Utsarga: 22 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�).鈥擜 son of Mitra and Revat墨*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 VI. 18. 6.
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.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�).鈥擜 general rule as contrasted with a special rule which is called 啶呧お啶掂ぞ啶� (补辫补惫腻诲补) or exception; cf. 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸ぞ啶さ啶距う啶-啶班お啶掂ぞ啶︵ 啶げ啷�啶ぞ啶ㄠ (utsarg膩pav膩dayo-rapav膩do bal墨y膩n) Hema. Pari.56; 啶啶班啶侧啶啶� 啶掂ぞ啶さ啶距う啶掂た啶粪く啶� 啶むい 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸啶た啶ㄠた啶掂た啶多い啷� (prakalpya v膩pav膩davi峁ya峁� tata utsargobhinivi艣ate) Par.艢ek. Pari.63, S墨ra. Pari.97; cf. also 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�-啶膏ぎ啶距え啶︵啶多ぞ 啶呧お啶掂ぞ啶︵ぞ (utsarga-sam膩nade艣膩 apav膩d膩);. For the 啶ぞ啶о啶が啶距ぇ啶曕き啶距さ (产腻诲丑测补产腻诲丑补办补产丑腻惫补) relation between 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶� (utsarga) and 啶呧お啶掂ぞ啶� (补辫补惫腻诲补) and its details see N膩ge艣a's Paribh膩峁ndu艣ekhara on Paribh膩峁Ｄ乻 57 to 65: cf. also 啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶啶班啶た啶多啶班ぞ啶ㄠ 啶呧お啶掂ぞ啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶啶班い啷�啶ぞ啶む (ny膩yairmi艣r膩n apav膩d膩nprat墨y膩t) explained by the commentator as 啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ぞ 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸ぞ 啶す啶距さ啶苦し啶ぞ 啶掂た啶оく啶� 啶呧お啶掂ぞ啶︵ぞ 啶呧げ啷嵿お-啶掂た啶粪く啶� 啶掂た啶оく啶� 啷� 啶むぞ啶ㄠ 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸啶� 啶た啶多啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶曕啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠ 啶溹ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶む 啷� 啶呧お啶掂ぞ啶︵さ啶苦し啶 啶啶曕啶む啶掂ぞ 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸ぞ啶� 啶啶班さ啶班啶むえ啷嵿い啷� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶班啶ム (ny膩y膩 utsarg膩 mah膩vi峁y膩 vidhaya岣� apav膩d膩 alpa-vi峁y膩 vidhaya岣� | t膩n utsarge峁嘺 bhi艣r膩nek墨k峁泃膩n j膩n墨y膩t | 补辫补惫腻诲补vi峁ya峁� muktv膩 utsarg膩岣� pravartante ityartha岣�) R.Pr.I.23.
Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy膩kara峁嘺) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric TraditionsUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�) or Utsargavidhi refers to 鈥渢hat which supersedes (the general rule)鈥�, according to Tantr膩lokaviveka commentary on the Tantr膩loka verses 4.230ab-232ab.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] So, if you properly consider the procedure of invalidation, then (you will realize that) no injunction whatever loses reality. To explain: the rule that is the exception鈥攂y nature specific because it is (generally) void of any occasion (for application)鈥攕upersedes the general rule (utsarga-vidhi), which, being one that always has met with its occasion (for application), is by nature generally applicable. This is what those who know language say:鈥擺鈥楳oreover, purity and impurity, which are generally enjoined, are simply superseded when a man knows reality. This is how it has been explained here (in the M膩lin墨vijayottara)鈥橾鈥�.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: Shodhganga: Literary estimate of mudraraksasaUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�) refers to 鈥減assing of urine鈥� which should be avoided on a stage (where a dramatic play is performed).鈥擜 N膩峁璦ka should contain 辫补帽肠补蝉补苍诲丑颈蝉 which indicate five successive stages of the drama. This criterion also is present in the Mudr膩r膩k峁sa. [...] In the S膩hityadarpa峁嘺, Vi艣van膩tha gives a list of certain actions which should not be presented on the stage. These are [e.g., passing of urine (utsarga)] [...].
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch膩Utsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�) refers to 鈥渞enounce鈥�, according to the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch膩: the eighth chapter of the Mah膩sa峁僴ip膩ta (a collection of Mah膩y膩na Buddhist S奴tras).鈥擜ccordingly, as Gaganaga帽ja said to Ratnap膩峁噄: 鈥淪on of good family, the thirty-two dharmas are included in sixty-four dharmas. What are those sixty-four? [...] (13) harmlessness is included in love and having faith in the maturation of action; (14) contentment with one鈥檚 own possessions is included in little desire and knowing satisfaction; (15) self-control is included in no agitation and no dispute; (16) calmness is included in renounce (utsarga) and eliminating the concept of mine; [...]鈥欌��.
