Udyama, ±«»å²âÄå³¾²¹: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Udyama 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.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�) refers to the “force (of pure consciousness)â€�, according to CidgaganacandrikÄ verse 76-78.—Accordingly, “O Mother! This, the great sacred seat (±èīṻ·²¹) born from you, is the energized vitality (of consciousness) which pours forth when Åšiva becomes one with you by virtue of your perpetually expanding body of energy. And this, the (divine) intellect, the supreme vitality (of consciousness) is you, O (goddess) ÅšivÄ, whose body of light abides within the five elements beginning with Earth and who generates the Wheel of the Sacred Seat (±èīṻ·²¹cakra) (corresponding to them). You, who alone possess all the powers of the Wheel of the Sacred Seat, abide always and everywhere. Perceived, O Mother, by the wise who are at one with the force (of pure consciousness) (udyama), you are the unobscured dawning (of enlightenment)â€�.
: Brill: Åšaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)Udyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�) refers to the â€�(utmost) tenacityâ€�, according to the King VatsarÄja’s PÅ«jÄstuti called the KÄmasiddhistuti (also VÄmakeÅ›varÄ«stuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess NityÄ.—Accordingly, “[...] I seek refuge with the glorious goddess SundarÄ«, the benefactress of prosperity, the secret heart, whose heart is soaked with compassion. She is blazing with an utmost tenacity (parama-udyama) steeped in joy, and consequently beaming with plenteous light that shimmers spontaneously. [...]â€�.

Shakta (शाकà¥à¤�, Å›Äkta) or Shaktism (Å›Äktism) 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.
Shaiva philosophy
: Brill: Åšaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)Udyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�) refers to “undertakingâ€� (an examination), according to the ĪśvarapratyabhijñÄvivá¹›tivimarÅ›inÄ« 1.93.—Accordingly, “Even though for a [follower of] SÄá¹…khya, the twenty-five principles are manifest [as the universe], to begin with, experience, that is, immediate perception, consists in nothing but this: the sole five elements and consciousness—and nothing more. This is why for the master [Bhartá¹›hari], the universe is [entirely] explained as soon as the six elements are explained—it is with this intention that he has undertaken (udyama) their Examination (SamÄ«ká¹£Ä�). [...]â€�.
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�) refers to “one’s effort (in battle)â€�, according to the ÅšivapurÄṇa 2.4.8 (“The battle between the gods and Asurasâ€�).—Accordingly, as BrahmÄ narrated to NÄrada: “[...] In the same manner, O dear, the guardians of the quarters, though powerful, were defeated in battle by the Asuras, great experts in warfare. The other gods too were fought and defeated by the Asuras. Unable to bear their ferocity they took to flight. The victorious Asuras, their effort having been successful (²õ³Ü°ìá¹›t²¹-³Ü»å²â²¹³¾²¹), roared like lions and raised shouts of jubilation. [...]â€�

The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) 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.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary±«»å²âÄå³¾²¹.â€�(CII 1), used in the sense of udyama or exertion. Note: ³Ü»å²âÄå³¾²¹ is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossaryâ€� 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 Dictionaryudyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�).—m (S) Business or occupation: also busiedness, occupiedness, engagedness.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishudyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�).â€�m Business, occupation; engagedness.
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 dictionaryUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�).â€�
1) Raising, elevation.
2) Strenuous or assiduous effort, exertion, diligence, perseverance; निशमà¥à¤¯ चैनाà¤� तपसे कृतोदà¥à¤¯à¤®à¤¾à¤®à¥� (niÅ›amya cainÄá¹� tapase ká¹›todyamÄm) KumÄrasambhava 5.3; शशाक मेना à¤� नियनà¥à¤¤à¥à¤®à¥à¤¦à¥à¤¯à¤®à¤¾à¤¤à¥ (Å›aÅ›Äka menÄ na niyantumudyamÄt) 5, firm resolve; उदà¥à¤¯à¤®à¥‡à¤� हि सिधà¥à¤¯à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤� कारà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤£à¤¿ à¤� मनोरथैà¤� (udyamena hi sidhyanti kÄryÄṇi na manorathaiá¸�) ±Ê²¹Ã±³¦²¹³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù°ù²¹ (Bombay) 2.135.
3) Readiness, preparation; गनà¥à¤¤à¥à¤®à¥à¤¦à¥à¤¯à¤®à¥‹ विहितः (gantumudyamo vihitaá¸�) became ready to go ±Ê²¹Ã±³¦²¹³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù°ù²¹ (Bombay) 1.
Derivable forms: ³Ü»å²â²¹³¾²¹á¸� (उदà¥à¤¯à¤®à¤ƒ).
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±«»å²âÄå³¾²¹ (उदà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤®).â€�
1) Erecting, stretching out, elevation.
2) A rope, a cord.
