Urva, Urvā, Ūrva: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŪrva (ऊर्व).—(aurva) A luminous hermit of the family of Bhṛgu. He was the son of Cyavana and the father of Ṛcīka. He created a tremendous fire for the destruction of the three worlds and extinguished it by putting it in the ocean. (For details see under Aurva).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Urva (उर्व).—The son of Ripumjaya and father of Tigma.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 21. 13.
2a) Ūrva (ऊर्व).—The son of Purañjaya; a sage who practised true brahmacarya; put his thigh into the fire and churned it with kuśa grass; out of that came the fire Aurva, which he gave to Hiraṇyakaśipu as a weapon.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 50. 85; 175. 23-48, 69-71.
2b) A mantrakṛt.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 145. 99; 196. 26.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŪrva (ऊर्व).—a. Extensive, great.
-rvaḥ 1 Submarine fire.
2) A receptacle of water; the ocean.
3) A cloud.
4) A stable for cattle.
5) An epithet of a class of the manes or Pitṛs.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrva (ऊर्व).—m. The name of a saint from whose thighs (ūru) proceeded the submarine fire, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 2527 sqq.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrva (ऊर्व).—[masculine] receptacle, [especially] of water, i.e. cloud; fence, fold, stable, prison; [Name] of an ancient sage.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Urva (उर्व):—m. Name of a man [gana] vidādi, [Pāṇini 4-1, 104]
2) (urva, [Atharva-veda xvi, 3, 3], perhaps erroneous for ukha, [Boehtlingk & Roth’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch])
3) Ūrva (ऊर्व):—[from ūru] 1. ūrva m. (for 2. See sub voce) Name of the Ṛṣi Aurva (from whose thigh sprang the submarine fire which is also called Aurva, q.v.), [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] the submarine fire ([Sāyaṇa]), [Ṛg-veda]
5) [v.s. ...] [Ṛg-veda; ]prob. identical with 2. ūrva, and [according to] to some also, ‘a fold’, ‘herd’, ‘cattle’; ‘a mountain’.
6) 2. ūrva mfn. (for 1. See p. 221, col. 2) (probably connected with uru), broad, extensive, great, excessive, much, [Ṛg-veda]
7) m. the ocean, [Ṛg-veda]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUrva (ಉರ್ವ):—[adjective] higher in degree, rank, quality, etc.; superior; holy.
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Urva (ಉರ್ವ):—[noun] a man with superior qualities or is higher in rank or holiness.
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Ūrva (ಊರ್ವ):—
1) [noun] submarine fire.
2) [noun] a place where water is collected and stored in huge quantities for use; a water reservoir.
3) [noun] a mass of tiny, condensed water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere; cloud.
4) [noun] a small yard or building for domestic cattle.
5) [noun] a class of deified dead ancestors.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+37): Urvaci, Urvajra, Urvalam, Urvamdi, Urvanala, Urvane, Urvanga, Urvanji, Urvanjik-kaya, Urvanjikaya, Urvar, Urvara, Urvarabhumi, Urvarai, Urvarajit, Urvarajita, Urvarak, Urvaraka, Urvaramara, Urvarapati.
Ends with (+141): Abdapurva, Abhatapurva, Abhipurva, Abhisamdhipurva, Abhuktapurva, Abhutapurva, Abodhapurva, Abuddhipurva, Adattapurva, Adhyapurva, Adrishtapurva, Adyapurva, Ahampurva, Ahapurva, Ajatapurva, Ajnatapurva, Akrishnapurva, Akritapurva, Alampurva, Alanghitapurva.
Full-text: Aurva, Urvya, Tigmatma, Tigma, Urujanman, Aurvi, Durva, Aurvva, Parashurama, Sripra, Hayasura, Ripunjaya, Devarata, Ricika.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
A Manual of Khshnoom (by Phiroz Nasarvanji Tavaria)
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 45 - The Fight between the Gods and Demons < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Debt in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Lineages of Aṅgirā < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Puru dynasty < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]