Upakarma: 6 definitions
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Upakarma means something in 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Upakarm.
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Shodhganga: Vaikhanasa Grhyasutra Bhasya (Critical Edition and Study)Up膩karma (啶夃お啶距啶班啶�) refers to the 鈥渁nnual ritual of taking up of studies鈥� and represents one of the eighteen bodily rituals (艣腻谤墨谤补办补-蝉补峁僺办腻谤补蝉) mentioned in the Vaikh膩nasag峁沨yas奴tra (viz., 惫补颈办丑腻苍补蝉补-驳峁沨测补-蝉奴迟谤补) which belongs to the Taittir墨ya school of the Black Yajurveda (办峁涐梗峁嘺测补箩耻谤惫别诲补).鈥擳he original G峁沨yas奴tra of Vaikhan膩sa consists of eleven chapters or 鈥�辫谤补艣苍补蝉鈥�. Each 辫谤补艣苍补 is subdivided into sub-divisions called 鈥�办丑补峁囜笉补鈥�. But only the first seven chapters deal with actual G峁沨yas奴tra section. Of these, the first three chapters dealing with the bodily rituals [viz., Up膩karma].
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣膩stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
India history and geography
: archive.org: South Indian FestivitiesThe Upakarma religious ceiemony is performed by the Hindus following the Yajurveda in tlie month of Sravana, called in Tamil Avani, corresponding to the English month August-September on the full-moon day if it happensto be free from defects. If the full-moon day in Avani is not free from defects, then the full-moon day in the month of Purattasi (September-October) is selected. If even that day be wanting in purity for the purpose then the full-moon day in the month of Adi (July-August) is selected.
: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1Upakarma refers to one of the festivals of the Nambutiris. Upakarma refers to the regular day for putting on a new sacred thread, after having cleansed away the sins of the year through the prayaschittam, in which ceremony the five sacred products of the cow (milk, curds, ghi, urine, and dung) are partaken of. It is done on the 15th of Sravana. The Nambutiri people form the socio-spiritual aristocracy of Malabar, and, as the traditional landlords of Parasu Rama鈥檚 land, they are everywhere held in great reverence.
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 Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishup膩karma (啶夃お啶距啶班啶�).鈥�n The annual ceremony of renewing the sacrificial or the characteristic thread.
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryUp膩karma (啶夃お啶距啶班啶�) [Also spelled upakarm]:鈥�(nm) a ritual performed on purnima: in the month of Shravan as a pre-requisite to the commencement of the recitation of the Vedas.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUp膩karma (嗖夃勃嗖距矔嗖班硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a starting or commencing; a beginning; commencement.
2) [noun] a ceremony performed before initiating to the study of the Vedas; now, chiefly, the ceremony of investing a boy with sacred thread.
3) [noun] a festival of renewing the sacred thread, in 艢r膩va峁嘺, the fifth month of Hindulunar calendar.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Upakarmakarika, Upakarmam, Upakarmamantragrantha, Upakarman, Upakarmapaddhati, Upakarmapramana, Upakarmaprayoga, Upakarmavidhi.
Full-text: Upakarmaprayoga, Upakarmavidhi, Upakarmakarika, Smartollase upakarmaprayoga, Upakarmapaddhati, Balavardhana, Vetarampam, Upakarm, Upakarana.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.95 < [Section XII - Vedic Study]
Verse 4.96 < [Section XII - Vedic Study]
Verse 4.119 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]
Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
Minor Ritual During Brahmacarya Period < [Chapter 2 - Rituals of the Education System]
Meaning of the word Sa峁僺k膩ra < [Chapter 2 - Rituals of the Education System]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Education (3): Knowledge < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects]
Apastamba Dharma-sutra (by 膧pastamba)
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Role of shashti upakrama in stana vidhradhi (breast abscess) < [2018: Volume 7, February special issue 4]
Shirodhara: An Ayurvedic approach for geriatric anxiety relief. < [2022: Volume 11, April issue 4]
Anatomico-physiological aspect of agnikarma w.s.r. to pain management < [2020: Volume 9, August issue 8]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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