feminine · upanisā 1.1 · upanisā 1.2
Upanisā (feminine) [if = Vedic upaniṣad, it would be from upa + ni + sad, but if, as is more likely, a contracted form of upanissaya, it would be from upa + ni + śri. The history of this word has yet to be written, cf. Kern, Toev. sub voce and Divy 530 svopaniṣad] 1. cause, means D II 217, 259; M III 71 (samādhiṃ sa-upanisaṃ); S II 30-32 (Spk II 53 = kāraṇa, paccaya); V 25; A I 198; III 20, 200 f., 360; IV 99, 336, 351; V 4 f., 313 f.; Snp 322 (= upanissaya Pj II 331); page 140 (= kāraṇa, payojana Pj II 503); Dhp 75 (cf. Dhp-a II 102 aññā Nibbāna-gāminī paṭipadā). 2. likeness, counterfeit [= Sanskrit upaniṣad = aupamye Pāṇini I 4, 79] Ja VI 470 (= paṭirūpaka commentary). {144}
sitting near (a teacher) to listen, attention; secret knowledge; cause, basis; condition, prerequisite
【陰】 因素，方法，相似物。
(fem, fem, abstr, in comps, from upanissayati) cause; precondition; prerequisite (for); proximate cause cause, means, likeness [lit.] nearby support Construction: upa + ni + √si + ā
(fem, fem, abstr, from upanissayati) reason (for); purpose (of) cause, means, likeness [lit.] nearby support Construction: upa + ni + √si + ā
(fem, fem, from upanisīdati) sitting near; approaching Construction: upa + ni + √sad + ā