Upadhyaya, ⲹ, 貹ⲹ: 20 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: ISKCON Press: Glossaryⲹ (उपाध्याय).—A teacher who makes a living teaching Sanskrit grammar.

Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) 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 (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchⲹ (उपाध्याय) refers to “paying respect (to teachers and preceptors)�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcch: the eighth chapter of the Mahsaṃnipta (a collection of Mahyna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva who has attained memory never forget? Son of good family, the Bodhisattva attains memory (ṇ�) by purifying his memory. What then is the purification of memory? Son of good family, there are thirty-two purifications of memory. What are the thirty-two? [...] (5) disposition to the dharma; (6) honoring, serving, and worshiping the learned; (7) paying respect to teachers and preceptors (峦ⲹ-ܱⲹ) without pride; (8) non-satisfaction in searching for the dharma; [...]�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahyna) 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 ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñpramit ūٰ.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems貹ⲹ (उपध्या�) (Sanskrit; in Tibetan: mkhan po) � (lit. “Preceptor�) � At the time of monastic ordination, the officiating monk who actually confers the vows. In Tibetan tradition, it is the most common term for the abbot of a monastic community

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: Google Books: Jaina Iconographyⲹ (उपाध्याय).—ⲹs are those who teach the scriptures, consisting of the eleven ṅg and the fourteen ū (now lost). They are endowed with 25 chief qualities.
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritraⲹ (उपाध्याय) refers to the “preceptor� and represents one of the ten persons suitable for rendering services, according to chapter 1.1 [īś-ٰ] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalkpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “[...] Vajranbha acquired strong Tirthakṛt-body-making and family-karma by the twenty ٳԲ첹 as follows:—[...] The sixteenth ٳԲ is the rendering of service by food, drink, etc., to the ten persons, Ācrya, etc. [viz., ⲹ] [...]�.
Note: The 10 persons entitled to service are; [viz., ⲹ (preceptor);].�(cf. Aupaptikasūtra 20, p. 43. Sthnṅgasūtra 397, p. 299. Āvaśyakasūtra 176-78, p. 161b). [...] These 10 persons are entitled to 13 kinds of service: giving of food; of drink; giving a seat; supplying anything that may be lacking in his equipment; cleansing the feet; giving of clothes; giving of medicine; escort on the road; protection from rogues, thieves, etc.; taking the staff when he enters the house; and 3 kinds of sanitary service.�(cf. Āvaśyakasūtra p. 161b).
: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 9: Influx of karmasⲹ (उपाध्याय).—One of the ten types of ‘nursing services� (屹ٲ)? Who is a ‘teacher ascetic� (ܱⲹ)? An ascetic who is himself well versed with the Jain canonical texts himself and teachers other ascetics to learn the same is a teacher ascetic.

