# उपासना (upāsanā)

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उपासना (upāsanā) is a Sanskrit word meaning service, worship, engaging in or performing, practice of archery, service, attendance, or waiting upon, worship or adoption, religious meditation.

- **SLP1:** `upAsanA`  **IAST:** upāsanā  **Devanagari:** उपासना
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upasana
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/upasana/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** उपासन (upāsana)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- Service, worship  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उपासना (upāsanā) [Printed book page 132-a ] उपा _ सना (upā_sanā) ( ना ) ((nā)) 1. f. Service, worship. [ ID=7049 ]
- 1. Engaging in or performing. 2. Practice of archery. 3. Service, attendance, or waiting upon. 4. Worship or adoption. 5. Religious meditation.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उपासना (upāsanā) [Printed book page 145-20 ] उपासना (upāsanā) f. 1. Engaging in, performing, M. ii.69; 2. practice of archery; 3. service, attendance, waiting upon, M. iii.107, Na. i.34, Bg. xiii.7, Yaj. iii.156; 4. worship, adoption; 5. religious meditation. [ ID=7007.1 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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