Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

upakrama उपक्रम – beginning; undertaking

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

beginning; undertaking

Derived from

  1. upa उप previx — near; towards; up to
  2. kram क्रम् verbal root — step
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

upakrama ·m. approach, arrival; commencement, enterprise; means, expedient.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Upa-krama, as, m. going near to, approach; un- dertaking; commencement, beginning; enterprise, planning, original conception, plan; what leads to any result, a means, an expedient, a stratagem, ex- ploit; attendance (on a patient), treatment, practice of medicine, application of remedies, physicking; a particular ceremony preparatory to reading the Vedas; trying the fidelity &c. of a counsellor or friend; re- tiring from flight, retreat (?).

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

upakrama (wie eben) m. 1〉 Herannahung, Herbeikunft: papraccha prayojanamupakrame MBH. 3,8602. MBH. 3,8608. R. 5,65,8. — 2〉 das an-Etwas-Gehen, Anwendung: auṣadhopakramāsādhyo vyādhiḥ KATHĀS. 17,37. — 3〉 Behandlung (medic.) H. an. 4,215. MED. m. 59. VAIG._zu_DAŚAK. 86, N. 6. SUŚR. 1,5,11. — 4〉 Antritt, Anfang, Beginn AK. 3,3,26. H. 1510. H. an. 4,216. VEDĀNTAS._in_BENF. Chr. 216,3. MADHUS._in_Ind. St. 1,15, ult. pūrvaraṅga upakramaḥ (nāṭyasya) H. 282. upopakramatvādupadravasya weil upadrava mit upa beginnt ŚAṂK._zu_CHĀND. UP. 2,8,2. — 5〉 Anschlag, überlegter Plan AK. 2,7,12. AK. 3,4,142. H. an. 4,215. kiṃ vā madvadhāyaiṣa upakramo mantharakasya PAÑCAT. 263,2. der erste Gedanke zu einem Werke: vartate 'dya mahānadyoḥ — saṃgamo nagaropānte sa suyyopakramastayoḥ RĀJA-TAR. 5,98. RAGH. 12,42. am Ende eines comp. neutr. und das erste Glied behält seinen Ton P. 2,4,21. P. 6,2,14. AK. 3,6,28. — 6〉 womit man zum Ziele gelangt (vgl. upāya), Mittel: tataśca pratikurvanti yadi paśyantyupakramāt MBH. 3,14082. tānānayedvaśaṃ sarvānsāmādibhirupakramaiḥ M. 7,107. M. 7,159. YĀJÑ. 1,344. RAGH. 18,14. medic. SUŚR. 1,64,3. SUŚR. 2,3,14. SUŚR. 2,58,6. viruddhopakramatvāt SUŚR. 1,186,10. = upadhā AK. 3,4,142. H. an. MED. = vaśīkāra VAIJ. a. a. O. — 7〉 = vikrama H. an. MED. — 8〉 fehlerhafte Var. für apakrama H. 803.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

upakrama 3〉 vātasyopakramaḥ snehaḥ svedaḥ u. s. w. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 304,b. 7. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 304,12. — 4〉 upakramāpavargau WEBER, JYOT. 85. WEBER, JYOT. 111. upakramopasaṃhārau SARVADARŚANAS. 73,5. SARVADARŚANAS. 73,4. BHĀG. P. 11,29,20. SĀH. D. 199,6. SĀH. D. 294,12. dakṣiṇopa˚, savyopa˚ adj. KĀTY. ŚR. 175,3 v. u. — 6〉 Spr. 4287. apyatra kasyacidupakramasya gatiḥ syāt MĀLAV. 44,23. Z. 2 ist wohl upakramān zu lesen. — 9〉 das Thun für Etwas, das Befördern: sopakramaṃ nirupakramaṃ ca karma Verz. d. Oxf. H. 230,b,3. sopakramaṃ yatphalajananāya sahopakrameṇa kāryakāraṇābhimukhyena vartate . yathoṣṇapradeśe prasāritamārdravastraṃ śīghrameva śuṣyati . uktarūpaviparītaṃ nirupakramam . yathā tadevārdraṃ vāsaḥ saṃvartitamanuṣṇadeśe cireṇa śopameti . Verz. d. Oxf. H. 5. fgg. — Vgl. 2. kopakrama und nirupakrama.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

upakrama m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Herannahung, Herbeikunft. — 2〉 Anwendung (einer Arzenei). — 3〉 das Thun für Etwas, Befördern. — 4〉 Behandlung (medic.) — 5〉 Antritt, Anfang, Beginn LĀṬY. 4,6,1. — 6〉 Anschlag, überlegter Plan. — 7〉 der erste Gedanke zu einem Werke. *n. am Ende eines Comp. — 8〉 Mittel. — 9〉 Radkranz HEMĀDRI 1,326,16. — 10〉 *= vikrama. — 11〉 fehlerhaft apakrama.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

upakrama auch das sich an Etwas Machen, so v. a. Anstrengung CAMPAKA 115. fg. 153. 174. fg. [Nachtrag, Band 5]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

upakrama I. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

upakramaḥ 1 Beginning, commencement; rāmopakramamācakhyau rakṣaḥparibhavaṃ navaṃ R. 12. 42 begun by Rāma; kimupakramo rāvaṇaḥ Mv. 2. 2 Approach, advance; sāhasa˚ forcible advance Māl. 7; so yoṣitaḥ sukumāropakramāḥ ibid. 3 An undertaking, work, enterprize. 4 A plan, contrivance, means, expedient, stratagem, remedy; sāmādibhirupakramaiḥ Ms. 7. 107, Ms. 7. 159; M. 3; R. 18. 15; Y. 1. 345; Śi. 20. 76. 5 Attendance on a patient, treatment, practice of medicine, physicking. 6 A test of honesty, trying the fidelity of a friend &c.; see upadhā. 7 A kind of ceremony preparatory to reading the Vedas.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

upakrama m. Herbeikunft, Ankunft, Beginnen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

upakrama upakrama m. (kram) commencement; début, entreprise. Projet conçu, avec les moyens d'exécution. Stratagème, moyen employé pour réussir. Epreuve de la fidélité de qqn. Pratique de la médecine, de la pharmacie, etc. upakrāmāmi et upakrame 1, aller à, aborder: vasiṣṭham upacakrame il aborda Vasiṣṭha; attaquer: śatrum l'ennemi. Se mettre à l'ouvrage; commencer, avec l'inf. ou le d.: astrāṇi darśanāya à montrer ses armes. S'appliquer à, s'efforcer: kartum de faire qqc. Avancer dans l'accomplissement de qqc., réussir.

Derived words

  • nirupakrama निरुपक्रम adjective without a beginning; not yet effective
  • sopakrama सोपक्रम adjective with a beginning; already effective

Occurrences in source texts (2)

PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 3.21–22: Invisibility and Time of Death 2 occurrences

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