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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपादाupādā3 Ā. (p. p. उपात्त)
1. 3 Ā. (Past passive participle उपात्त)
2. To receive, accept, take.
3. To acquire, obtain; भूर्या पितामहोपात्ता निबन्धो द्रव्यमेव च Y.2.121.
4. To give to, furnish with; उपाददे तस्य सहस्ररश्मिः; Ku.7.41.
5. To take, appropriate to oneself, assume; मदलौल्यमुपाददे Śi.6.23.
6. To take away or off, carry away; steal.
7. To seize, attack; Pt.3. 154.
8. To take, lay hold of; धनुरधिज्यमनाधिरुपाददे R. 9.54; to draw (water)
9. To assume a form.
10. To feel, perceive, experience; उपात्तहर्षैः पुंस्कोकिलैः Rs.6.21.
11. To consider, regard.
12. To take in addition, include, comprise; अत्र तैलशब्दस्तिलभवस्नेहरूपमुख्यार्थमुपादाय सार्षपादिस्नेहेषु वर्तते S. D.2.
13. To employ, apply, use; यत्परस्य कुत्साथमुपादीयते Mbh.
14. To undertake, begin; as in उपात्तयज्ञः; प्रजासर्गमुपादार्य Mb.12. 228.49.
15. To mention, enumerate; इति पूर्वसूत्रोपात्तानाम् Sk. -Causal
16. To cause to use, apply or employ.
17. To make use of.
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उपादानम्upādānam1 Taking, receiving, acquisition, obtaining; विश्रब्धं ब्राह्मणः शूद्राद् द्रव्योपादानमाचरेत् Ms.8.417; 12.7…
1. 1 Taking, receiving, acquisition, obtaining; विश्रब्धं ब्राह्मणः शूद्राद् द्रव्योपादानमाचरेत् Ms.8.417; 12.7; विद्याdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied K.75.
2. Taking away, appropriating to oneself.
3. Employment, using; becoming familiar with.
4. Mention, enumeration; किमास्योपादाने प्रयोजनम् Mbh.I.1.9.
5. Saying, speaking.
6. Including, containing.
7. Withdrawing the organs of sense and perception from the external world and its objects.
8. A cause; motive, natural or immediate cause; पाटवोपादानः भ्रमः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3. Vartious reading; प्रकृष्टपुण्य- परिपाकोपादानो महिमा स्यात् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.
9. The material out of which anything is made, the material cause; निमित्तमेव ब्रह्म स्यादुपादानं च वेक्षणात् adhikaraṇamālā.
10. A mode of expression in which a word used elliptically, besides retaining its own primary sense, conveys another (in addition to that which is actually expressed); स्वसिद्धये पराक्षेपः ... उपादानम् K. Parasmaipada2.
11. (With Buddhists) conception; grasping at or clinging to existence (caused by तृष्णा and causing भव). (With Rāmānujas) preparation (of perfumes, flowers etc. as one of the five elements of worship).
12. Effort of body or speech.
13. Name of the four contentments mentioned in सांख्यकारिका as प्रकृत्युपादानकालभागाख्याः Sāṅ. K.5.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कारणम् a material cause; प्रकृतिश्चोपादान- कारणं च ब्रह्माभ्युपगन्तव्यम् Ś. B.
- -लक्षणा Equivalent to अजहत्स्वार्था quod vide, which see; see K. Parasmaipada2; S. D.14.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपादाupādāA1. -दत्ते, (once P. pf. 3. pl. -ददुस् BhP. i, 8, 12) to receive, accept, gain, acquire, appropriate to one's…

Atmane-pada -दत्ते, (once Parasmaipada perfect tense 3. plural -ददुस् BhP. i, 8, 12) to receive, accept, gain, acquire, appropriate to one's self. take away, carry off, steal MBh. BhP. Ma1lav. etc. Page213,2; to take with; to take in addition, include, comprise; to take as help, use, employ, apply BhP. Pat. (confer, compare उपा*-दाय); to seize, lay hold of, gather, take up, draw up MBh. Ragh. Kum. etc.; to assume (a form or meaning) BhP. Ma1rkP. Pat. etc.; to cling to; to feel, perceive, experience MBh. vii S3is3. vi, 23 R2itus. etc.; to consider, regard MBh. xii; to mention, enumerate; to set about, undertake, begin Hariv. Kum. etc.: Causal Parasmaipada -दापयति, to cause to use or employ commentator or commentary on Ka1tyS3r. : Desiderative Parasmaipada -दित्सति, to strive to acquire BhP. v, 14, 7.

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उपादानupādānan. the act of taking for one's self, appropriating to one's self MBh. Mn. &c.
1. neuter gender the act of taking for one's self, appropriating to one's self MBh. Mn. etc.
2. neuter gender perceiving, noticing, learning, acquiring (knowledge) Hit. Vop.
3. neuter gender accepting, allowing, including
4. neuter gender employment, use Sa1h. Sarvad. Kap.
5. neuter gender saying, speaking, mentioning, enumeration Veda1ntas. Ka1s3. Siddh.
6. neuter gender abstraction, withdrawing (the organs of sense from the outer world) Lexicographers
7. neuter gender (with Buddh.) grasping at or clinging to existence (caused by तृष्णा, desire, and causing भव, new births)
8. neuter gender (with Ra1ma1nujas रामानुज s) preparation (of perfumes, flowers etc. as one of the five elements of worship) Sarvad.
9. neuter gender cause, motive, material cause
10. neuter gender material of any kind Sa1m2khyak. Veda1ntas. Kap. etc.
11. neuter gender offering, present Lexicographers
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उपादानकारणupādānakāraṇan. a proximate cause.

neuter gender a proximate cause.

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उपादानताupādānatāf.

feminine

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उपादानत्वupādānatvan. the state of being a material cause, Kap.

neuter gender the state of being a material cause, Kap.

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उपादानलक्षणाupādānalakṣaṇāf. implied signification (beyond the literal meaning e.g. कुन्ताः प्रविशन्ति, "spears pierce", where कुन्ताः…

feminine implied signification (beyond the literal meaning exempli gratia, 'for example' कुन्ताः प्रविशन्ति, "spears pierce", where कुन्ताः implies कुन्तिनः, "spearmen") Sa1h. 14 Sarvad.

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उपादायupādāyaind.p. having received or acquired &c.
1. indeclinablepage and participle having received or acquired etc.
2. receiving, acquiring etc.
3. taking with, together with MBh. Hariv. Katha1s. etc.
4. including, inclusive of BhP. commentator or commentary on RPra1t. etc.
5. by help of, by means of (accusative) MBh.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

उपादानupādāna[upa ͜ âdâna] n. taking, seizure, ap propriation; apprehension; admission, non exclusion; employment; mention…

[upa ͜ âdâna] neuter taking, seizure, ap propriation; apprehension; admission, non exclusion; employment; mention, quotation; material cause.

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