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, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossaryⲹ.�(CII 4), a teacher; epithet of Brhmaṇas. (IA 19), Jain; an Ācrya who has the right of reading the sacred text, but not of explaining it. (IE 8-3; EI 7), epithet of teachers; mentioned as a Ptra. (CII 3), a sub-teacher who is the instructor in only a part of the Veda, or in grammar and the other Vedṅgas. Note: ܱⲹ is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� 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 Dictionaryܱⲹ (उपाध्याय).—m S A spiritual preceptor. Ex. of comp. kulōpdhyya, grmōpdhyya, tīrthōpdhyya. 2 See the popular form ܱ.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishܱⲹ (उपाध्याय).�m A spiritual preceptor.
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 dictionaryⲹ (उपाध्याय).—[upetydhīyate asmt, upa-adhi-i-ñ]
1) A teacher or preceptor in general.
2) Particularly, a spiritual teacher, religious preceptor; � उदात्त� कर्तव्ये� नुदात्तं करोत� खण्डिकोपाध्यायस्तम� चपेटां ददात� (ya udtte kartavye' nudtta� karoti khaṇḍikopdhyyastamai capeṭṃ dadti) Mahbhrata I.1.1. (by Y.1.35 a sub-teacher who instructs for wages only in a part of the Veda and is inferior to an 峦ⲹ; ekadeśamܱⲹ�); cf. Manusmṛti 2.141; एकदेशं तु वेदस्य वेदाङ्गान्यप� वा पुनः � योऽध्यापयत� वृत्त्यर्थमुपाध्यायः � उच्यते (ekadeśa� tu vedasya vedṅgnyapi v puna� | yo'dhypayati vṛttyarthamܱⲹ� sa ucyate) || see अध्याप� (貹첹), and under आचार्य (峦ⲹ) also.
- A female preceptor.
-ī 1 A female preceptor. उपेत्य अधीयत� तस्य� उपाध्यायी, उपाध्याय� (upetya adhīyate tasy ܱyī, ܱy) and Vrt. या तु स्वयमेवाध्यापिका तत्र वा ङीष् वाच्यः (y tu svayamevdhypik tatra v ṅīṣ vcya�) on P.IV.1.49 Sk.
2) The wife of a preceptor.
Derivable forms: ܱⲹ� (उपाध्याय�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (उपाध्याय).—m.
(-ⲹ�) A spiritual preceptor. f.
(-) A female preceptor. f. (-ī or -nī) The wife of a teacher. E. upa and adhi before ṇa to go, ñ aff. for the fem. ṭp aff. in the first instance, in the second ṅīṣ with or without Գܰ inserted.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (उपाध्याय).—i. e. upa -adhi-i + a, m. A spiritual preceptor who gives instruction in a part only of the Veda, [Բśٰ] 2, 141; a spiritual preceptor in general, [Śkuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 61, 11; [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 11, 13 (19 Gorr.).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (उपाध्याय).—[masculine] teacher, subteacher; ī [feminine] the teacher’s wife.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) ⲹ (उपाध्याय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a grammarian. Quoted by Kṣīrasvmin in Amarakośodghṭana and Kṣīrataraṅgiṇ�.
2) ⲹ (उपाध्याय):—on alaṃk. Quoted by Arjunavarmadeva on Amaruśataka 54. 56.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ⲹ (उपाध्याय):—[=ܱ-ⲹ] m. (�i), a teacher, preceptor (who subsists by teaching a part of the Veda or Vedṅgas, grammar etc.; he is distinguished from the Ācrya q.v.), [Manu-smṛti iv, 141, etc.; Yjñavalkya i, 35; Mahbhrata; Śakuntal] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] f( or ī) a female teacher, [Ktyyana on Pṇini 3-13, 21]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (उपाध्याय):—[up+dhyya] (ya�-) 1. m. f. Spiritual teacher. (yī-nī) Wife of a spiritual teacher.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ⲹ (उपाध्याय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvajjhaya, Uvajjhya.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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 corpusⲹ (ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯ):�
1) [noun] a man who teaches, esp. as a profession; an instructor; a teacher.
2) [noun] a spiritual teacher; a religious preceptor.
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 Dictionaryⲹ (उपाध्याय):—n. masc. 1. a spiritual preceptor; teacher; 2. a family name of Brahmins;
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: Aya.
Starts with: Upadhyayani, Upadhyayanirapeksha, Upadhyayarahasya, Upadhyayarajan, Upadhyayasarvasva, Upadhyayate, Upadhyayati.
Full-text (+232): Mahopadhyaya, Pattopadhyaya, Upadhyayasarvasva, Khandikopadhyaya, Gramopadhyaya, Keshava Upadhyaya, Vishupadhyaya, Upadhyayanirapeksha, Aupadhyayaka, Upadhyayani, Shaishyopadhyayika, Vishvanatha upadhyaya, Sureshvara upadhyaya, Deveshvara upadhyaya, Jayakrishna upadhyaya, Gangeshamishra upadhyaya, Rama upadhyaya, Raghupati upadhyaya, Govardhana upadhyaya, Dharmakara upadhyaya.
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Search found 141 books and stories containing Upadhyaya, ⲹ, Upadhy-aya, Updhy-ya, 貹ⲹ; (plurals include: Upadhyayas, ⲹs, ayas, yas, 貹ⲹs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.141 < [Section XXV - Meaning of the Title ‘Ācrya’]
Verse 2.199 < [Section XXX - Rules to be observed by the Religious Student]
Verse 2.149 < [Section XXV - Meaning of the Title ‘Ācrya’]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 2 - Morality of the śrmaṇera < [Section II.2 - Morality of the monastic or pravrajita]
Appendix 4 - The traditions regarding Śriputra-abhidharma < [Chapter III - General Explanation of Evam Maya Śruta]
Appendix 2 - The complaint of Rhula to the Buddha < [Chapter IV - Explanation of the Word Bhagavat]
The Navya-Nyaya theory of Paksata (Study) (by Kazuhiko Yamamoto)
Text 18 (of the Paksata-prakarana on Tattvacintama-nididhiti) < [Section 2 - The Paksata: Sanskrit Texts, English Translation, and Notes]
Text 33 (of the Paksata-prakarana on Tattvacintama-nididhiti) < [Section 2 - The Paksata: Sanskrit Texts, English Translation, and Notes]
Part 1 - Introduction to the concepts of Paksa and Paksata < [Section 1 - History and Development of the Concept of Paksata]
A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)
Chapter IV.d - The classifications of the Jīva < [Chapter IV - The concept of Self]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 13 - Staglungpa (xvi): General Remarks on Monastic History < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 23 - Mind instruction lineage (v): chos dbyings pa < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 11 - The Chapter on the Venerable Master and his Spiritual Lineage. < [Book 5 - The Sovereign Lord (Atiśa)]
Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
The Jagaddala university < [Chapter 3 - Centres of Learning in Vedic and Buddhist Period]
Formation of Character < [Chapter 4 - Aims and objectives of Formal Education]
Education in the Puranic period < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
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