Yupa, 驰奴辫补: 22 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Yoop.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation驰奴辫补 (啶啶�) refers to the 鈥渟acrificial stake鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.6 (鈥淭he miraculous feat of K膩rttikeya鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after the Brahmin named N膩rada spoke to Kum膩ra (K膩rttikeya): 鈥淸...] Then [V墨rab膩hu] went to Vaiku峁囜弓ha where he saw the powerful goat working havoc with the sacrificial stake tied to its neck (驳补濒补-测奴辫补). The hero dragged it catching hold of its horns and brought it quickly before his lord even as it was bleating loudly. On seeing it, lord K膩rttikeya who could carry the weighty universe, and the worker of great miracles, quickly rode on it. [...]鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index驰奴辫补 (啶啶�).鈥擜 sacrificial post;1 circumambulation of the, leads to the fruit of V膩japeya;2 in the Gaura hill on the banks of the Ganges where Indra made many sacrifices;3 near Brahmat墨rtha where Brahm膩 performed sacrifice and planted a 驰奴辫补.4
- 1) V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 30. 148; 94. 17; 97. 28; 106. 43.
- 2) Ib. 111. 31-2.
- 3) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 18. 28.
- 4) V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 111. 31.
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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
: McGill: The architectural theory of the M膩nas膩ra驰奴辫补 (啶啶�).鈥擳he basic iconic piece that the 蝉迟丑腻辫补办补 made and installed was the 测奴辫补, which, in the fire-sacrifice ritual complex, was the post erected at its site to tie the victim and considered in the Atharva Vedic tradition as skambha, world-pillar.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)驰奴辫补 (啶啶�) or 鈥渟acrificial post鈥� for fastening sacrificial animals is made of Khadira wood. But if a post made of wood is not strong enough to hold the animal, then an iron post is to be used, the object being the fastening of the animal, while the material is of less consequence.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions驰奴辫补 (啶啶�) refers to the 鈥渟acrificial pillar鈥�, according to the Mattavil膩saprahasana.鈥擜ccordingly, as the K膩p膩lika cries out: 鈥淢y darling, look. This pub resembles the Vedic sacrificial ground. For its signpost (dhvajastambha) resembles the sacrificial pillar (测奴辫补); in this case alcohol is the Soma, drunkards are the sacrificial priests, the wine glasses are the special cups for drinking Soma, the roasted meat and other appetizers are the fire oblations, the drunken babblings are the sacrificial formulae, the songs are the S膩man-hymns, the pitchers are the sacrificial ladles, thirst is the fire and the owner of the pub is the patron of the sacrifice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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture驰奴辫补 (啶啶�) refers to a 鈥減illar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 rain-making, weather control and crop protection.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淣ow the Bhagav膩n was residing in the abode of Brahm膩. [...] The Bhagav膩n had a body ornamented with a net of ten million million thousand rays. He was blazing brightly like a golden pillar (suvar峁嘺-测奴辫补). He was brilliant like the Sun, displayed the thirty-two marks of beauty and the eighty minor marks of beauty. He was embellished with a radiance measuring a fathom. He had the body of a Tath膩gata, extremely pure, extremely spotless and brilliant鈥�.
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.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary驰奴辫补.鈥�(EI 2, 24, 33), sacrificial pillar; it was sometimes made of stone and inscribed. Note: 测奴辫补 is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� 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
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary测奴辫补 : (m.) a sacrificial post.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary驰奴辫补, (Vedic 测奴辫补) 1. a sacrificial post D. I, 141; A. IV, 41; J. IV, 302; VI, 211; Miln. 21 (dhamma掳); SnA 321, 322; DA. I, 294.鈥�2. a p膩s膩da, or palace Th. 1, 163=J. II, 334.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary测奴辫补 (啶啶�).鈥攎 S A pillar or post in general.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English测奴辫补 (啶啶�).鈥�m A pillar or post in general.
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 dictionary驰奴辫补 (啶啶�).鈥擺yu-pak p峁涐梗o掳 d墨rgha岣�; cf. U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra 3.27]
1) A sacrificial post (usually made of bamboo or Khadira wood) to which the victim is fastened at the time of immolation; 啶呧お啷囙啷嵿し啷嵿く啶む 啶膏ぞ啶о啶溹え啷囙え 啶掂啶︵た啶曕 啶多啶ざ啶距え啶多啶侧じ啷嵿く 啶� 啶啶じ啶む啶曕啶班た啶ぞ (apek峁ate s膩dhujanena vaidik墨 艣ma艣膩na艣奴lasya na 测奴辫补satkriy膩) Kum膩rasambhava 5.73; 啶椸啶班ぞ啶啶粪啶掂ぞ啶む啶さ啶苦じ啷冟し啷嵿啷囙し啷� 啶啶啶苦す啷嵿え啷囙し啷� 啶啷嵿さ啶ㄠぞ啶 (gr膩me峁膩tmavis峁涐梗峁璭峁 测奴辫补cihne峁 yajvan膩m) R.1.44.
2) A trophy.
Derivable forms: 测奴辫补岣� (啶啶).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰奴辫补 (啶啶�).鈥攎n.
(-辫补岣�-辫补峁�) 1. A sacrificial post, a pillar usually made of bamboos, or the wood of the K'hadira, to which the victim at a sacrifice is bound. 2. A trophy, a column erected in honour of a victory. E. yu to bind, (the victim,) pa Unadi aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰奴辫补 (啶啶�).鈥擨. m. and n. A sacrificial post, Mah膩bh膩rata 7, 2266. Ii. m. A trophy.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰奴辫补 (啶啶�).鈥擺masculine] post, [especially] the stake to which the sacrificial victim is fastened, poss. vant鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 驰奴辫补 (啶啶�):鈥�m. ([probably] [from] 鈭�yup; but according to, [U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra iii, 27], [from] 鈭�2. yu) a post, beam, pillar, ([especially]) a smooth post or stake to which the sacrificial victim is fastened, any sacrificial post or stake (usually made of bamboos or Khadira wood; in [R膩m膩ya峁嘺 i, 13, 24; 25], where the horse sacrifice is described, 21 of these posts are set up, 6 made of Bilva, 6 of Khadira, 6 of Pal膩艣a, one of U岣島mbara, one of 艢le峁膩taka, and one of Deva-d膩ru), [峁歡-veda] etc. etc.
2) a column erected in honour of victory, a trophy (= jaya-stambha), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Name of a [particular] conjunction of the class 膧k峁泃i-yoga (id est. when all the planets are situated in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th houses), [Var膩ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it膩]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰奴辫补 (啶啶�):鈥擺(辫补岣�-辫补峁�)] 1. m. n. A sacrificial post, a trophy, column of victory.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)驰奴辫补 (啶啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 闯奴补, 闯奴测补.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary驰奴辫补 (啶啶�) [Also spelled yoop]:鈥�(nm) the post with which the sacrificial animal in a '[测补箩帽补]' is tied; ~[辫颈办腻] a toggle.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus驰奴辫补 (嗖硞嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a post in a sacrificial place to which the animal to be sacrificed is tied.
2) [noun] a pillar erected in memory of a victory achieved in a war.
3) [noun] (astrol.) a particular conjugation, in which all astrological planets are situated in the first four mansions from the birth-mansion at the time of one鈥檚 birth.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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