Upadha, 貹, Upā: 17 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: archive.org: Uṇādi-Sūtras In The Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition貹 (उपधा).—One of the technical terms which have been used in the ṇād-ūٰ;—貹� means the penultimate letter of a word. It is not altogether a new term in the ṇād-ūٰ. In the same sense Yāska uses it in the Nirukta. Pāṇini defines it in the sūtra �alo’ntyāt purva upa� which means the last but one letter. The term in the sense of a penult has been used in a bout eight ṇād-ūٰ.
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar貹 (उपधा).—Penultimate letter, as defined in the rule अलोन्त्यात्पूर्व� उपघा (alontyātpūrva� upaghā) P. I. 1.65, e.g. see ह्रस्वोप�, दीर्घोपध, लघूप�, अकारोप� (hrasvopadha, īDZ貹, ū貹, DZ貹) etc.; lit. उपधीयत� निधीयत� सा (upadhīyate nidhīyate sā) that which is placed near the last letter.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryUpa-.�(CII 1), cf. hīta-sukham=upadadhyu�; to bring [welfare and happiness to the people]. Note: ܱ貹- is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryܱdha (उपाध).—f (ܱ S) A mischievous, annoying, disquieting (person, affair, occurrence); a bore or pest; an encumbrance or a clog; a wearisome sickness; a vexatious dispute; a trouble, scrape, difficulty, predicament.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishܱdha (उपाध).�f A mischievous, annoying, dis- quieting (person, affair, occurrence), a bore or pest. A trouble.
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 dictionary貹 (उपधा).�3 U.
1) To place or lay upon, place under or in; अधिजान� बाहुमुपधाय (adhijānu bāhumupaya) Śiśܱlavadha 9.54; उपहितं शिशिरापगमश्रिय� मुकुलजालमशोभ� किंशुक� (upahita� śiśirāpagamaśriyā mukulajālamaśobhata kiṃśuke) R.9.31; Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.47; Kumārasambhava 1.44; हृदि चैनामुपधातुमर्हस� (hṛdi caināmupatumarhasi) R.8.77 treasure up-lay to heart; Manusmṛti 4.54; उपहितसूक्ष्मग्रन्थिन� (ܱ貹ٲūṣmԳٳ) Ś.1.19.
2) To place, lay; वामहस्तोपहितवदना (峾ٴDZ貹ٲ岹) Ś.4 resting on.
3) (a) To place near; अक्ष्णोर्मुखेन्दुमुपधेहि (ṣṇǰܰԻܱܳ貹) Mv.4.56. (b) To put to or yoke (as a horse to a carriage &c.); उप त्मन� दधान� धुर्याशून् (upa tmani dano dhuryāśūn).
4) To cause, bring on or produce; नर� कृतान्तोपहितां (nara� kṛtāntopahitā�) (岹ś�) प्रपद्यत� (prapadyate) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.53.
5) To impose, entrust with, charge with (as a duty); तदुपहितकुटुम्ब� (ٲܱ貹ٲṭu�) R.7.71.
6) To lay a command upon, enjoin, instruct in (with acc.); स्त्रीषु नृत्यमुपधा� शिक्षयन् (strīṣu nṛtyamupaya śikṣayan) R.19.36.
7) To lie down upon, use as a pillow; उपधा� वामभुजमशयिषि (upaya vāmabhujamaśayiṣi) Daśakumāracarita 111.
8) To apply, employ, lay or bestow upon, क्रिया हि वस्तूपहिता प्रसीदत� (kriyā hi vastūpahitā prasīdati) R.3.29.
9) To place over, cover, conceal.
1) To add, place in addition.
11) To communicate, impart, give, bestow; उपहितशोभ� (ܱ貹ٲśDz) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.55.
12) To locate; एतदुपहित� चैतन्यम् (etadupahita� caitanyam) Vedānta S.
13) (In gram.) To precede without the intervention of another syllable.
14) To deceive (ñ); स्वय� चापहृत� भृत्या ये चाप्युपहिताः परैः (svaya� cāpahṛtā bhṛtyā ye cāpyupahitā� parai�) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.111.77.
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貹 (उपधा).�
1) Imposition, forgery, fraud, deceit, trick, pretence; उपधाभिश्� यः कश्चित्परद्रव्यं हरेन्नरः (upabhiśca ya� kaścitparadravya� harennara�) Manusmṛti 8.193.
