"upāya" meaning in Pali

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Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit उपाय (upāya). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|उपाय|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit उपाय (upāya), {{inh+|pi|sa|उपाय}} Inherited from Sanskrit उपाय (upāya) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} upāya m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], upāyo [nominative, singular], upāyā [nominative, plural], upāyaṃ [accusative, singular], upāye [accusative, plural], upāyena [instrumental, singular], upāyehi [instrumental, plural], upāyebhi [instrumental, plural], upāyassa [dative, singular], upāyāya [dative, singular], upāyatthaṃ [dative, singular], upāyānaṃ [dative, plural], upāyasmā [ablative, singular], upāyamhā [ablative, singular], upāyā [ablative, singular], upāyehi [ablative, plural], upāyebhi [ablative, plural], upāyassa [genitive, singular], upāyānaṃ [genitive, plural], upāyasmiṃ [locative, singular], upāyamhi [locative, singular], upāye [locative, singular], upāyesu [locative, plural], upāya [singular, vocative], upāyā [plural, vocative]
  1. way Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-upāya-pi-noun-RMXnBx86
  2. means Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-upāya-pi-noun-cDMtVZJp Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 5 5 5 31 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 5 5 5 30 20 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 2 54 44
  3. resource Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-upāya-pi-noun-XelTGfF0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 5 5 5 31 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 5 5 5 30 20 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 2 54 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 𑀉𑀧𑀸𑀬 [Brahmi, character], उपाय [Devanagari, character], উপায [Bengali], උපාය [Sinhalese, character], ဥပါယ, ဢုပႃယ [Burmese, character], อุปาย, อุปายะ [Thai, character], ᩏᨷᩤᨿ [Tai-Tham, character], ອຸປາຍ, ອຸປາຍະ, ອຸປາຢະ [Lao, character], ឧបាយ [Khmer, character], 𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄂𑄠 [Chakma, character]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
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            "1": "my",
            "2": "ဥပါယ်",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: ဥပါယ် (u.pay) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: ဥပါယ် (u.pay) (learned)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ឧបាយ",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ឧបាយ (ʼubaay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ឧបាយ (ʼubaay)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lo",
            "2": "ອຸບາຍ",
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          "expansion": "→ Lao: ອຸບາຍ (ʼu bāi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lao: ອຸບາຍ (ʼu bāi)"
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          "args": {
            "1": "th",
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      "form": "upāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "upāyaṃ",
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      "form": "upāye",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "upāyehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "upāyassa",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "upāyānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "upāyasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "upāyamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "upāye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "upāyesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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  "lang": "Pali",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "way"
      ],
      "id": "en-upāya-pi-noun-RMXnBx86",
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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          "_dis": "35 5 5 5 31 20",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "35 5 5 5 30 20",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
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          "means"
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "resource"
      ],
      "id": "en-upāya-pi-noun-XelTGfF0",
      "links": [
        [
          "resource",
          "resource"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀉𑀧𑀸𑀬"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Devanagari",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "उपाय"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "উপায"
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      "tags": [
        "Sinhalese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "උපාය"
    },
    {
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      "word": "ဥပါယ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ဢုပႃယ"
    },
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      "word": "อุปาย"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Thai",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "อุปายะ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Tai-Tham",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ᩏᨷᩤᨿ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ອຸປາຍ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ອຸປາຍະ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Lao",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ອຸປາຢະ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ឧបាយ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄂𑄠"
    }
  ],
  "word": "upāya"
}
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    "Pali lemmas",
    "Pali masculine nouns",
    "Pali nouns",
    "Pali nouns in Latin script",
    "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit"
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        {
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            "1": "my",
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            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: ဥပါယ် (u.pay) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: ဥပါယ် (u.pay) (learned)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
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          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lo",
            "2": "ອຸບາຍ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lao: ອຸບາຍ (ʼu bāi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lao: ອຸບາຍ (ʼu bāi)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "อุบาย",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: อุบาย (ù-baai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: อุบาย (ù-baai)"
    }
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        "id": "",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "upāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upāyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "way"
      ],
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        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "means"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "resource"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resource",
          "resource"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brahmi",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑀉𑀧𑀸𑀬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Devanagari",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "उपाय"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bengali"
      ],
      "word": "উপায"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Sinhalese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "උපාය"
    },
    {
      "word": "ဥပါယ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Burmese",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ဢုပႃယ"
    },
    {
      "word": "อุปาย"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Thai",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "อุปายะ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tai-Tham",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ᩏᨷᩤᨿ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ອຸປາຍ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ອຸປາຍະ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lao",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ອຸປາຢະ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ឧបាយ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄂𑄠"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for upāya meaning in Pali (4.9kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Pali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (4ba5975 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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