Derivable forms: ³Ü»å²âÄå³¾²¹á¸� (उदà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤®à¤�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary±«»å²âÄå³¾²¹ (उदà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤®).â€�m. (compare Vedic id., the meaning of which in some places, ÅšB 8.5.1.13, is not clear), in sÅ«trodyÄmaá¸� ¶Ù¾±±¹²âÄå±¹²¹»åÄå²Ô²¹ 643.1 = 644.9, perhaps extension, drawing out (of thread), see s.v. tatká¹£aṇa; but the precise meaning of the phrase excapes me. It may mean effort, exertion (Sanskrit udyama), as in AÅ›okan u(y)yÄma, Rock Ed. (Kalsi) 13.18. In this sense probably read nir-udyÄmÄ, as suggested by Kashgar recension, ³§²¹»å»å³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹±è³ÜṇḲ¹°ùÄ«°ì²¹ 100.9 (prose).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�).—m.
(-³¾²¹á¸�) 1. Strenuous and continued effort, exertion, perseverance. 2. Taking or lifting up. E. ud reverse, yam to cease, affix ²µ³ó²¹Ã±.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�).—[ud-yam + a], m. and n. 1. Raising, [±Ê²¹Ã±³¦²¹³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù°ù²¹] ii. [distich] 138. 2. Effort, [±Ê²¹Ã±³¦²¹³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù°ù²¹] 185, 2. 3. Energy, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 470.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�).—[masculine] uplifting, elevation; undertaking, effort, endeavour, exertion at ([dative], [accusative], [with] prati, [infinitive], or —Â�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Udyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�):—[=ud-yama] [from ud-yam] m. the act of raising or lifting up, elevation, [RÄmÄyaṇa; YÄjñavalkya; ±Ê²¹Ã±³¦²¹³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù°ù²¹] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] undertaking, beginning
3) [v.s. ...] the act of striving after, exerting one’s self, exertion, strenuous and continued effort, perseverance, diligence, zeal, [RÄmÄyaṇa; KumÄra-sambhava; ±Ê²¹Ã±³¦²¹³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù°ù²¹; VarÄha-mihira’s Bá¹›hat-saṃhitÄ etc.]
4) ±«»å²âÄå³¾²¹ (उदà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤®):—[=³Ü»å-²âÄå³¾²¹] [from ud-yam] m. the act of erecting or stretching out, [Åšatapatha-brÄhmaṇa viii, 5, 1, 13]
5) [v.s. ...] a rope, cord, [TaittirÄ«ya-saṃhitÄ; Åšatapatha-brÄhmaṇa; KÄtyÄyana-Å›rauta-sÅ«tra]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�):—[udya+ma] (³¾²¹á¸�) 1. m. Strenuous exertion; taking or lifting up.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Udyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ujjama.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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 dictionaryUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�) [Also spelled udyam]:â€�(nm) enterprise; venture; exertion; diligence, ~[°ì²¹°ù³ÙÄå] an entrepreneur.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUdyama (ಉದà³à²¯à²�):â€�
1) [noun] the act or an instance of pulling or pushing up; a lifting up; elevation.
2) [noun] a try, esp. a hard and sincere try; an attempt; an endeavour.
3) [noun] a manufacturing, productive activity; a business venture; a providing of service of any kind, in an organised manner.
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 DictionaryUdyama (उदà¥à¤¯à¤�):—n. 1. effort; work; toil; endeavor; 2. enterprise; business; trade; industry; 3. vacation; profession;
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: Udyamabhanga, Udyamabhrit, Udyamana, Udyamarata, Udyamashila, Udyamashile, Udyamata, Udyami.
Full-text (+23): Nirudyama, Mahodyama, Samudyama, Udyamabhrit, Dandodyama, Bhagnodyama, Shastrodyama, Shadudyama, Pratyudyama, Udyamabhanga, Baddhodyama, Hatodyama, Shlathodyama, Yuddhodyama, Gurana, Kritodyama, Sodyama, Uyyama, Udamekha, Udyamin.
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 43 [Udyama and Mahodaya] < [Chapter 2 - Second Vimarśa]
Verse 211 [Rising and setting of Dṛk and Smṛti] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda VIII, adhyaya 5, brahmana 1 < [Eight Kanda]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 113 < [Volume 20 (1918)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«)
Verse 2.5.93 < [Part 5 - Permanent Ecstatic Mood (sthÄyÄ«-bhÄva)]
Verse 2.4.189 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyÄbhicÄri-bhÄva)]
Verse 1.2.283 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sÄdhana-bhakti)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada DÄsa)
Text 10.125 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.69 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 8.15 < [Chapter 8 - Literary Qualities]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.2.47 < [Chapter 2 - Description of GirirÄja Govardhana’s Birth]
Verse 2.13.9 < [Chapter 13 - The Story of Åšeá¹£a]
Verse 6.5.3 < [Chapter 5 - The Kidnapping of Śrī Rukmiṇī]