Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

upama उपम – comparable

adjective · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

upamá ·a. uppermost, highest; nearest, next; first, best, excellent, chief.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified

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upama 1 . upama, as, ā, am (fr. upa), Ved. uppermost, highest; nearest, next, first; most ex- cellent, eminent, best.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

upama 2 . upama, at the end of compounds. See under 3. upa-mā.

Petersburger 1855 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

upamá (von upa) adj. f. ā 1〉 der oberste, höchste: u̱pa̱me ròca̱ne di̱vaḥ ṚV. 8,71,4. ṚV. 6,67,6. ṚV. 5,3,3. dadho̱ yatke̱tumùpa̱maṃ sa̱matsù ṚV. 7,30,3. di̱vaści̱dantā̀m̐ upa̱mām̐ udā̀naṭ ṚV. 10,8,1. rājā̀mi kṛ̱ṣṭerùpa̱masyà va̱vreḥ ṚV. 4,42,1. ṚV. 9,86,35. ṚV. 10,5,6. AV. 4,1,1. — 2〉 der nächste, erste: ī̱yuṣī̀ṇāmupa̱mā śaśvàtīnāṃ vibhātī̱nāṃ pràtha̱mā ṚV. 1,113,15. ṚV. 1,124,2. u̱topa̱mānā̀ṃ pratha̱mo ni ṣī̀dasi ṚV. 8,50,2. upame NAIGH. 2,16. — 3〉 der höchste, herrlichste, trefflichste: indràṃ nama̱syannùpa̱mebhìra̱rkaiḥ ṚV. 1,33,2. ṚV. 7,39,7. ṚV. 7,62,3. ā̱ṅgū̱ṣam ṚV. 7,61,3. varū̀tham ṚV. 7,30,4. śavàḥ ṚV. 8,51,8. śravàḥ ṚV. 69,5. ṚV. 88,2. ṚV. 1,110,5. u̱pa̱maṃ tvā̀ ma̱ghonā̱ṃ jyeṣṭhàṃ ca vṛṣa̱bhāṇā̀m VĀLAKH. 5,1. ṚV. 5,58,5. ṚV. 5,64,4. ṚV. 10,29,3. — Vgl. 1. upamā und upamām; upama am Ende eines adj. comp. s. u. 2. upamā.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

upamá Adj. (f. ā) — 1〉 der oberste, höchste. — 2〉 der höchste, herrlichste, trefflichste. — 3〉 der nächste, erste.

Apte 1890 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

upama a. Ved. 1 Highest, uppermost. 2 Most excellent, best, eminent, first. 3 Nearest.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

upamá der oberste, höchste, trefflichste, äußerste, nächste, erste, letzte.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

upama upama a. (mā) semblable [usité seulement en composition; ex.: jaladopama pareil à un nuage]. — S. f. upamā ressemblance; image, portrait, statue; le 4ᵉ des 5 mètres inférieurs à la gāyatrī. upamātṛ a. faiseur d'images, peintre.

Occurrences in source texts (6)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 21: Epilogue and Closing Blessing 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 21.1 Segment 28

    Attested form: upamam Grammar of the segment: accusative singular neuter

SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 5.38-5.47: Nāda-Laya 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 2.14-2.16: Self-Luminous and Unbound 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 7–10: Forms Relativized 1 occurrence

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