�) 1. n. Any animals living in marshy places.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Anupa (अनुप) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ⲹ, ṇūv, Āṇūg.
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Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryū貹 (अनूप) [Also spelled anoop]:�(a) unequalled, unparalleled, singular, unique, out and away.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusū貹 (ಅನೂಪ):—[adjective] abounding or covered with, water ; marshy.
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ū貹 (ಅನೂಪ):�
1) [noun] = ಅನೂಪದೇ� [anupadesha].
2) [noun] a tract of low, wet, soft land that is temporarily or permanently, covered with water, characterised by aquatic, grass-like vegetation; marshy land.
3) [noun] a stretch of rising land on either side of a river.
4) [noun] a steep rise or slope, as of a hill.
5) [noun] a natural or artificial pool or pond used for water storage.
6) [noun] domesticated wild bovid, as the water buffalo of India; a buffalo.
7) [noun] a tailless, leaping amphibian with long, powerful hind legs, short forelegs, a smooth skin, and webbed feet; a frog.
8) [noun] thick-skinned, almost hairless mammal, the largest of extant four-footed animals, with a long, flexible trunk; an elephant.
9) [noun] a kind of partridge.
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Āū貹 (ಆನೂಪ):—[adjective] containing or full of water; watery; marshy; wet.
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Āū貹 (ಆನೂಪ):—[noun] any animal that frequents marshy places, (such as a buffalo).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryū貹 (अनूप):—n. swamp; adj. watery; marshy; wet;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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