उपवसथ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From उप- (upa-, with) +‎ वसथ (vasatha, dwelling) or उप- (upa-, with) +‎ वस् (vas, to dwell) +‎ -थ (-tha, agentive suffix), literally dwelling with.

Pronunciation

Noun

उपवसथ • (upavasatha) stemm

  1. the day before a soma sacrifice
  2. a fast day

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उपवसथ
singular dual plural
nominative उपवसथः (upavasathaḥ) उपवसथौ (upavasathau)
उपवसथा¹ (upavasathā¹)
उपवसथाः (upavasathāḥ)
उपवसथासः¹ (upavasathāsaḥ¹)
accusative उपवसथम् (upavasatham) उपवसथौ (upavasathau)
उपवसथा¹ (upavasathā¹)
उपवसथान् (upavasathān)
instrumental उपवसथेन (upavasathena) उपवसथाभ्याम् (upavasathābhyām) उपवसथैः (upavasathaiḥ)
उपवसथेभिः¹ (upavasathebhiḥ¹)
dative उपवसथाय (upavasathāya) उपवसथाभ्याम् (upavasathābhyām) उपवसथेभ्यः (upavasathebhyaḥ)
ablative उपवसथात् (upavasathāt) उपवसथाभ्याम् (upavasathābhyām) उपवसथेभ्यः (upavasathebhyaḥ)
genitive उपवसथस्य (upavasathasya) उपवसथयोः (upavasathayoḥ) उपवसथानाम् (upavasathānām)
locative उपवसथे (upavasathe) उपवसथयोः (upavasathayoḥ) उपवसथेषु (upavasatheṣu)
vocative उपवसथ (upavasatha) उपवसथौ (upavasathau)
उपवसथा¹ (upavasathā¹)
उपवसथाः (upavasathāḥ)
उपवसथासः¹ (upavasathāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀲𑀣 (posatha), *𑀉𑀧𑁄𑀲𑀣 (*uposatha)
    • Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀲𑀳 (posaha), *𑀉𑀯𑁄𑀲𑀳 (*uvosaha)
      • Helu Prakrit:
        • Dhivehi: ފޮއި (foi)
        • Sinhalese: පෝය (pōya), පොහොය (pohoya)
      • >? Marathi: ओवसा (ovsā), वसा (vasā)
      • >? Odia: ଓଷା (oṣā), ଉଷା (uṣā)
  • Pali: uposatha

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899), “उपवसथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 206, column 2.
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “उपवसथ”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “upavasatha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 105