Upalambha, , ṃb: 18 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexUpalambha (उपलम्भ).—A son of Akrūra.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 45. 29.

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)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms(उपालम्�):—[ܱḥ] Censure or reproach; the loop-holing of another’s reasons with regard to fallacies and invalid reasonings

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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraUpalambha (उपलम्भ) refers to the “capture� (of enemy’s fortress) [?], according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “We shall now proceed to give a brief description of (the qualifications of) a dzپṣa첹. [...] He must be able to interpret the language and gestures of fighting men and the like; he must be learned in the Ṣaḍguṇa and Upāya policies; he must be able to predict the success or failure of an undertaking; he must be able to interpret omens; he must have a knowledge of favourable halting places for the king’s army; he must be able to interpret the colour of ceremonial fires; he must know when to employ the ministers, spies, messengers and forest men; he must be able to give directions touching the captures [i.e., upalambha] of the enemy’s fortress�.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraUpalambha (उपलम्भ) refers to �(that which is) graspable� (as opposed to Anupalambha—‘ungraspable�), according to Mahāñpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The Non-existence of Time According to the Mahāyāna].—[...] [Question].—But absence of nature (ṣaṇa) is has limits (antavat)! [Answer].—No. Absence of nature is limitless (ananta), inexpressible (Բⲹ) and unquestionable. Why do you say it is limited? If one grasps characteristics in the absence of characteristics, this would no longer be an absence of characteristics. By absence of nature we mean the ungraspable emptiness (Գܱ貹-śūԲⲹ). Here, absence of nature is ungraspable and emptiness itself is ungraspable. This is why absence of characteristics is called ungraspable emptiness. [...]�.
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā1) Upalambha (उपलम्भ) refers to “conception (of appearances)�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Further, the so-called ‘insight (ñ)� is a word for calm because it is free from the flame of false discrimination; [...] a word for purity because it is essentially undefiled; a word for no darkness because it has no conception (upalambha) of appearances; a word for non-duality because it is beyond attribution; a word for perishability because it is become exhausted and purified; a word for imperishability because it is unconditioned; a word for no conditions because it is without connection; [...]�.
2) Upalaṃbha (उपलं�) refers to “preconceived (viewpoints)�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā.—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva collect all qualities of the Buddha by thorough practice (DzԾś-Dz)? [...] Learning is the cause of great insight; the Bodhisattva, not being entangled in the preconceived viewpoints (ܱ貹ṃb-ṛṣṭi첹-ṇa), having transferred the learning without apprehending into omniscience, fulfils the perfection of insight. In the same way with all good qualities, whatever the cause of good qualities accumulated, its effect will appear without effort. Further, the cause and conditions are called thorough mental effort. [...]�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpalambha (उपलम्भ).—[labh-ñ-mum ca P.VII.4.64]
1) Acquisition; अस्मादङ्गुलीयोपलम्भात्स्मृतिरुपलब्धा (岹ṅgܱīDZ貹ٲṛtܱ貹) Ś.7.
2) Direct perception or recognition, comprehension otherwise than from memory) same as अनुभ� (anubhava) q. v.); प्राक्तनोपलम्भ (ٲԴDZ貹) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5; ज्ञातौ सुतस्पर्शसुखोपलम्भात� (jñātau sutasparśasukhopalambhāt) R.14.2.
3) Ascertaining, knowing; अविघ्नक्रियोपलम्भा� (ԲDZ貹ⲹ) Ś.1.
4) Seeing, looking at (岹śԲ); लावण्यधाम्नो भवितोपलम्भनम� (lāvaṇyadhāmno bhavitopalambhanam) Bhāgavata 1.38.1.
Derivable forms: ܱ貹� (उपलम्भ�).
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(उपालम्�).�
1) Abuse, taunt, censure; अस्य� महदुपालम्भनं गतोऽस्मि (asyā mahadܱԲ� gato'smi) Ś.5; तवोपालम्भे पतितास्म� (tavopālambhe patitāsmi) M.1 laid myself open to your censure; उचितस्तदुपालम्भः (ܳٲٲܱ�) Uttararāmacarita 3.
2) Delaying, putting off.
3) Escorting, conducting; केचिदस्मदुपालम्भ� मतिं चक्रुर्ह� तापसाः (kecidasmadupālambhe mati� cakrurhi tāpasā�) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.176.2.
Derivable forms: ܱ� (उपालम्भः).
