उपधान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपधान (upadhā́na).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊp.d̪ʱɑːn/, [ʊp.d̪ʱä̃ːn]

Noun

उपधान • (updhān) m (Urdu spelling اپدهان) (rare, formal)

1. a support

   Synonym: सहारा (sahārā)

2. a pillow, cushion, that upon which one rests

   Synonyms: तकिया (takiyā), मसनद (masnad), सिरहाना (sirhānā)

3. affection, kindness

   Synonyms: स्नेह (sneh), अनुराग (anurāg), दया (dayā), कृपा (kŕpā)

4. religious observance or obligation
5. poison

   Synonyms: विष (viṣ), ज़हर (zahar), हलाहल (halāhal)

6. a footstool

Declension

Declension of उपधान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उपधान updhān	उपधान updhān
oblique	उपधान updhān	उपधानों updhānõ
vocative	उपधान updhān	उपधानो updhāno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उपधान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “उपधान”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উপধান (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬧᬥᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• উপধান (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰢𑰠𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀧𑀥𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဥပဓာန (Burmese script)
• ઉપધાન (Gujarati script)
• ਉਪਧਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌪𑌧𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦥꦣꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂣𑂡𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಪಧಾನ (Kannada script)
• ឧបធាន (Khmer script)
• ອຸປຘານ (Lao script)
• ഉപധാന (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢒᠠᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘢𑘠𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢒᠠᢑᠾᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧂𑧀𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐥𑐢𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଉପଧାନ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢦꢤꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆥𑆣𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖢𑖠𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• උපධාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩮𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚞𑚜𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• உபத⁴ாந (Tamil script)
• ఉపధాన (Telugu script)
• อุปธาน (Thai script)
• ཨུ་པ་དྷཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒣𑒡𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨜𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उप- (upa-) +‎ धान (dhāna).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.dʱɑ́ː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.d̪ʱɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

उपधान • (upadhā́na) stem, n

1. the act of placing or resting upon
2. that on which one rests, a pillow, cushion
3. peculiarity, singularity, excellence
4. cover, lid
5. religious observance
6. affection, kindness
7. fetching, procuring
8. a jewel case
9. poison
10. footstool

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of उपधान

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उपधानम् (upadhā́nam)	उपधाने (upadhā́ne)	उपधानानि (upadhā́nāni) उपधाना¹ (upadhā́nā¹)
vocative	उपधान (úpadhāna)	उपधाने (úpadhāne)	उपधानानि (úpadhānāni) उपधाना¹ (úpadhānā¹)
accusative	उपधानम् (upadhā́nam)	उपधाने (upadhā́ne)	उपधानानि (upadhā́nāni) उपधाना¹ (upadhā́nā¹)
instrumental	उपधानेन (upadhā́nena)	उपधानाभ्याम् (upadhā́nābhyām)	उपधानैः (upadhā́naiḥ) उपधानेभिः¹ (upadhā́nebhiḥ¹)
dative	उपधानाय (upadhā́nāya)	उपधानाभ्याम् (upadhā́nābhyām)	उपधानेभ्यः (upadhā́nebhyaḥ)
ablative	उपधानात् (upadhā́nāt)	उपधानाभ्याम् (upadhā́nābhyām)	उपधानेभ्यः (upadhā́nebhyaḥ)
genitive	उपधानस्य (upadhā́nasya)	उपधानयोः (upadhā́nayoḥ)	उपधानानाम् (upadhā́nānām)
locative	उपधाने (upadhā́ne)	उपधानयोः (upadhā́nayoḥ)	उपधानेषु (upadhā́neṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: उपधान (updhān)

• → Odia: ଉପଧାନ (upadhāna)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “उपधान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 199.

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “upadhāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.