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�) refers to the 鈥渟ending forth (of rain)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 rainmaking, weather control and prescriptions for the use of specially empowered pesticides to eliminate crop damage.鈥擳he Vajratu峁囜笉a-samayakalpar膩ja consists of six chapters, e.g., (2) vai艣rama峁嘺bhavanaprave艣an膩gasamaya n膩ma var峁峁嘺-m-utsarga鈥擳he Sending forth of Rain, called Entry into the Residence of Vai艣rama峁嘺 N膩ga Vow.
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�) or Utsargasamiti (also known as Prati峁ａ弓h膩pana) refers to 鈥�(the care) in regard to sanitation鈥�, and represents one of the five Samiti (鈥渇ive kinds of carefulness鈥�), according to chapter 1.1 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.鈥擜ccordingly, in the sermon of S奴ri Dharmagho峁:鈥斺�淸...] the gift of supporting dharma (诲丑补谤尘辞辫补驳谤补丑补诲腻苍补) is five-fold: purity of giver, receiver, gift, time, and thought. [... ] That gift would have purity of receiver, whose receiver is such a man [who] observes the five kinds of carefulness (samiti) [viz., utsarga-samiti], [...]鈥�.
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�) or K膩yotsarga refers to 鈥渁bandonment (of the body)鈥�, according to the 11th century J帽膩n膩r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淥n a flat piece of wood or stone, on the ground or on sandy soil, the wise [person] should adopt a stable posture for the accomplishment of absorption. Thus, sitting cross-legged, sitting half cross-legged, thunderbolt, hero posture and the previously mentioned pleasant and lotus [postures] as well as abandonment of the body (办腻测补-耻迟蝉补谤驳补) is highly thought of. [...]鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryutsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�).鈥攎 (S) Abandonment, resignation, renunciation, giving up. It forms useful compounds; as mal艒tsarga, m奴tr艒tsarga, v峁沰峁Ｅ峵sarga, k奴p艒tsarga, abhim膩n艒tsarga, l艒bh艒tsarga. 2 A rule, a precept, a law. Ex. m膩峁嘺s膩sa 膿k膩 h膩t膩sa p膩帽ca b艒峁撫箖 as膩v墨峁� h膩 u0 3 Giving up or making over (of a temple, well, dharmshala &c.) to the idol; dedication or consecration.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishutsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�).鈥�m Abandonment, resignation, giving up. A rule. Dedication or consecration.
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 dictionaryUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�).鈥�1 Laying or leaving a side, abandoning, suspension; 啶多啶班啶侧啷嵿し啶｀啶む啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶掂た啶ㄠ啶むさ啷囙さ啶距 (艣谤墨濒补办峁峁噊迟蝉补谤驳补惫颈苍墨迟补惫别惫腻岣�) Kum膩rasambhava 7.45.
2) Pouring out, dropping down, emission; 啶む啶啶む啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶︵啶班啶むい啶班啶むた啶� (迟辞测辞迟蝉补谤驳补诲谤耻迟补迟补谤补驳补迟颈岣�) Meghad奴ta 19, 39; so 啶多啶曕啶奥� (艣耻办谤补掳).
3) A gift, donation, giving away; (dhanasya) 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸啶� 啶多啶о啶え啷嵿い啶� (utsarge峁嘺 艣udhyanti) Manusm峁泃i 11.193.
4) Spending; 啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ掳 (补谤迟丑补掳) Mu.3.
5) Loosening, letting loose; as in 啶掂啶粪啶む啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶� (惫峁涐梗辞迟蝉补谤驳补岣�)
6) An oblation, libation.
7) Excretion, voiding by stool &c.; 啶啶班啶仿�, 啶げ啶啶む啶奥� (pur墨峁掳, malam奴tra掳).
8) Completion (as of study or a vow); cf. 啶夃い啷嵿じ啷冟し啷嵿啶� 啶掂 啶掂啶︵ぞ啶� (uts峁涐梗峁� vai ved膩岣�) (opp. up膩k峁泃膩 vai ved膩岣�).
9) A general rule or precept (opp. 补辫补惫腻诲补 a particular rule or exception); 啶呧お啶掂ぞ啶︵啶班た啶掂- 啶む啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶距 啶曕啶むさ啷嵿く啶距さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶 啶ぐ啷堗 (补辫补惫腻诲补irivo- tsarg膩岣� k峁泃avy膩v峁泃taya岣� parai岣�) Kum膩rasambhava 2.27, 啶呧お啶掂ぞ啶� 啶囙さ啷嬥い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸 啶掂啶ぞ啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶た啶む- 啶啶多啶掂ぐ啶� (补辫补惫腻诲补 ivotsarga峁� vy膩vartayitu- m墨艣vara岣�) R.15.7.
1) Offering what is promised (to gods, Br膩hma峁嘺s &c.) with due ceremonies.
11) The anus; 啶た啶む啶班ぎ啷佮い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸 (mitramutsarge) Manusm峁泃i 12.121.
12) A heap, mass; 啶呧え啷嵿え啶膏啶� 啶膏啶す啷傕え啷� 啶班ぞ啶溹え啷嵿え啷佮い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶む啶ぎ啶距え啷� (annasya subah奴n r膩jannutsarg膩nparvatopam膩n) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 14.85.38.
