# उपमन्यु (upamanyu) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/upamanyu उपमन्यु (upamanyu) is a Sanskrit word meaning striving after, zealous, knowing, intelligent, the name of a rishi, the descendants of Upamanyu, zealous or striving after, knowing, understanding, or intelligent. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Adjective: Zealous / Striving, Multiple Meanings (Adjective & Proper Name), Proper Name: Rishi (Disciple of Āyoda-Dhaumya / Devotee of Shiva). - **SLP1:** `upamanyu` **IAST:** upamanyu **Devanagari:** उपमन्यु - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upamanyu - **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/upamanyu/declensions.md ## Meanings by context ### Adjective: Zealous / Striving (3 definitions) - striving after, zealous *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1) [Printed book page 203,2] उप - मन्यु (upa-manyu) mfn. striving after, zealous [ BRD. ], Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 102, 9 [ ID=35294 ] - Zealous *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > उपमन्यु (upamanyu) [Printed book page 0326-b ] 2 Zealous, striving after. [ ID=8751 ] - the name of a person in the Rigveda or an epithet *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects* > उपमन्यु (upamanyu) [Printed book page 1-092 ] Upa-manyu is, according to Ludwig, 1 the name of a person in the Rigveda, 2 but is more probably explained by Roth 3 as a mere epithet. [ Footnote: 1) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 113.] [ Footnote: 2) i. 102. 9.] [ Footnote: 3) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. ] [ ID=367 ] ### Multiple Meanings (Adjective & Proper Name) (3 definitions) - 1. Zealous. 2. A proper name. *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > उपमन्यु (upamanyu) [Printed book page 053-2 ] उपमन्यु (upamanyu) upa-manyú, a. zealous; m. N.. [ ID=4752 ] - 1. Eager or zealous. 2. A man's name. *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > उपमन्यु (upamanyu) [Printed book page 089 ] उपमन्यु (upamanyu) a. eager, zealous; m. a man's name. [ ID=5784 ] - 1. Zealous or striving after. 2. Knowing, understanding, or intelligent. 3. The name of a pupil of Dhaumya Ayoda. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > उपमन्यु (upamanyu) [Printed book page 0166-a ] उपमन्यु (upamanyu) upa-manyu, us, us, u, Ved. zealous, striving after; (Sāy.) knowing, understanding, intelli- gent; ( us ), m., N. of a pupil of Dhaumya Āyoda. [ ID=11662 ] ### Proper Name: Rishi (Disciple of Āyoda-Dhaumya / Devotee of Shiva) (3 definitions) - the name of a rishi *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > उप - मन्यु (upa-manyu) ( उस् (us) ), m. N. of a Ṛṣi (pupil of Āyoda-dhaumya, who aided Śiva in the propagation of his doctrine and received the ocean of milk from him), MBh.; LiṅgaP.; Kathās. &c. [ ID=35296 ] - a brahmin and disciple of Ayoda Dhaumya *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > उपमन्यु (upamanyu) [Printed book page 691-2 ] Upamanyu 1, a brahman, disciple of Āyoda Dhaumya. § 14 (Pauṣyap.): I, 3, ††684.—§ 15 (cf. Pauṣyap.): Upamanyu Page692-a+ 63 was sent to look after the kine. His master forbade him to enjoy the alms he received before he had offered it to him; then, being deprived by the master of the whole alms, and forbidden to go begging a second time, or to drink of the milk of the cows, or the froth that the calves threw out when sucking, he ate of the leaves of the arka plant ( asclepias gigantea ), whence he became blind and fell into a pit. Āyoda Dhaumya told U. to glorify the Aśvins, which he did; they gave him a cake which he would not apply without offering it to his preceptor, though the latter had himself formerly obtained a similar cake without offering it to his preceptor. The Aśvins gave him teeth of gold, while those of his preceptor were of iron, and restored him to sight: I, 3, ††697, ††698, ††700, ††704, ††708, ††711, ††717, ††718, ††721, ††739. [ ID=11167 ] - a rishi *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > [Printed book page 692-1 ] Upamanyu 2, Vaiyāghrapadya ( °pāda C.), a ṛṣi. § 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 14, 634 ( Vaiyāghrapādasya ( °padya°, B.)), 655 (Kṛṣṇa came to the hermitage of U., who advised him to gratify Śiva, whose granting of boons he described).