उपचार (upacāra) is a Sanskrit word meaning approach, service, and attendance, polite behavior, reverence, proceeding, practice, behaviour, conduct, mode of proceeding towards, treatment, medical practice or attendance on a patient. Its 26 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them Service, Politeness, and Homage, Conduct, Practice, and Procedure, Figurative Language and Speech.
act of civility, obliging or polite behaviour, reverence, ŚBr.; MBh.; Śak. &c. (64 Upacāras are enumerated in the Tantra-sāra, quoted by, T.) [ID=34451]
1. Service or attendance. 2. The practice of medicine. 3. Practice, profession, or usage. 4. A present or bribe. 5. Presenting delicacies, water, or betel. 6. Nursing the sick. 7. Solicitation or request. 8. An act in progress. 9. A form of speech leaving something to be inferred.
उप (upa)चार (upacāra) [Printed book page 153] उप (upa)चार (upacāra) m. (-रः (-raḥ))
1 Service, attendance.
2 Physicking, the practice of medicine.
3 Practice, profession, usage.
4 A present, a bribe.
5 Presenting delicacies or necessaries, water, betel. Page154 &c.
6 Tending the sick, nursing.
7 Solicitation, request.
8 Incomplete, act, one in progress.
9 A form of speech, a phrase that leaves something to be inferred, ellipsis, &c.
E. उप (upa) well. much, &c. चर (cara) to go, घञ् (ghañ) aff.
[ID=7329]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Service or practice. 2. Medical treatment. 3. A bribe. 4. Ellipsis.
उपचार (upacāra) [Printed book page 126-a] उप-चार (upa-cāra)(रः) ((raḥ)) 1. m. Service; practice; physicking; a bribe; ellipses. [ID=6735]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Attendance, service, or worship. 2. Courtesy, politeness, or polite behavior. 3. Practice or performance. 4. A ceremony or religious ritual. 5. An article of decoration or furniture. 6. Customary obeisance or homage. 7. A mode of address. 8. An article of worship. 9. Conduct or behavior. 10. The application of a cure or practice of medicine. 11. A present or bribe. 12. A pretext. 13. A request or solicitation. 14. The secondary application or figurative use of a word. 15. Identification based on similarity in rhetoric. 16. The occurrence of s and sh in place of visarga in grammar.
उपचार (upacāra) [Printed book page 136-40] उपचार (upacāra)m. 1. Attendance, service, worshipping; 2. courtesy, compliment, politeness, polite behaviour, उपचार (upacāra)पदं न चेदिदम् (upacārapadaṃ na cedidam)K.S. iv.9, उपचार (upacāra)विधिर्मनस् (s)विनीनाम् (upacāravidhirmanasvinīnām)Mal. iii.; 3. practice, performance, M. i.111, x.32; 4. a ceremony, a religious performance, प्रयुक्तपाणिग्रहणोपचारौ (prayuktapāṇigrahaṇopacārau)K.S. vii.86; 5. an appendage, an article of decoration or furniture, R. vi.1, vii.4, K.S. vii.88; 6. customary obeisance, homage, गुरुपरितापानि न ते गात्राण्युपचारमर्हंति (guruparitāpāni na te gātrāṇyupacāramarhaṃti)Sak. iii., R. iii.11; 7. a mode of address, रामभद्र इत्येव मां प्रत्युपचारः शोभते तातपरिजनस् (s)य (rāmabhadra ityeva māṃ pratyupacāraḥ śobhate tātaparijanasya)Ut. i.; 8. an article of worship (they are variously described); 9. conduct, behaviour, वश्यशुद्रोपचारं च (vaśyaśudropacāraṃ ca)M. i.116; 10. application of cure, practice of medicine; 11. a present, a bribe; 12. a pretext; 13. a request, a solicitation; 14. secondary application or figurative use of a word, (the same as लक्षणा (lakṣaṇā) q.v.), मुख्येप्युपचार एव शरणं स् (s)यात् (mukhyepyupacāra eva śaraṇaṃ syāt)K.Pr. x.; 15. identification based on similarity (in rhetoric), उभयरूपा चेयं शुद्धा उपचोरणामिश्रितत्वात् (ubhayarūpā ceyaṃ śuddhā upacoraṇāmiśritatvāt)K.Pr. ii.; 16. the occurrence of स् (s) and ष् (ṣ) in the place of visarga (in gram.) [ID=6701]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Service or attendance.
