The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromउपवसथ“dwelling with [the gods], a fasting day, especially before a soma sacrifice”
- Pali · borrowed fromuposatha
- English todayuposatha
Borrowed from Pali uposatha, derived from Sanskrit उपवसथ (upavasatha, “dwelling with [the gods], a fasting day, especially before a soma sacrifice”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.