Upajapa, Upajāpa: 9 definitions
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Upajapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpajāpa (उपजाप).—
1) Secretly whispering into the ear or communicating; परकृत्य° (parakṛtya°) Mu.2.
2) Secret overtures or negotiations (with the enemy's friends), sowing the seeds of dissension, treachery, treason instigating to rebellion; उपजापः कृतस्तेन तानाकोपवतस्त्वयि (upajāpaḥ kṛtastena tānākopavatastvayi) Śiśupālavadha 2.99; उप- जापसहान् विलङ्घयन् स विधाता नृपतीन्मदोद्धतः (upa- jāpasahān vilaṅghayan sa vidhātā nṛpatīnmadoddhataḥ) Kirātārjunīya 2.47,16.42; अपि सहन्ते अस्मदुपजापं प्रजाः (api sahante asmadupajāpaṃ prajāḥ) Mu.2.
3) Disunion, separation. उपलब्धस्य उपजापमुपेयात् (upalabdhasya upajāpamupeyāt) Kau. A.1.16.
Derivable forms: upajāpaḥ (उपजापः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpajāpa (उपजाप).—m.
(-paḥ) 1. Disunion, separation. 2. Treason, treachery. E. upa separation, jap to meditate, ṇa aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpajāpa (उपजाप).—i. e. upa-jap + a, m. Sowing disunion, [Pañcatantra] i. 337.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpajāpa (उपजाप).—[masculine] whispering, talking over, persuading, seducing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpajāpa (उपजाप):—[=upa-jāpa] [from upa-jap] m. the act of rousing to rebellion or bringing over to one’s own party (See above), [Hitopadeśa; Pañcatantra; Daśakumāra-carita; Śiśupāla-vadha etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpajāpa (उपजाप):—[upa-jāpa] (paḥ) 1. m. Disunion, separation; treason.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUpajāpa (ಉಪಜಾಪ):—
1) [noun] the act of one who whispers; whispering, esp. maligning a third person.
2) [noun] secret overtures of negotiations (with one’s enemy’s friends) sowing the seeds of dissension, treachery; the act and the scheme of splitting one’s enemy from his friends or loyalists.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Upajapaka.
Ends with: Paropajapa, Shatrupajapa, Vyupajapa.
Full-text: Paropajapa, Vyupajapa, Jap, Bheda.
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