The Sanskrit term Ūrdhvadṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Urdhvadrsti or Urdhvadrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि):—Looking upwards

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि) refers to “one whose gaze is (turned) upwards”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, while describing the visualization of Koṅkaṇā: “[...] She is the unfailing Koṅkaṇā, the Kaula Weapon (who holds a) bow, arrow, club, thunderbolt, and javelin. (She has big) fang-like teeth. (Her tongue protrudes) licking up and destroying (the worlds). (Her) face is deformed, her form ferocious and (her) gaze is (turned) upwards [i.e., ūrdhvadṛṣṭi]. Her nature Time, she is in a mad frenzy. She laughs loudly and she sits on the (hexagram which is her) thunderbolt lotus seat”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि).—a (S) Of upturned or heavenward vision. 2 Of high conceptions or views; conceited or haughty; aspiring, ambitious, loftyminded.

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ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि).—f (S) Looking up into the heavens. 2 fig. Conceit, ambition, high aspirations &c.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि).—a.

1) looking upwards.

2) (fig.) aspiring, ambitious.

-ṣṭiḥ f.) concentrating the sight on the spot between the eyebrows (in Yoga Phil.)

Ūrdhvadṛṣṭi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and dṛṣṭi (दृष्टि). See also (synonyms): ūrdhvanetra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि).—[adjective] looking upwards.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि):—[=ūrdhva-dṛṣṭi] [from ūrdhva] f. a glance or look upwards

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. looking upwards.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Drishti, Urdhva.

Full-text: Urdhvanetra, Drishti.

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