—§ 730 g (do.): Upamanyu said: In the Kṛtayuga there was a ṛṣi named Vyāghrapāda. I was born as his son and Dhaumya as my younger brother. Accompanied by Dhaumya, I once came to the hermitage of certain ṛṣis. There I saw milk, which appeared to me to be like to amṛta. Coming home, I asked my mother to give me some food prepared with milk. Having no milk my mother was sorry. She then took a cake (of rice) and boiled it into water and placed it before me, saying that it was milk. Knowing the nature of milk, I understood that this was not milk; this I said to my mother, who then answered me that ascetics in the wood could not have milk. “Whence shall we, who live at the river, the resort of the Vālakhilyas, obtain milk? In the wilderness are no offspring of Surabhī.” Then she told me to devote myself to Śaṅkara (i.e. Śiva). Questioned by me about Śiva my mother then, in accordance with the discourses of the munis, described the diverse forms of Mahādeva (i.e. Śiva) (η). I then applied myself to the practice of penances in order to gratify Śiva. After a thousand celestial years Mahādeva appeared to me in the form of Śakra (i.e. Indra) riding on his elephant, but I did not desire a boon from any other deity than Mahādeva. Questioned by Indra about the reason, I stated Śiva to be the existent and the non-existent, the manifest and the unmanifest, the eternal and immutable, etc., and that there was nothing superior to Śiva (θ). Mahādeva resides in the worlds named Bhū, etc. (ι). In all the encounters of the gods, etc. (κ), Bhava restores power to those who meet with destruction. It is Maheśvara who made futile the boons given to Andhaka, etc. (λ). He is adored by yogins, etc. (μ). Brahmán, etc. (ν), always say that there is none higher than Mahādeva. His sign ( liṅga ) is worshipped by Brahmán, etc. The creatures bear only the signs of Mahādeva and his spouse, and those of Brahmán, etc. (ο). “I shall never acknow- ledge any other deity. Nor would I take the fulfilment of all my wishes from any other deity.” When I had finished this-speech, the celestial elephant became transformed into a white bull (description), on the back of which Mahādeva, with Umā, was seated (description of Śiva and his weapons: Pināka (π)). The Pāśupata weapon is superior to all other weapons such as the Brāhma, etc. (ρ), but the śūla (σ) is even superior. Śiva was also armed with the battle-axe, which he had given to Rāma Jāmadagnya (τ). He was surrounded by Brahmán, etc. (υ). The deities praised Śiva by uttering diverse hymns (ϕ). “I then praised him with a hymn (χ) Page692-b+ 63 and offered him arghya (water). Śiva became gratified and granted me the fulfilment of all my wishes. I once more praised him (ψ) and asked that I and my kinsmen and friends might always eat food with milk. Śiva granted this, and that after the expiration of a kalpa I should obtain the companionship of Śiva. Then the god disappeared”: XIII, 14, (784), (880), 928, 932.—§ 730 (do.): XIII, 14, (964); 15, 1034, (1036); 16, (1037), (1104), (1109); 17, (1115); 18, 1358 ( U. taught Kṛṣṇa certain mantras by which he succeeded in seeing Śiva, U. afterwards recited to Kṛṣṇa the 1000 names of Śiva, which had been communicated to him by Taṇḍi ). [ ID=11168 ] ### Adjective: Knowing / Intelligent (2 definitions) - knowing, intelligent *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (knowing, understanding, intelligent, Sāy. ) [ ID=35295 ] - Understanding, intelligent *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > उपमन्यु (upamanyu) [Printed book page 0326-b ] 1 Understanding, intelligent. [ ID=8751 ] ### Descendants of Upamanyu (1 definition) - the descendants of Upamanyu *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > उप - मन्यु (upa-manyu) ( अवस् (avas) ), m. pl. the descendants of the above, ĀśvŚr. ( cf. औपमन्यव (aupamanyava).) [ ID=35297 ] ### Proper Name: Upamanyu, Son of Vasu (Śrutarṣi) (1 definition) - a sage and priest, son of Vasu *The Purana Index* > उपमन्यु (upamanyu) [Printed book page 1-234 ] Upamanyu — a Śrutarṣi and a madhyamādhvaryu; son of Vasu; after him came the group of Aupamanyus. Br. II. 33. 3 & 15; III. 8. 98; Vā. 70. 89. [ ID=1859 ] ## Sources Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546