Upavana, 鲍辫补惫腻苍补, Upav膩峁嘺: 24 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え) refers to 鈥渟mall forests鈥�, according to the 峁峁璼膩hasrasa峁僪it膩, an expansion of the Kubjik膩matatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjik膩 cult.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he venerable great lord of O岣峳a resides in the cavity in the Middle Land. It is (O岣嶀笉iy膩na) the first (sacred seat) and, yellow in colour, it has mountains, forests, and groves, large and small [i.e., 惫补苍补-耻辫补惫补苍补-蝉补峁僢丑奴迟补], and is adorned with golden walls. It has rivers and rivulets and many (other) things. It is full of all the seeds and is square all around. It has thunderbolts as door chains and M膩lin墨 (who resides there) holds a thunderbolt (vajra) in her hand. Endowed with the sovereignty of the Wheels, it is the sacred seat (Udy膩na) attended by the mistress of the sacred seat鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Kavya (poetry)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Upavana (啶夃お啶掂え) refers to a 鈥済arden鈥�, according to K膩lid膩sa鈥檚 Raghuva峁兣沘 verse 19.54.鈥擜ccordingly: 鈥淭he ministers joined by the chaplain who knew the last rites placed him on the pyre in secret in the palace garden (驳峁沨补-耻辫补惫补苍补), under the pretext of a ceremony that averts disease鈥�.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え) refers to a 鈥済arden (at the outskirts of the city)鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.4 (鈥淭he Tripuras are initiated).鈥擜ccordingly, after Vi峁ａ箛u instructed his his self-created Puru峁 and the four disciples: 鈥淭hen, bowing to Vi峁ａ箛u who carried out the wishes of 艢iva, the deceptive sage went joyously to the three cities accompanied by his disciples. Urged by Vi峁ａ箛u of great magic, that sage of great self-control entered the three cities and created illusion. Stationing himself in a garden at the outskirts of the city (nagara-upavana), accompanied by his disciples he set his magic in motion. That was powerful enough to fascinate even the expert magicians. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhitaUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え) refers to鈥擲ub-forests.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Upavana - A thera. He belonged to a very rich brahmin family of Savatthi, and having seen the Buddhas majesty at the dedication of Jetavana, he entered the Order and became an arahant with sixfold anna. For some time, before Ananda was appointed upatthaka, Upavana waited on the Buddha. Once when the Buddha was attacked by cramp, Upavana, with the help of his lay friend Devahita, obtained hot water and suitable medicines, with which the ailment was healed; the Buddha, thereupon, expressed his gratitude. ThagA.i.308ff; this ailment does not seem to be mentioned in Milinda 134f. where several others are given. This incident is given at greater length in S.i.174f; see also DhA.iv.232f.
When the Buddha lay on his death bed at Kusinara, Upavana was by his side fanning him; the Buddha, seeing that he obstructed the vision of the devas who had come to pay their last homage to the Teacher, asked Upavana to move away (D.ii.138f).
Two occasions are mentioned on which Upavana consulted the Buddha on matters of doctrine, once regarding the arising of suffering (S.ii.41-2) and once on the immediate and practical use of the Dhamma (sanditthikadhamma) (S.iv.41). There is also recorded a visit of Upavana to Sariputta when they were both staying in the Ghositarama at Kosambi. Sariputta asks him about the bojjhangas as being conducive to a happy life and Upavana explains (S.v.76). On another occasion Upavana is the enquirer, and he asks Sariputta about the end maker (antakara); Sariputta explains that the end maker is the one who knows and sees things as they really are (A.ii.163).
When an unpleasant interview took place between Sariputta and Laludayi (q.v.) and no one was found to support Sariputta, the matter is reported to the Buddha, who declares that Ananda should have taken Sariputtas side. Soon afterwards Ananda seeks Upavana and tells him that he was too timid to interfere, and if the Buddha referred to the matter again, would Upavana undertake to answer? In the evening the Buddha engages Upavana in conversation and asks him to explain the five qualities which make a monk esteemed and loved by his colleagues. At the end of the discourse the Buddha applauds Upavana (A.iii.195f).
In Padumuttaras time Upavana had been a poor man. Seeing people making great offerings at the Buddhas Thupa, he was much touched, and having washed his upper garment, he hung it as a flag over the Thupa. A yakkha named Abhisammataka, who was the guardian of the cetiya, took the flag three times round the cetiya, he himself remaining invisible.
A monk whom the man consulted after this miracle foretold that for thirty thousand kappas he would be in the deva worlds and that he would be deva king eighty times. One thousand times he was Cakkavatti. In his last life his wealth was eighty crores.
Therav膩da 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).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra鲍辫补惫腻苍补 (啶夃お啶掂ぞ啶�) is the name of a disciple of the Buddha, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra chapter XLI. 膧nanda fulfilled his mission with the greatest devotion for the last twenty-five years of the Teacher鈥檚 life. Before 膧nanda took charge, other disciples functioned temporarily. The commtary of the Therag膩th膩 and that of the Ud膩na record seven of them and the old canonical sources confirm this. Viz., 鲍辫补惫腻苍补 (D墨gha, II, p. 139, l. 1; Sa峁儁utta, I, p. 174, l. 25).