See also (synonyms): ܱԲ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUpalambha (उपलम्भ).�(compare Sanskrit id.; not recorded in Pali; compare prec., an-upa°, an-upalabdhi, the next items, and aupalambhika), according to standard interpretation, mental perception or apperception, realization by the intellect; Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) xviii.92 commentary buddhyā pratipatti�; Tibetan dmigs (-pa) thought, fancy, imagination; to construe in one's mind, etc.; see also La Vallée-Poussin, ś Index s.v. upalabdhi.Were it not for this persistent tradition, some occurrences, especially of the neg. forms (an-upalambha, °labdhi), could easily be interpreted as related to upa- labhyate (1) and meaning (non-)occurrence, (non-)existence. These mgs. are attributed by Critical Pali Dictionary to an-upaladdhi, °labbhana; and tho not recognized in [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary], occurrence, existence seems to me the probable meaning of upaladdhi in the two passages cited for it, Miln. 268.7 and Vimānavatthu (Pali) commentary 279.10. In many [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] places inconceivability or non- occurrence, non-reality would make equally good sense for an-upa°. I do not, however, venture to abandon what [Page140-b+ 71] seems to have been the standard tradition. Reliance on upalambha, mental perception, fancy, is an error, stigmatized as upalambha-dṛṣṭi, the heresy that relies on upalambha, Lalitavistara 35.6 (or as [ܱī], one who adheres to that heresy, ṇḍī첹 383.12); see also °dṛṣṭika. Similarly upalambha-saṃjñin Śṣāsܳⲹ 315.1, having the (false) notion of upalambha; upalam- bha-yogena, by the (erroneous) method of upalambha, Śatasāhasrikā-ñpāramitā 1042.16, repeated formulaically (compare anupalambha-yogena s.v. anupalambha).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpalambha (उपलम्भ).—m.
(-�) Apprehension, conception, comprehension otherwise than from memory. E. upa near, labhi to obtain, ñ aff. [Pagĕ9-b+ 60]
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(उपालम्�).—m.
(-�) 1. Abuse, reviling. 2. Deferring, delaying. E. upa and � before labhi to injure, ac aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpalambha (उपलम्भ).—i. e. upa-labh + a, m. 1. Acquisition, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 34, 23. 2. Observation, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 13, 23. 3. Perception,
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(उपालम्�).—i. e. upa-ā -labh + a, m. Blame,
Upalambha (उपलम्भ).—[masculine] = [preceding] [feminine]
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(उपालम्�).—[masculine] na [neuter] censure, reviling.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upalambha (उपलम्भ):—[=upa-lambha] [from upa-labh] m. obtainment, [峾ⲹṇa; Śiśupāla-vadha]
2) [v.s. ...] perceiving, ascertaining, recognition, [Raghuvaṃśa; Śakuntalā; Sarva岹śԲ-saṃgraha; Nyāyakośa etc.]
3) (उपालम्�):—[=ܱ-] [from ܱ-] m. reproach, censure, abuse, finding fault with, [Mahābhārata; Hitopadeśa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] prohibition, interdict, [Nyāya]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upalambha (उपलम्भ):—[upa-lambha] (�) 1. m. Apprehension.
2) (उपालम्�):—[ܱ+] (�) 1. m. Abuse; delay.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Upalambha (उपलम्भ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṃb, ṃb, ṃb, ṃkṇa.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryṃb (उपालंभ) [Also spelled upalambh]:�(nm) complaint; reproach.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṃb (ಉಪಾಲಂಭ):�
1) [noun] the act or fact of getting, acquiring or earning.
2) [noun] an insulting or coarse language; abusing; an accusation for being at fault; blame.
3) [noun] a taunting, sneering, cutting or caustic remark; sarcasm; irony.
4) [noun] a putting off; delaying; avoiding; preventing.
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 Dictionary(उपालम्�):—n. abuse; reproach; complaint;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Upalambhadrishti, Upalambhadrishtika, Upalambhaka, Upalambhamgey, Upalambhana, Upalambhanamgey, Upalambhaniya.
Full-text (+5): Anupalambha, Sopalambha, Samupalambha, Upalambhana, Upalambhadrishtika, Upalambh, Uvalampam, Aupalambhika, Uvalambha, Upalampam, Olambha, Jhamkhana, Opalambhika, Saninda, Upalambhadrishti, Uparambha, Anupalabdhi, Jatika, Vyabhicaribhava, Ninda.
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