13) Dedication, securing the services (of priests). 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸 啶む 啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶む啶掂ぞ啶む (utsarge tu pradh膩natv膩t) etc. MS.3.7.19. (where 艣补产补谤补 paraphrases utsarga by parikraya).
Derivable forms: 耻迟蝉补谤驳补岣� (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�).鈥攎.
(-谤驳补岣�) 1. Abandoning, quitting. 2. Resigning, retiring from. 3. Giving, donation. 4. Any precept or rule. 5. Presentation of any thing promised to a god or Brahman, with suitable ceremonies. 6. A particular ceremony prepartory to a course of the Vedas. 7. Dejection, excretion, voiding by stool, &c. E. ut before 蝉峁沯 to quit, to leave, 驳丑补帽 aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�).鈥攊. e. ud-蝉峁沯 + a, m. 1. Emission, [Meghad奴ta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 19. 2. Evacuation, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 34, 22; [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 12, 21. 3. Abandoning, [Nala] 10, 12; relinquishing, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 11, 193 (194); dismission,
Utsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�).鈥擺masculine] pouring forth, emission, excretion; laying aside, taking off, loosening, delivering, abandoning, giving up, closing, completion ([especially] of the study of the Veda); oblation, present.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Utsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�):鈥擺=ut-sarga] a etc. See [column]3.
2) [=ut-sarga] [from ut-蝉峁沯] b m. pouring out, pouring forth, emission, dejection, excretion, voiding by stool etc., [R膩m膩ya峁嘺; Manu-sm峁泃i; Meghad奴ta; Su艣ruta] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] Excretion (personified as a son of Mitra and Revat墨), [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 vi, 18, 5]
4) [v.s. ...] laying aside, throwing or casting away, [Gautama-dharma-艣膩stra; Kum膩ra-sambhava]
5) [v.s. ...] loosening, setting free, delivering (Name of the verses, [V膩jasaneyi-sa峁僪it膩 xiii, 47-51]), [艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺; K膩ty膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra; P膩raskara-g峁沨ya-s奴tra; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] abandoning, resigning, quitting, retiring from, leaving off
7) [v.s. ...] suspending
8) [v.s. ...] end, close, [K膩ty膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra; 膧艣val膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra] and, [膧艣val膩yana-g峁沨ya-s奴tra; Mah膩bh膩rata; Manu-sm峁泃i] etc.
9) [v.s. ...] handing over, delivering
10) [v.s. ...] granting, gift, donation, [Mah膩bh膩rata]
11) [v.s. ...] oblation, libation
12) [v.s. ...] presentation (of anything promised to a god or Br膩hman with suitable ceremonies)
13) [v.s. ...] a particular ceremony on suspending repetition of the Veda, [Manu-sm峁泃i iv, 97; 119; Y膩j帽avalkya] etc.
14) [v.s. ...] causation, causing, [Jaimini iii, 7, 19]
15) [v.s. ...] (in [grammar]) any general rule or precept (opposed to 补辫补-惫腻诲补, q.v.), [Kum膩ra-sambhava; K膩艣ik膩-v峁泃ti; Siddh膩nta-kaumud墨 etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�):鈥擺utsa+rga] (谤驳补岣�) 1. m. Abandoning; giving; a precept.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Utsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ussagga.
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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 dictionaryUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�) [Also spelled utsarg]:鈥�(nm) sacrifice, abandonment.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUtsarga (嗖夃菠喑嵿哺嗖班硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a laying or leaving aside; abandoning; suspension.
2) [noun] a giving of a gift; donation.
3) [noun] a pouring out; a dropping out; emission.
4) [noun] waste matter expelled from the bowels or the urinary bladder; the faeces or urine.
5) [noun] an oblation; libation.
6) [noun] completion or accomplishment (as of a study or vow).
7) [noun] a general rule or precept (as opp. to a particular one or an exception).
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 DictionaryUtsarga (啶夃い啷嵿じ啶班啶�):鈥攏. resignation; dedication; abandoning precept;
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: Utsargakarman, Utsargakaustubha, Utsargam, Utsargamayukha, Utsarganirnaya, Utsargapaddhati, Utsargaparishishta, Utsargaprayoga, Utsargasamiti, Utsargata, Utsargatarpana, Utsargatas, Utsargavidhi.
Full-text (+24): Kayotsarga, Vrishotsarga, Purishotsarga, Jivotsarga, Samutsarga, Utsargasamiti, Vyutsarga, Malotsarga, Utsarganirnaya, Nishotsarga, Utsargamayukha, Utsargatas, Utsargapaddhati, Autsargika, Shapotsarga, Vapyutsarga, Toyotsarga, Utsarg, Utsarjana, Utsargavidhi.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.97 < [Section XII - Vedic Study]
Verse 4.98 < [Section XII - Vedic Study]
Verse 4.101 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 9.5 - The fivefold regulation of activities (samiti) < [Chapter 9 - Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas]
Verse 7.34 - The transgressions of Pro峁dhopav膩sa-vrata < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]
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