उपवसथ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

উপৱসথ (Assamese script)
ᬉᬧᬯᬲᬣ (Balinese script)
উপবসথ (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰢𑰪𑰭𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀧𑀯𑀲𑀣 (Brahmi script)
ဥပဝသထ (Burmese script)
ઉપવસથ (Gujarati script)
ਉਪਵਸਥ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌪𑌵𑌸𑌥 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦥꦮꦱꦡ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂣𑂫𑂮𑂟 (Kaithi script)
ಉಪವಸಥ (Kannada script)
ឧបវសថ (Khmer script)
ອຸປວສຖ (Lao script)
ഉപവസഥ (Malayalam script)
ᡠᢒᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘢𑘪𑘭𑘞 (Modi script)
ᠤᢒᠠᠸᠠᠰᠠᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑧂𑧊𑧍𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐥𑐰𑐳𑐠 (Newa script)
ଉପଵସଥ (Odia script)
ꢆꢦꢮꢱꢢ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆥𑆮𑆱𑆡 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖢𑖪𑖭𑖞 (Siddham script)
උපවසථ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩾𑪁𑩬 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚞𑚦𑚨𑚚 (Takri script)
உபவஸத² (Tamil script)
ఉపవసథ (Telugu script)
อุปวสถ (Thai script)
ཨུ་པ་ཝ་ས་ཐ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒣𑒫𑒮𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨭𑨰𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उप- (upa-, “with”) +‎ वसथ (vasatha, “dwelling”) or उप- (upa-, “with”) +‎ वस् (vas, “to dwell”) +‎ -थ (-tha, agentive suffix), literally “dwelling with”.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.ʋɐ.sɐ.tʰɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.ʋɐ.s̪ɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

Noun

उपवसथ • (upavasatha) stem, m

The day before a soma sacrifice.
A fast day.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उपवसथ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उपवसथः (upavasathaḥ)	उपवसथौ (upavasathau) उपवसथा¹ (upavasathā¹)	उपवसथाः (upavasathāḥ) उपवसथासः¹ (upavasathāsaḥ¹)
accusative	उपवसथम् (upavasatham)	उपवसथौ (upavasathau) उपवसथा¹ (upavasathā¹)	उपवसथान् (upavasathān)
instrumental	उपवसथेन (upavasathena)	उपवसथाभ्याम् (upavasathābhyām)	उपवसथैः (upavasathaiḥ) उपवसथेभिः¹ (upavasathebhiḥ¹)
dative	उपवसथाय (upavasathāya)	उपवसथाभ्याम् (upavasathābhyām)	उपवसथेभ्यः (upavasathebhyaḥ)
ablative	उपवसथात् (upavasathāt)	उपवसथाभ्याम् (upavasathābhyām)	उपवसथेभ्यः (upavasathebhyaḥ)
genitive	उपवसथस्य (upavasathasya)	उपवसथयोः (upavasathayoḥ)	उपवसथानाम् (upavasathānām)
locative	उपवसथे (upavasathe)	उपवसथयोः (upavasathayoḥ)	उपवसथेषु (upavasatheṣu)
vocative	उपवसथ (upavasatha)	उपवसथौ (upavasathau) उपवसथा¹ (upavasathā¹)	उपवसथाः (upavasathāḥ) उपवसथासः¹ (upavasathāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀲𑀣 (posatha), *𑀉𑀧𑁄𑀲𑀣 (*uposatha)
- Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀲𑀳 (posaha), *𑀉𑀯𑁄𑀲𑀳 (*uvosaha)
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ފޮއި (foi)
    - Sinhalese: පෝය (pōya), පොහොය (pohoya)
  - >? Marathi: ओवसा (ovsā), वसा (vasā)
  - >? Odia: ଓଷା (oṣā), ଉଷା (uṣā)
Pali: uposatha
- → Burmese: ဥပုသ် (u.pus)
- → English: uposatha
- → Khmer: ឧបោសថ (ʼupaosaʼthaʼ)
- → Lao: ໂບດ (bōt)
- → Thai: อุโบสถ (ù-boo-sòt), โบสถ์ (bòot)

References

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “उपवसथ”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “upavasatha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 105