उपनिषद्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उपनिषद् (upaniṣad).

Proper noun

उपनिषद् • (upniṣad) f (Urdu spelling اپنشد‎)

(Hinduism) an Upanishad (Hindu religious text)

Sanskrit

Etymology

उप- (upa-) +‎ नि- (ni-) +‎ सद् (sad)

Noun

उपनिषद् • (upaniṣad) f

sitting at the foot of a teacher to receive knowledge
1. 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

Root

उपनिषद् • (upaniṣad)

sit, approach

Descendants

English: Upanishad
Telugu: ఉపనిషత్తు (upaniṣattu)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “उपनिषद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0201.

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