उपनी

{ upanī }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

उप-√ नी    1. P. Ā. -नयति, -ते ( Ā. Pot. -नयीत, [HirGṛ. i, 1, 2]; p. -न॑यमान, [AV.])

to lead or drive near, bring near, bring, adduce, offer, [RV. ii, 3, 10; iii, 35, 3]; [ŚBr.]; [TBr.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.]; [Ragh.];

to bring information, communicate;

to lead or bring near to one's self, take possession of [R.]; [Kathās.];

to lead, guide, [MBh.]; [BhP.];

to lead or draw towards one's self (said of the Guru who, in the ceremony of initiation, draws the boy towards himself);

to initiate into one of the twice-born classes by investing with the sacred thread &c. (only Ā. [Pāṇ. 1-3, 36]), [AV. xi, 5, 3]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] &c., [Mn.] &c.;

to bring about, produce, cause, [Gīt.]; [Prab.]; [Sāh.];

to bring into any state, reduce to, [R.]; [Hariv.]; [Kām.] &c.;

to take into one's service (only Ā. [Pāṇ. 1-3, 36]) :

Caus. -नाययति, to cause to initiate (a pupil), [Mn. xi, 191.]

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उप √ नी

उप-नी    2. ( उप-नि-√ इ) P. -न्य्-एति, to enter into, move towards, [ŚBr.]

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उप नी

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

उपनी [upanī]   1 [P.]
   To bring near, fetch; उपनयति मुनिकुमार- केभ्यः फलानि [K.45,62;] विधिनैवोपनीतस्त्वम् [Mk.7.6;] अन्नम् [Ms.3.225;] [M.2.5;] [Y.3.122;] तेन ह्युपनय शरम् [V.5;] [R.1.52;] [Ku.7.72.]
   (a) To offer, present to; हरये स्वदेहमुपानयत् [R.2.59;] [Bk.6.7;] [Ku.3.65;] आर्य- स्यासनमुपनय [Mk.9;] [M.3.] (b) To hand over, give over; अन्तःपुरपरिचारिकामध्यमुपनीता [K.11;] [Māl.1;] [Ś.1;] [U.2;] अचिरोपनीता वः शिष्या M.1 recently made over (for instruction).
   To bring to, subject, expose or put to; आत्मा क्लेशस्य पदमुपनीतः [Ś.1;] [R.13.39;] [K.173.]
   To bring about, cause, produce, accomplish; उपनयन्नर्थान् [Pt.3.18;] उपनयन्नङ्गैरनङ्गोत्सवम् [Gīt.1;] [K.171.]
   To bring information, communicate.
   To bring into any state, lead or reduce to; अयोऽभेद्यमुपायेन द्रवतामुपनीयते [Kām.11.47.]
   To take into one's possession, lead away, lead; [K.169.]
   To bring near to oneself; i. e. invest with the sacred thread (Ātm. [P.I.3.36] ); उप त्वा नेष्ये [Ch. Up.4.4.5.] क्षात्रेण कल्पेनोपनीय [U.2;] माणवक- मुपनयते Sk.; [R.3.29;] [Bk.1.15;] [Ms.2.49,69,14.]
   To hire, employ as hired servants; कर्मकरानुपनयते Sk. -Caus. To cause (a master) to receive (a pupil), cause to invest with the sacred thread. तांश्चारयित्वा त्रीन्कृच्छ्रान् यथाविध्युपनाययेत् [Ms.11.191.]