2. The practice of medicine.
3. Practice, profession, or usage.
4. A present or bribe.
5. Presenting delicacies or necessaries.
6. Nursing the sick.
7. Solicitation or request.
8. An incomplete act in progress.
9. A form of speech with ellipsis or implied meaning.
उप (upa)चार (upacāra) [Printed book page 126-a] उप (upa)चार (upacāra)
m. (-रः (-raḥ))
1. Service, attendance.
2. Physicking, the practice of medicine.
3. Practice, profession, usage.
4. A present, a bribe.
5. Presenting delicacies or necessaries, water, betel, &c.
6. Tending the sick, nursing.
7. Solicitation, request.
8. Incomplete act, one in progress.
9. A form of speech, a phrase that leaves something to be inferred ellipsis, &c.
E. उप (upa) well, much, &c. चर् (car) to go, घञ् (ghañ) aff.
[ID=7326]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Homage. 2. Service. 3. Courting. 4. Means of doing homage, such as garlands. 5. Practice or performance. 6. Ceremony. 7. Medical treatment or use. 8. Behaviour.
उपचार (upacāra) [Printed book page 0122-b] उपचार (upacāra)upacāra,i. e.upa-car + a,
m.1. Homage, Śāk.d. 66. 2. Ser-
vice, Vikr. 56, 9. 3. Courting, Man.
8, 357. 4. Means of doing homage,
garlands, etc., Ragh. 7, 4. 5. Practice,
Man. 1, 111; performance, Man. 9, 259.
6. Ceremony, Kumāras. 7, 86. 7.
Physicking, Suśr. 1, 117, 7; medical
use, Vikr. 19, 17. 8. Behaviour, Rām.
5, 32, 8. — Comp.Dus-,adj., f.rā, diffi-
cult to be treated, Pañc. 203, 5. Sopa- Page0123-a+ 40
cāram,i. e.sa-upacāra + m,adv.
respectfully, Rām. 5, 90, 5.
[ID=2243]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Approaching or waiting upon. 2. Polite attention. 3. Correct procedure or duty.
उपचार (upacāra) [Printed book page 133-a] upacārá,m. a coming to or waiting upon; pregnantly, (polite) attention; (correct) procedure, i. e. duty. [√car + upa.] [ID=835]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. Approach, service, or attendance.
2. Polite behaviour, civility, or a ceremony.
3. Practice, usage, or profession.
4. The practice of medicine, nursing, or tending the sick.
5. Behaviour or conduct.
6. Presenting offerings such as water, flowers, or betel, or a gift or bribe.
7. Solicitation or request.
8. An incomplete act, pretence, or pretext.
9. A figure of speech, metaphor, or ellipsis.
10. The occurrence of s and sh in place of Visarga in grammar.
उपचार (upacāra) [Printed book page 0162-a] Upa-cāra, as, m. approach, service, attendance, act of civility, obliging or polite behaviour; proceed- ing, practice; profession, usage; physicking, the prac- tice of medicine, tending the sick, nursing; behaviour, conduct; a ceremony, presenting offerings of water, betel, flowers, &c. a present, a bribe; solicitation, request; incomplete act; a figure of speech, pre- tence, pretext, ellipsis, metaphor (e. g. upacārāt, metaphorically); occurrence of s and ṣ in the place of Visarga in grammar; N. of a Pariśiṣṭa of the Sāma-veda. —Upacāra-karaṇa, am, n. or upacāra-karman, a, n. or upacāra-kriyā, f. offering presents, especially of perfumes, flowers, &c. attention, service. —Upacāra-para, as, ā, am, diligent in service, serving diligently. —Upacāra-paribhraṣṭa, as, ā,am, void of civility, destitute of kindness, churlish, uncourteous. [ID=11346]
1. Behaviour or conduct.
2. Practice, proficiency, or procedure.
3. Attendance, service, or homage.
4. Courtesy, polite attention, or compliment.
5. Ornament, ceremony, or complimentary garland.
6. Medical treatment.
7. An idiom or figurative term.
उपचार (upacāra) [Printed book page 052-3] उपचार (upacāra) upa-cārá, m. behaviour; conduct, practice; proficiency; procedure with (g.); attendance; service; courtesy, (polite) attention, compliment; homage; ornament; ceremony; complimentary garland; (medical) treatment; idiom; figurative term; -ka, courtesy (—°a., f.ikā); -kriyā,f. polite attention; -pada,n. complimentary word, empty flattery; -paribhraṣṭa,pp. devoid of civility, discourteous; -vat,a. decorated, adorned. [ID=4676]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Conduct, practice, or dealing with others. 2. Civility, kindness, service, or ceremony. 3. Ornament. 4. Figure of speech.
उपचार (upacāra) [Printed book page 088] उपचार (upacāra)m. conduct, behaviour, use, practice, dealing with (gen.); civility, kindness, service, attendance, ceremony; ornament (p.°वन्त् (°vant)†), figure of speech. [ID=5702]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Figurative Language and Speech
3 definitions3
usage, custom, or manner of speech
usage, custom or manner of speech, Nyāyad. [ID=34461]
