उपनिषद्
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Sanskrit [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
उपनिषद् (upaniṣad) f
- sitting at the foot of a teacher to receive knowledge
- secret knowledge passed in this manner
- esoteric cosmology
- esoteric doctrine, secret knowledge, mystical meaning, mystical words (ŚBr., ChUp., etc.)
- a class of Hindu religious texts in which doctrines of sacred knowledge are expounded
Verb [edit]
उपनिषद् (upaniṣad)
- to sit down near to
- to approach
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0201
