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upasadउपसद्upa-√ sad P. -sīdati (Ved. Pot. 1. pl. -sadema; impf. -asadat) to sit upon (acc.), [RV. vi, 75, 8]; to sit near to, approach (esp. respectfully), revere, worship, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c., [MBh.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to approach (a teacher in order to become his pupil), [Kathās.] ; to approach asking, request, crave for, [RV. i, 89, 2]; [vii, 33, 9]; [TS. ii]; [ŚBr. ii]; to approach in a hostile manner, [BhP. vi, 3, 27]; to possess, [RV. viii, 47, 16]; [AV. iii, 14, 6]; to perform the Upasad ceremony (see below), [TS. vi, 2, 3, 4] : Caus. -sādayati, to place or put upon or by the side of [TS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to cause to approach, lead near (see upa-sādita).
upa-sád mfn. approaching (respectfully), worshipping, serving, [AV.]; [VS. xxx, 9]
upa-sád (t), m. N. of a particular fire (different from the Gārhapatya, Dakṣiṇāgni, and Āhavanīya), [VahniP.]
upa-sád (t), f. attendance, worship, service, [RV. ii, 6, 1]
settlement (?), [AV. vi, 142, 3]
siege, assault, [ŚBr. iii]; [AitBr.]; [Kāṭh.]
N. of a ceremony or sacrificial festival preceding the Sutyā or pressing of the Soma (it lasts several days, and forms part of the Jyotiṣṭoma), [VS. xix, 14]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] &c.
upasadīउपसदीúpa-sadī (úpa°), f. continuous propagation, [ŚBr. xiv, 9, 4, 23] (= saṃtati Comm.)
upasadaउपसदupa-sada mfn. one who goes near, [W.]
upa-sada m. the Upasad ceremony (see above), [ChUp.]
approach, [W.]
gift, donation, [W.]
upasadyaउपसद्यupa-sádya mfn. to be respectfully approached
to be revered or worshipped, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
upasadanaउपसदनupa-sadana n. the act of approaching (respectfully), respectful salutation, [MBh. i]
approaching (a work), setting about, undertaking, [Gaut.]
approaching or going to (a teacher [gen.] to learn any science or art [loc.]), [MBh. iii, 17169]
performing (a ceremony or sacrifice), [R.]
neighbouring abode, neighbourhood, [R.]
upasadvanउपसद्वन्upa-sad—van mfn. receiving reverence or worship, [ĀśvŚr. ii, 5, 9] (in a Mantra).
upasaddhomaउपसद्धोमupasad-dhoma m. (for -homa) the oblation of the Upasad ceremony, [ŚrS.]
upasadrūpaउपसद्रूपupa-sad—rūpá n. (eṇa instr.) in the form of an Upasad ceremony, [ŚBr. xi, 2, 7, 27.]
upasadvrataउपसद्व्रतupa-sad—vrata n. a particular observance prescribed for the Upasad ceremony (consisting principally of drinking milk in certain quantities) Comm. on [BṛĀrUp.]
upasadvratinउपसद्व्रतिन्upa-sad—°vratín mfn. performing the above observance, [ŚBr. xiv]; [BṛĀrUp.]