Hindi

Proper noun

उपनिषद् • ‎(upniṣad) f ‎(Urdu spelling اپنشد)

1. (Hinduism) an Upanishad (Hindu religious text)

Sanskrit

Etymology

उप- ‎(upa-) +‎ नि- ‎(ni-) +‎ सद् ‎(sad)

Noun

उपनिषद् • ‎(upaniṣad) f

1. sitting at the foot of a teacher to receive knowledge
   1. secret knowledge passed in this manner
2. esoteric cosmology
3. esoteric doctrine, secret knowledge, mystical meaning, mystical words (ŚBr., ChUp., etc.)
4. a class of Hindu religious texts in which doctrines of sacred knowledge are expounded

Verb

उपनिषद् • ‎(upaniṣad)

1. to sit down near to
2. to approach

Descendants

• English: Upanishad
• Telugu: ఉపనిషత్తు ‎(upaniṣattu)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0201