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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upasaṃpad (उपसंपद्).—4 Ā.

1) To come to, arrive at; गान्धारानेवोपसंपद्येत (gāndhārānevopasaṃpadyeta) Ch. Up.6.14.2; परं ज्योतिरुपसंपद्य (paraṃ jyotirupasaṃpadya) Ch. Up.8.3.4. तं देशमुपसंपेदे (taṃ deśamupasaṃpede) Mb.

2) To get, obtain. -Caus.

1) To bring or lead near.

2) To give, grant.

3) To receive into the order of priests, ordain. (Buddh).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Upasaṃpad (उपसंपद्).—and °padā, f. (compare the next items; = Pali upasaṃpadā, in both mgs.; the form °padā is regular, perhaps universal, in Mahāvastu, but has been noted elsewhere only in Kāraṇḍavvūha 96.7, other texts having °pad), (1) attainment: Mahāvastu iii.420.12 (verse, = Pali Dhammapada (Pali) 183) kuśalasyopasaṃpadā (Dhammapada (Pali) kusalassa upasaṃpadā); (2) ordination (as monk or nun): four kinds Mahāvastu i.2.15 f., svāma-up°, ehibhik- ṣukāya (instr.) up°, daśavargena (so!) gaṇena up°, pañ- cavargena gaṇena up° (see the several terms); °padā- bhāvam icchanti Kāraṇḍavvūha 96.7; usually in standing formula preceded by pravrajyā, and followed by bhikṣubhāvaḥ (or bhikṣuṇi-bh°); so (°padā) Mahāvastu ii.234.7; iii.65.7; 92.11; 180.16; 329.14; 376.15; 379.17; only pravrajyā and upasaṃpadā Mahāvastu ii.271.2; iii.386.16; pravrajyā upasaṃpad bhikṣubhāvaḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 193.2; similarly Lalitavistara 409.20; and (bhik- ṣuṇībhāvaḥ) Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 4a.2; pravrajyām upasaṃpadam (acc.) bhikṣubhāvam Divyāvadāna 15.19; 340.(14-)15; 551.11; Avadāna-śataka i.233.10; (bhikṣuṇībhāvam) Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 3a.1; 4a.1.

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

Upasaṃpad (उपसंपद्):—[=upa-saṃ-√pad] [Ātmanepada] -padyate, to come to, arrive at, reach, obtain, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata];

—to come up to, be equivalent to, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa xiii, 10, 16] :

—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] -pādayati, to bring near to, lead near to, procure, give, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to receive into the order of monks, ordain, [Buddhist literature]

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

Upasaṃpad (उपसंपद्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvasaṃpajja, Uvasaṃpayā.

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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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Partial matches: Pad, Upasham.

Starts with: Upasampada, Upasampada Sutta, Upasampada Vagga, Upasampadaka, Upasampadana, Upasampadawa, Upasampadayati, Upasampadesi, Upasampadeti, Upasampadita.

Ends with: Rupasampad.

Full-text: Upasampada, Upasampadana, Upasampatti, Uvasampajja, Uvasampaya, Upasampanna, Bhikshu, Ehibhikshuka.

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