2) Trial or test of honesty, (bhedopajāpau upa dharmādyairyatparī- kṣaṇam); (said to be of 4 kinds:1 loyalty, 2 disinterestedness, 3 continence, 4 courage i. e. DZ貹 Religious allurement, ٳDZ貹 Monetary allurement, 峾DZ貹 Love allurement, DZ貹 Allurement under the pressure of fear. 'bhiyā dharmārthakāmaiśca parīkṣ� yā tu sopa' ityabhina- cintāmaṇi�); (śǻ) धर्मोपधाभिर्विप्रांश्च सर्वाभिः सचिवान� पुनः (DZ貹bhirviprāṃśca sarvābhi� sacivān puna�) Kālikā P. उपधाभि� शौचाशौचज्ञानममात्यानाम� (upabhi� śaucāśaucajñānamamātyānām) | Kau. A.1.1; अमात्यानुपधातीनान् (ٲԳܱ貹ī) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 15.5.14.
3) A means or expedient; अयशोभिदुरा लोके कोपध� महणादृते (ayaśobhidurā loke kopa mahaṇādṛte) Śiśܱlavadha 19.58.
4) (In gram.) A penultimate letter (antyādvarṇātpūrva� upa). अलोन्त्यात� पूर्� उपधा (alontyāt pūrva upa) P.I.1.65.
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Upā (उपाध�).�3 U.
1) To place near or upon.
2) To offer, give, impart. अप� नः स्वर्गति� सूक्ष्मामुपाधास्यदधीश्वर� (api na� svargati� sūkṣmāmܱsyadadhīśvara�) Bhāg. 1.28.11.
3) To put on, wear.
2) To create, cause, produce; कोपोपाहितबाष्प (DZDZٲṣp) ṛh 3.85; Gītagovinda 1.
5) To render, make, effect.
6) To keep, hold.
7) To seduce (a woman); Rām.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹 (उपधा).—f.
(-) 1. A false pretence. 2. Trial or test of honesty, &c. of four kinds, of loyalty, disinterestedness, continence, and courage. 3. A penultimate letter. E. upa, having, from to have, with � and ṭāp affs.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹 (उपधा).—[ܱ貹-], f. 1. A false pretence, [Բśٰ] 8, 193. 2. Deceit, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] iii. [distich] 16.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹 (उपधा).—[feminine] imposition, fraud; penultimate letter ([grammar]).
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Upā (उपाध�).—put on, place upon ([locative]); [Middle] seize, take. Ծ take out or away. 貹 lay about, surround.
Upā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ܱ and (धा).
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貹 (उपधा).—C.[Middle] = [Simple][Causative]
貹 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and (धा).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 貹 (उपधा):—[=ܱ貹-] 1. upa-√� [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -dati, -dhatte, to place or lay upon, place near to, put on or into;
—to place, lay, put, [Ṛg-veda x, 87, 3; 145, 6; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.;
—to put to, yoke (horses), [Ṛg-veda iv, 29, 4];
—to give or make over, hand over (knowledge), teach, [Raghuvaṃśa];
—to impose, lay upon, commit, consign, [Raghuvaṃśa];
—to place under one’s self, lie down upon, [Rāmāyaṇa];
—to place in addition, add, connect, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Lāṭyāyana] etc.;
—to communicate, cause to share in;
—to use, employ;
� (in [grammar]) to lie or be placed close to, precede without the intervention of another syllable, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya] etc.;
—to cause to rest upon or depend on [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] 2. ܱ貹- f. imposition, forgery, fraud, deceit, trick, false pretence, [Mahābhārata; Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] trial or test of honesty (of four kinds, viz. of loyalty, disinterestedness, continence, and courage), [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya; Śiśܱla-vadha] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] (in [grammar]) a penultimate letter, [Pāṇini; Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya; Nirukta, by Yāska] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] condition, reservation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Upā (उपाध�):—[=ܱ-√�] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -dati, -dhatte, to place upon, put on [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa x; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
—to seize, lay hold of, take up, [Mahābhārata];
—to keep, hold back, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii];
—to seduce (a woman), [Rāmāyaṇa]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹 (उपधा):—[ܱ貹-] () 1. f. False pretence; trial of honesty, courage or ability; a penultimate letter.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)貹 (उपधा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: .
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary貹 (उपधा):—adj. penultimate;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryupa (ဥပဓ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
[upa++kvi.ka�629.nīti,sutta�1237.alopūva upa.pāṇini,1�1�65-.antyādapūvo vaṇa upa .eiea asiddhantakomudī�249]
[ဥ�+ဓ�+ကွိ။ ကစ္စည်း။ ၆၂၉။ နီတိ၊ သုတ္တ။ ၁၂၃၇� အလောန္တျာတ်ပူ� ဥပဓာ။ ပါဏိနိ၊ ၁။ ၁။ ၆၅-သုတ်။ အန္တျာဒလးပူဝေ� ဝ� ဥပဓာသည်� သျာတ်။ ယင်း၏ အဖွင့်သိဒ္ဓန္တကောမုဒီ။ ၂၄၉]

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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