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Upa: 20 definitions

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Upa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Buddhist Information: A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas

Upa means first;

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Upa in Cameroon is the name of a plant defined with Irvingia gabonensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Fegimanra africana (Oliv.) Pierre (among others).

2) Upa in India is also identified with Salvadora persica It has the synonym Salvadora paniculata Zucc. ex Steud. (etc.).

3) Upa in Nigeria is also identified with Afzelia africana It has the synonym Afzelia africana J.E. Smith ex Pers. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Manding Art and Civilisation. (1972)
· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Cytologia (1988)
· Nat. Prod. Res. (2003)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1995)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Upa-, (Vedic upa; Av. upa on, up; Gr. u(pό under, u(pέr over; Lat. sub fr. *(e)ks-upo; Goth. uf under & on; Ohg. ūf = Ags. up = E. up; Oir. fo under. See also upari) prefix denoting nearness or close touch (cp. similarly ā), usually with the idea of approach from below or rest on top, on, upon, up, by.—In compn. a upa is always contracted to upa, e.g. devūpaṭṭhāna, lokûpaga, puññûpatthambhita.—Meanings: (1) (Rest): on upon, up �: °kiṇṇa covered over; °jīvati live on (cp. anu°); °tthambhita propped up, sup-ported; °cita heaped up, ac-cumulated; °dhāreti hold or take up; °nata bent on; °nissaya foundation; °nissita depending on etc.�(2) (Aim): (out) up to (the speaker or hearer); cp. the meanings developed out of this as “higher, above� in upara, upari, upama = Lat. superus, supremus E. g. °kaḍḍhati drag on to; °kappati come to, accrue; °kappana ad-ministering; °kāra service to; °kkhata administered; °gacchati go to, ap-proach (cp. upâtigacchati); °disati ad-vise; °dhāvati run up to: °nadati to sound out; °nikkhamati come out up to; °nisevita gone on to or after; °neti bring on to; etc.�(3) (Nearness): close by, close to, near, “ad-�; e.g. °kaṇṇaka close to the ear; °cāra ap-plication; °ṭṭhāna at-tending; ṭṭhita ap-proached; °tiṭṭhati stand by, look after; °dduta urged; °nāmeti place close to; °nibandhati tie close to; °nisīdati sit close to or down by.�(4) (Intensive use): quite, altogether, “up�; e.g. °antika quite near; °chindati cut up.�(5) (Diminutive use as in Lat. subabsurdus; Gr. u(poλeukos whitish; Oir. fo-dord; Cymr. go-durdd murmur): nearly, about, somewhat, a little, secondary, by �, miniature, made after the style of, e.g. °aḍḍha about half; °kacchaka like a little hollow; °kaṇḍakin (= °paṇḍukin? whitish); °deva a minor god; °nibha somewhat similar to; °nila bluish; upapurohita minor priest; uparajja viceroyalty; upalohitaka, uparopa; °vana a little forest. etc. Note. The nearest semantie affinity of upa is ā°. (Page 138)

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

ܱ貹�

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ဤဥသဒ္ဒါကိ� နိပါတ်ပုဒ� အဖြစ်ဖြင့်လည်းကောင်� ဥပသဂ္� (ဥပသာ�)ပုဒ� အဖြစ်ဖြင့်လည်းကောင်� နှစ်မျိုးတွေ့ရ၏� ထိုတွင်နိပါတ်ဖြစ်သေ� ဥပသဒ္ဒါကိ� "ဥပနီတဝယေ�-တ� ဥပါတ� နိပါတမတ္တံ" (ဓမ္မ၊ဋ္ဌ၊၂၊၂၁�)� ဟူ၍ အနက်မရှ� ပဒါလင်္ကာရအဖြစ� အဖွင့်တွေ့ရ၏� ဥပသာရဖြစ်သေ� ဥပသဒ္ဒါ၏ အနက်နှင့� ဥဒါဟရုဏ်များမှ�- မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။

(Auto-Translation): This text refers to the Udattha as found in two forms: as a separate rule (Nipatta) and as an applicable rule (Upasampada). In the former, it is defined as "Upanita vayorati upadita nipatam" (Dhamma, T., 2, 216), which is found in an unambiguous manner as a Padalincara. The meanings and explanations of the applicable rule (Upasampada) can be found in the original text.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

upa (उप).—S A particle and prefix implying I. Vicinity or assemblage: (near, by the side of, with.) II. Inferiority: (less, minor, secondary.) III. Excess: (over, above, beyond.) IV. Likeness or resemblance. V. It is often redundant.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

upa (उप).—A particle and prefix implying vi- cinity; inferiority, excess, likeness.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upa (उप).�ind.

