उपधान

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपधान (upadhā́na).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊp.d̪ʱɑːn/,

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

• 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.

From उप- (upa-) +‎ धान (dhāna).

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

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

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: उपधान (updhān)

• → Odia: ଉପଧାନ (upadhāna)

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

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