उपाकरणं (upAkaraNaM)

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Apte 1890

English

 उपाकरणं 1 An invitation to begin,  bringing near
 पवमान°,  प्रातरनुवाक° &c. 
2 A term given to certain sentences called Praiṣas (with which one priest calls another to perform a sacrifice). 
3 Immolation,  sacrifice of an animal consecrated according to rites. 
4 Preparation,  beginning,  commencement. 
5 Commencement of reading the Veda after the performance of the preparatory rite
 cf. उपाकर्मन्
 वेदोपाकरणाख्यं कर्म करिष्ये Śrāvaṇī Mantra. 

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Sanskrit

 उपाकरणं,  क्ली,
   (उपाक्रियतेऽनेन । उप + आ + कृल्युट् ।) संस्कारपूर्व्वकश्रुतिग्रहणम् । इत्यमरः ॥
पशूनां संस्कारपूर्व्वकहननम् । इति स्मृतिः ॥
(यथा,  आश्वलायने १० । ४ । “उपाकरणकालेऽश्व-मानीय” ॥
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