1) As a prefix to verbs and nouns it expresses towards, near to, by the side of, with, under, down (opp. apa). According to G. M. the following are its senses :-उप सामीप्यसामर्थ्यव्याप्त्याचार्यकृतिमृतिदोषदानक्रियावीप्सा- रम्भाध्ययनबुजनेष� (upa sāmīpyasāmarthyavyāptyācāryakṛtimṛtidoṣadānakriyāvīpsā- rambhādhyayanabujaneṣu) :-(1) nearness, contiguity उपविशत�, उपगच्छति (upaviśati, upagacchati) goes near; (2) power, ability उपकरोत� (upakaroti); (3) pervasion उपकीर्� (ܱ貹īṇa); (4) advice, instructing as by a teachar उपदिशत�, उपदे� (upadiśati, upadeśa); (5) death, extinction, उपरत (uparata); (6) defect, fault उपघा� (ܱ貹ٲ); (7) giving उपनयति, उपहरति (upanayati, upaharati); (8) action, effort उप त्वानेष्ये (upa tvāneṣye); (9) beginning, commencement उपक्रमते, उपक्रम (upakramate, upakrama); (1) study उपाध्याय� (ܱⲹ�); (11) reverence, worship उपस्थानम�, उपचरति पितर� पुत्रः (upasthānam, upacarati pitara� putra�). It is also said to have the senses of disease, ornament, command, reproof, killing, wish, resemblance &c.

2) As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns, it expresses direction towards, nearness, resemblance, relationship, contiguity in space, number, time, degree &c., but generally involving the idea of subordination or inferiority; उपकनिष्ठिक� (ܱ貹첹Ծṣṭ󾱰) the finger next to the little finger; उपपुराणम� (ܱ貹ܰṇa) a secondary Purāṇa; उपगुरु� (ܱ貹ܰ�) an assistant master; उपाध्यक्षः (ܱⲹṣa�) a vice-president. It usually, however, forms Avyayī. comp. in these senses; उपगङ्गम् (ܱ貹ṅg) = गङ्गायाः समीपे (gaṅgāyā� samīpe); उपकूलम�, °वनम् (upakūlam, °vanam) &c.; these are again compounded with other words; उपकूपजलाशय� (ܱ貹ū貹Ჹśⲹ�); उपकण्ठ- निवासिनी (upakaṇṭha- nivāsinī). Prefixed to proper nouns it means a 'younger brother'; उपेन्द्र� (ܱԻ�).

3) With numerals it forms संख्याबहुव्रीहि (ṃkܱī) and means 'nearly', 'almost'; उपत्रिंशाः (ܱ貹ٰṃśāḥ) nearly thirty; उपविंशाः (ܱ貹ṃśāḥ) about twenty &c.

4) As a separable preposition (a) with acc. when it means inferiority उपोधिकेच (upodhikeca) (P.I. 4.87) उपहरिं सुरा� (upahari� surā�) Sk. the gods are under i. e. are inferior to Hari; शक्राद� उपाच्युतम् (śakrādaya upācyutam) Vop. (b) With loc. it expresses (1) over, above, superior to; उपनिष्के कार्षापणम्, उपपरार्ध� हरेर्गुणाः (upaniṣke kārṣāpaṇam, upaparārdhe harerguṇāḥ); (2) addition; (3) near to, towards, in the direction of, under; (4) at, on, upon; (5) upto, in, above; e. g. उप सानुषु (upa sānuṣu) on or above the peaks; वय� � वसतीरु� (vayo na vasatīrupa); or sometimes (c) with the instr.; with, at the same time with, according to.

5) As a separable adverb it is rarely used in the senses of further, moreover. उपसन्नेऽधिके हीने सादृश्यप्रतियत्नयो� � तद्योगव्याप्तिपूजासु शक्तावारम्भदानयो� � दक्षिणाचार्यकरणदोषाख्यानात्ययेषु � (upasanne'dhike hīne sādṛśyapratiyatnayo� || tadyogavyāptipūjāsu śaktāvārambhadānayo� || dakṣiṇācāryakaraṇadoṣākhyānātyayeṣu ca) | [cf. Gr. hupo; L. sub; Goth. up; Germ. ob.].

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upa (उप).—ind. A particle and prefix to verbs and other words implying, 1. Excess, (over, above, &c.;) 2. Vicinity or assemblage, (near, by the side of, with, together with;) 3. Inferiority. (lesser, secondary, &c.;) 4. Likeness, resemblance; 5. Disease, extinction; 6. Ornament; 7. Command; 8. Reproof; 9. Astonishing; 10. Giving; 11. Killing; 12. Diffusion; 13. Wish, desire; 14. Effort, exertion, &c. as ܱ貹첹ٳٳ� to assist; ܱ貹Գٳ� to approach; ܱ貹ṣṭ� to advice; ܱ貹� to revile; ܱ貹ٳٳ� to worship; also ܱ貹ܰṇa� an inferior or minor Purana, ܱ貹ܳ� near the water-pot, ܱ貹ṅg� upon the Ganges, ܱ貹Գٲ� near or with a lover, ܱ岵Ծ in the vicinity of fire.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upa (उप).—ind. Under, on, near. I. adv. Near, further (ved.). Ii. prep. Near to (with the acc.), Mahābhārata 1, 4099. Iii. Combined and compounded with verbs and their derivatives (q. cf.). Iv. Former part of comp. nouns and adv. implying Inferiority, Nearness, e. g. upa-vana (lit., an inferior, a small, forest), n. A grove. ܱ貹-ī첹, m. A partisan of the Kīcakas (a people). upa-graha, m. A minor planet or any secondary heavenly body, as a comet, etc. upa-kanyā-pura + m. adv. Near the gyneceum.

