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Uposatha is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Uposatha in a sentence

Uposatha meaning

A regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observation

Using Uposatha

  • The main meaning on this page is: A regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observation

Context around Uposatha

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

asalha 1× room 1×

Often after:

dhamma 1× day 1× days 1×

Sentence patterns with Uposatha

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

or asalha uposatha dhamma day 1× or on uposatha days depending 1× shrine room uposatha day rains 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

lay buddhist practice 1× these characteristics are 1× vassa begins on 1×

Common sentence endings:

no 206 207 1× school of buddhism 1× uposatha dhamma day 1×

Words around Uposatha

Just before it in the word index:

upon 13.388 upolu 11 upnytimes 2 upnp 2 upng 4 upnd 267

Just after it in the word index:

upou 2 upp 39 uppal 31 uppbpb 2 uppcl 3 upped 293

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Uposatha

  • In this selection, "uposatha" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, asalha, room, dhamma, day and days stand out and add context to how "uposatha" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include or asalha uposatha dhamma day and or on uposatha days depending. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "uposatha" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with uposatha

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Lay Buddhist Practice: The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, Rains Residence (Wheel No. 206/207). (14 words)

These characteristics are chanted either on a daily basis and/or on Uposatha days, depending on the school of Buddhism. (20 words)

Vassa begins on the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month, which is the day after Asalha Puja or Asalha Uposatha (“Dhamma day”). (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Vassa begins on the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month, which is the day after Asalha Puja or Asalha Uposatha (“Dhamma day”). (27 words)

These characteristics are chanted either on a daily basis and/or on Uposatha days, depending on the school of Buddhism. (20 words)

Lay Buddhist Practice: The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, Rains Residence (Wheel No. 206/207). (14 words)

Example sentences (3)

Vassa begins on the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month, which is the day after Asalha Puja or Asalha Uposatha (“Dhamma day”).

Lay Buddhist Practice: The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, Rains Residence (Wheel No. 206/207).

These characteristics are chanted either on a daily basis and/or on Uposatha days, depending on the school of Buddhism.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "uposatha" in a sentence?
An example: "Vassa begins on the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month, which is the day after Asalha Puja or Asalha Uposatha (“Dhamma day”)." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "uposatha" from authentic English texts.
What does "uposatha" mean?
Uposatha means: A regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observation
How many example sentences with "uposatha" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "uposatha", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.