उपशय

{ upaśaya }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

उप-शय    a See उप-√ शी.

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उप शय

उप-शय  mfn.  b mfn. lying near at hand or close by, lying ready for use, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

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उप शय

उप-शय  m.  m. one of the यूपs (or posts to which the sacrificial animal is tied), [TS. vi, 6, 4, 4]

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उप शय

   the lying near or by the side of
   a kind of hole in the ground (placed near the track of wild animals, for a hunter to conceal himself in [Mall.] on [Śiś. ii, 80])
   (in med.) the allaying (of diseases) by suitable remedies, suitableness, usefulness, advantageous medicine, [Car.]
   the liking, predilection (of a sick person as for coolness &c.), ib.
   diagnosis by the effect of certain articles of food or medicine, [W.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

उपशय [upaśaya]   See under उपशी.
उपशय [upaśaya]   a.
   Lying by the side of
   Productive of happiness or rest.
   थः Lying by the side of.
   A lair, ambush; हन्ति नोपशयस्थोऽपि शयालुर्मृगयुर्मृगान् [Śi.2.] 8.
   Diagnosis by the effect of certain articles of food, or medicine (one of the five elements of निदान).
   Allaying disease by diet, regimen &c.
-या   A prepared piece of clay.
-स्थ a.  a. Lying in ambush (as a hunter); see उपशयः (2).

Shabda-Sagara

उपशय  mfn.  ( -यः-या-यं) Productive of happiness or rest.
  m.  ( -यः)
   1. As- [Page130-a+ 60] certainment of disease or diagnosis by the effect of certain arti- cles of food or medicine.
   2. Allaying disease by diet, regimen, &c.
    E. उप before शी to sleep, अच् aff.

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उप शी अच्