� Cf. [Gothic.] uf, e. g. in ufdaupjan (to submerge), ufsneithan (to cut up), and ufhaban (to lift); [Latin] sub is compounded with sa, corresponding to a Sskr. sa-upa; likewise

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upa (उप).—[adverb] thereto, further, as [preposition] towards, unto, near, at, in, *below, less than ([accusative]); near, by, at, upon, at the time of, up to, *above, more than ([locative]); together with, according to ([instrumental]). � It is mostly used °� in verbs, adverbs or nouns, denoting approach, vicinity, or inferiority (cf upagam; gamana, mūlam, purāṇa).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Upa (उप):�ind. (a preposition or prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) towards, near to (opposed to apa, away), by the side of, with, together with, under, down (e.g. ܱ貹-∻, to go near, undergo; upa-gamana, approaching; in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context, and sometimes upa is placed after the verb to which it belongs, e.g. āyayur upa = ܱⲹ�, they approached). (As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns upa expresses) direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, and relationship, but with the idea of subordination and inferiority (e.g. ܱ貹-첹Ծṣṭ󾱰, the finger next to the little finger; ܱ貹-ܰṇa, a secondary or subordinate Purāṇa; ܱ貹-岹ś, nearly ten)

2) sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g. ܱ貹-ū, at the root; ܱ貹-ū-ٰ, towards the beginning of night; ܱ貹-ū, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g. ܱ貹ū貹-Ჹśⲹ, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well)

3) prefixed to proper names upa may express in classical literature ‘a younger brother� (e.g. upendra, ‘the younger brother of Indra�), and in Buddhist literature ‘a son.� (As a separable adverb upa rarely expresses) thereto, further, moreover (e.g. tatropa brahma yo veda, who further knows the Brahman), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra] (As a separable preposition) near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below (with [accusative] e.g. upa āśā�, towards the regions)

4) near to, at, on, upon

5) at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with [locative case] e.g. upa sānuṣu, on the tops of the mountains)

6) with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst. e.g. upa dharmabhi�, according to the rules of duty), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] upa, besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction; ornament; command; reproof; undertaking; giving; killing; diffusing; wish; power; effort; resemblance, etc.;

7) cf. [Zend] upa; [Greek] ὑπό; [Latin] sub; [Gothic] uf; Old [German] oba; [modern] [German] ob in Obdach, obliegen, etc.

8) Upā (उप�):�ind. a particular Nidhana or concluding chorus at the end of a Sāman, [Lāṭyāyana vii, 10, 1 ff.; Sāyaṇa on Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa]

9) Ū (ऊप�):�f. a kind of Nidhana, [???]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upa (उप):�prep. Near; less; over.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Upa (उप) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ula.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Upa (उप) [Also spelled up]:�—a Sanskrit prefix denoting proximity, commencement, diminution, subordination, secondary character, etc.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upa (ಉಪ):—[noun] service; attendance; honouring; worshipping.

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Upa (ಉಪ):�

1) [prefix] '[a prefix somewhat equal to ''sub-'' of English] lower in rank, position or importance than; subordinate to.'2) [prefix] that forms a division into smaller or less important parts.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Upa (உப) particle < upa. A Sanskrit adverbial or adnominal prefix implying proximity or subsidiariness; உபசந்த� உபக்கிரகம் என்பவற்றிற� போலச� சமீபம� அப்பிரதானம� என்பவைகளைக� காட் டும் ஒர� வடமொழி யுபசருக்கம�. [upasanthi upakkiragam enpavarrir polas samipam appirathanam enpavaigalaig kad dum oru vadamozhi yupasarukkam.]

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Upā (உப�) noun Tooth-brush tree. See உக�. [uga.] (L.)

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Upā (உப�) noun Subtle elements; தன்மாத� திரை. உபாக்கடெரிவுரைப்பின் [thanmath thirai. upakkaderivuraippin] (நீலகேச� [nilagesi], 486, உர�. [urai.])

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Upa (उप):—pref. down; under; near; towards;

2) Upa (उप):—adj. deputy; sub; under; with;

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