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| '''Upādhi''' (devanāgarī: उपाधि) is a [[Sanskrit]] word used in [[Hinduism]]. It consists of ''upa'' and ''dha''. ''Upa'' means "in the sense of" an ''dha'' means "to place". Hence upādhi means "that which places its own attributes to something that is nearby".<ref>[http://www.avgsatsang.org/hhsvs/pdf/Definitions_of_Vedantic_Terms.pdf# Definitions of Some Vedāntic Terms] by Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati.</ref> Thus the upādhi is a vehicle of expression for a true reality, both limiting and defining its expression. [[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote it as follows:
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| <blockquote>'''Upâdhi''' (Sk.). Basis; the vehicle, carrier or bearer of something less material than itself: as the human body is the upâdhi of its spirit, ether the upâdhi of light, etc., etc.; a mould; a defining or limiting substance.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 353.</ref></blockquote>
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| == Notes ==
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| ==Further reading==
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| *[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Up%C4%81dhi# Upādhi] at Theosopedia
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| [[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
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