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え) refers to a 鈥済rove鈥�, according to the 痴补箩谤补迟耻峁囜笉补蝉补尘补测补办补濒辫补谤腻箩补, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭hen the Bhagav膩n reached the vicinity of the residence of Vai艣rava峁嘺. In that region there was a choicest forest called Vi峁vaka. There was a lotus lake in the middle of an opening of the forest. By the power of that lotus lake the fields, gardens, forests (vana), groves (upavana), flowers and fruits in the capital of A岣峚kavat墨 became refreshed [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) 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 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryupavana : (nt.) a forest which is near by.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryUpavana, (nt.) (upa + vana, see upa 5) a kind of wood, miniature wood, park J. IV, 431; V, 249; Miln. 1; VvA. 170 (= vana), 344; ThA. 201; PvA. 102 (膩r膩m掳), 177 (mah膩掳). (Page 146)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) upavana (醼メ�曖�濁��) [(na) (醼�)]鈥�
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2) upav膩na (醼メ�曖�濁���) [(pu) (醼曖��)]鈥�
摆测腻诲颈肠肠丑补办补闭
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3) upav膩峁嘺 (醼メ�曖�濁���) [(pu) (醼曖��)]鈥�
摆测腻诲颈肠肠丑补办补闭
摆醼氠赌赌掅赌赌呩赌贯赌吗赌赌醼斸赌赌欋赌篯
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryupavana (啶夃お啶掂え).鈥攏 (S A minor or diminutive wood.) A garden; a plantation; an orchard; a grove.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishupavana (啶夃お啶掂え).鈥�n A garden, a plantation, an or- chard.
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 dictionaryUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え).鈥擺upamita峁� vanena] A garden, grave, a planted forest; 啶ぞ啶｀啶∴啶氞啶涏ぞ啶啶さ啶ㄠさ啷冟い啶 啶曕啶む啷堗 啶膏啶氞た啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶� (p膩峁囜笉ucch膩yopavanav峁泃aya岣� ketakai岣� s奴cibhinnai岣�) Meghad奴ta 23; R.8.73. 13.79; 掳啶侧い啶� (濒补迟腻) a garden creeper.
Derivable forms: upavanam (啶夃お啶掂え啶).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え).鈥攏.
(-苍补峁�) A garden, a grove. E. upa like, and vana a wood.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え).鈥擺upa-vana], n. A grove, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 3, 52, 38.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え).鈥擺neuter] a small wood, grove.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upavana (啶夃お啶掂え):鈥擺=upa-vana] n. a small forest or wood, grove, garden, [Mah膩bh膩rata; Manu-sm峁泃i; Meghad奴ta] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a planted forest, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え):鈥擺upa-vana] (苍补峁�) 1. n. A grove or garden.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Upavana (啶夃お啶掂え) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 鲍惫补惫补峁嘺, 翱惫补峁嘺.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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 dictionaryUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え) [Also spelled upavan]:鈥�(nm) a garden, park, parkland.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUpavana (嗖夃勃嗖掂波):鈥擺noun] an orchard, garden, etc. in the outskirts of a town.
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 DictionaryUpavana (啶夃お啶掂え):鈥攏. 1. grove; small forest; park; 2. artificial forest; wood;
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: Upavana Sutta, Upavanacceti, Upavanalakkhana, Upavanam, Upavanasanditthikasutta, Upavanata, Upavanatthera, Upavanattheravannana, Upavanavinoda.
Full-text (+23): Upavanavinoda, Upavana Sutta, Upavanam, Aramupavana, Kilanaupavana, Upavanasanditthikasutta, Mahaupavana, Uvavanam, Upavan, Upavanatthera, Apavana, Upavanalakkhana, Grihopavana, Uvavana, Gehopavana, Ovana, Nirbharts, Aramam, Upamana, Viyu.
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Maha Buddhavamsa鈥擳he Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 38 - Story of Venerable Upav膩峁嘺 < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
Buddha Chronicle 7: Anomadass墨 Buddhava峁僺a < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Chapter 34d - The Buddha鈥檚 Twentieth Vassa at R膩jagaha < [Volume 4]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 423 - It is the Giver that makes the Gift < [Chapter 26 - Br膩hma峁嘺 Vagga (The Br膩hma峁嘺)]
Verse 206-208 - The Story of Sakka < [Chapter 15 - Sukha Vagga (Happiness)]
Verse 54-55 - The Story of the Question Raised by the Venerable 膧nanda < [Chapter 4 - Puppha Vagga (Flowers)]
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Natural Abodes of Elephants: Forests and woods < [Chapter 3]
Summary of the M膩ta峁単al墨l膩 < [Chapter 1]
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on Biography of the thera 鲍辫补惫腻苍补 < [Chapter 3 - Subh奴tivagga (section on Subh奴ti)]
Commentary on the Biography of the thera 膧nanda < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by 艢r墨 艢r墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 Mah膩r膩ja)
Verse 1.1.70-72 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]
Verse 2.1.194-195 < [Chapter 1 - Vair膩gya (renunciation)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.17.13 < [Chapter 17 - The Meeting of 艢r墨 R膩dh膩-K峁涐梗峁嘺]
Verse 6.4.23 < [Chapter 4 - Journey to the City of Ku峁囜笉ina]