Upalambhana, Upālambhana: 9 definitions

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In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Upalambhana (उपलम्भन) refers to “repeating (the glories of Kṛṣṇa)”, as discussed in the third chapter [first book] of the Jñānāmṛtasārasaṃhita: a Pāñcarātra text representing a sectarian glorification of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha (i.e., the cult of Radha-Krishna) dated among the latest of the Saṃhitā-type works.—Description of the chapter [brahmasanatkumārasaṃvāda śrīkṛṣṇamahimopalambhanam]: Sanatkumāra pursues the matter of naivedya-offerings and another story is told by Brahmā about Subhadra’s devotion being rewarded by a divine vision of Kṛṣṇa and His entourage (1-88)

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upalambhana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upalambhana (उपलम्भन).—Apprehension &c.

Derivable forms: upalambhanam (उपलम्भनम्).

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Upālambhana (उपालम्भन).—

1) Abuse, taunt, censure; अस्या महदुपालम्भनं गतोऽस्मि (asyā mahadupālambhanaṃ gato'smi) Ś.5; तवोपालम्भे पतितास्मि (tavopālambhe patitāsmi) M.1 laid myself open to your censure; उचितस्तदुपालम्भः (ucitastadupālambhaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.

2) Delaying, putting off.

3) Escorting, conducting; केचिदस्मदुपालम्भे मतिं चक्रुर्हि तापसाः (kecidasmadupālambhe matiṃ cakrurhi tāpasāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.176.2.

Derivable forms: upālambhanam (उपालम्भनम्).

See also (synonyms): upālambha.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upālambhana (उपालम्भन).—i. e. upa-ā -labh + ana, n. Blame, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 59, 14.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Upalambhana (उपलम्भन):—[=upa-lambhana] [from upa-labh] n. apprehension, perceiving

2) [v.s. ...] the capacity of perceiving, intelligence, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) Upālambhana (उपालम्भन):—[=upā-lambhana] [from upā-labh] n. reproach, censure, [Śakuntalā 187, 5.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Upalambhana (उपलम्भन):—[upa-lambhana] (naṃ) 1. n. Apprehension.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Upalambhana (उपलम्भन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvalaṃbhaṇa, Uvalaṃbhaṇā, Paccāraṇa.

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Upalambhana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upalambhana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Upālaṃbhana (ಉಪಾಲಂಭನ):—[noun] = ಉಪಾಲಂಭ - [upalambha -] 3.

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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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