udatta
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Raised tone in Vedic chanting.
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udumbara
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A wild fig tree which flowers only every 3000 years. In Buddhism, it was said to flower before the birth of the Buddha.
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Ummon
(Language: Japanese)
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(864-949 C.E.), Chinese Zen (Ch’an) master. (In Chinese: Yün-men Wen-yen)
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upadesa
(alternate spellings: upadesha)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Instruction, teaching.
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upadhi
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Limiting attribute; in Advaita Vedānta, a reference to all names.
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upakarma
(alternate spellings: upakarman)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Commencing the term for Vedic studies.
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upanayana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Taking a child near his guru.
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upanga (s)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "anga (aṃga)."
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upanishad (s)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Discuss the existence of one absolute Reality known as Brahman.
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upaveda (s)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A) The last portion of the Vedas; the philosophical and metaphysical essence of the Vedas. (B) Secondary texts that correspond to the four Vedas.
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upaya
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Means, expedient, method.
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upeksha
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Disregard of the faults of others.
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urdhva-sikha
(alternate spellings: urdhvasikha)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "sikha (śikhā)."
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utsarjana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "upakarma (upākarma)."
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uttarayana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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See under "dakshinayana (dakṣiṇāyana)."
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