Upaveda, Upav膿da: 12 definitions
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Upaveda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 1Upaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�) refers to 鈥渟ubsidiaries to the four Vedas鈥�: the system of medicine, Ayurveda , subordinate to the 峁歡veda; the science of archery, Dhanurveda, to the Yajurveda; the science of music to the S膩maveda; science of arms, to the Atharvaveda. Sth膩pathyaveda (architecrture) and 艢ilpa艣膩stra (craft) are treated as Upavedas by some scholars.
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Knowledge Traditions & Practices of India: Education: Systems & PracticesUpaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�) refers to 鈥渄isciplines whose knowledge is contingent on the individual鈥� and representing one of the two types of 艢膩stra (learned disciplines), all part of the ancient Indian education system, which aimed at both the inner and the outer dimension of a person. The Upaveda knowledge texts are between 补辫补耻谤奴峁测补 and 辫补耻谤奴峁测补 as they all deal with applied knowledge. The disciplines of 颈迟颈丑腻蝉补惫别诲补 (science of history), dhanurveda (science of warfare), gandharvaveda (music) and Ayurveda (medicine) fall under this category. Teaching was teacher centred and text centred and the process of teaching depended on the exposition of the knowledge by a learned teacher.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryupav膿da (啶夃お啶掂啶�).鈥攎 (S) A minor or secondary Veda. There are four, viz. 膩yurv膿da, dhanurv膿da, g膩ndharvav膿da, sth膩patya- v膿da (i. e. 惫颈艣惫补办补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补 or 艣颈濒辫补艣腻蝉迟谤补). See t峁泃墨ya skandha of bh膩gavata pur膩峁嘺.
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 dictionaryUpaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�).鈥�'Inferior knowledge', a class of writings subordinate to the Vedas. There are four such Upavedas, one being attached to each of the four Vedas :-- thus 啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う (腻测耻谤惫别诲补) or Medicine to 啶嬥啷嵿さ啷囙う (峁沢惫别诲补); (according to some authorities such as Su艣ruta it is a part of the Atharvaveda); 啶оえ啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う (dhanurveda) or military science to 啶啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う (yajurveda); 啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ啶掂啶� (驳腻苍诲丑补谤惫补惫别诲补) or Music to 啶膏ぞ啶さ啷囙う (蝉腻尘补惫别诲补), and 啶膏啶ムぞ啶い啷嵿く-啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�-啶掂啶� (蝉迟丑腻辫补迟测补-艣腻蝉迟谤补-惫别诲补) or Architecture to 啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う (atharvaveda).
Derivable forms: 耻辫补惫别诲补岣� (啶夃お啶掂啶︵).
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Upaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�).鈥擲ee under 啶夃お啶掂た啶︵ (upavid).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�).鈥攎.
(-诲补岣�) A minor Veda, of which four are reckoned, treating of the military art, medicine, music, and mechanics. E. upa and veda a Veda.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�).鈥擺upa-veda], m. A subordinate Veda, a class of writings, Mah膩bh膩rata 2, 450.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�):鈥擺=upa-veda] m. 鈥榮econdary knowledge鈥�, Name of a class of writings subordinate or appended to the four Vedas (viz. the 腻测耻谤-惫别诲补, or science of medicine, to the 峁歡-veda; the dhanurveda or science of archery, to the Yajur-veda; the 驳腻苍诲丑补谤惫补-惫别诲补 or science of music, to the S膩maveda; and the 艣补蝉迟谤补-艣腻蝉迟谤补 or science of arms, to the Atharva-veda; this is according to the Cara峁嘺vy奴ha, but, [Su艣ruta] and the [Bh膩vaprak膩艣a] make the 膧yur-veda belong to the Atharva-veda; according to others, the 蝉迟丑腻辫补迟测补-惫别诲补 or science of architecture, and 艣颈濒辫补-艣腻蝉迟谤补 or knowledge of arts, are reckoned as the fourth Upa-veda).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�):鈥擺upa-veda] (诲补岣�) 1. m. A minor Veda.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUpav膿da (嗖夃勃嗖掂硣嗖�):鈥擺noun] any of a class of philosophical writings, auxiliary to the V膿das, such as 嗖嗋帛喑佮舶喑嵿驳喑囙拨, 嗖о波喑佮舶喑嵿驳喑囙拨, 嗖椸簿嗖傕钵嗖班硩嗖掂驳喑囙拨, [ayurveda, dhanurveda, gamdharvaveda,] and 嗖膏硩嗖ム簿嗖菠喑嵿帛嗖多簿嗖膏硩嗖む硩嗖� [sthapatyashastra] i.e.science of medicine, military science, science of arts as music, dances etc., and mechanics, respectively.
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 DictionaryUpaveda (啶夃お啶掂啶�):鈥攏. minor Vedas deduced from the Vedas;
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)
Partial matches: Upa, Vedavedanga, Veda.
Starts with: Upavedana, Upavedaniya, Upavetam.
Full-text: Dhanurveda, Ayurveda, Gandharvaveda, Sthapatyaveda, Shilpashastra, Upved, Gandharv-veda, Upavetam, Itihasaveda, Prasthana, Veda, Hayagriva, Gandharva, Vidya, Vishvakarma, Abhisheka.
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