Udici, Udīcī: 13 definitions
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Udici means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Udichi.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Udīcī (उदीची).—(River) a mahānadi.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 108. 80.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Udici (उदिचि).—North-South line. Note: Udici is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Udīcī (उदीची) refers to the “northern quarter” (of a particular Mountain region), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “[...] 11. Then, propitiated, the sage Pālakāpya said to the lord of Aṅga [=Romapāda]: ‘Formerly elephants could go anywhere they pleased, and assume any shape; they roamed as they liked in the sky and on the earth. In the northern quarter (udīcī) of the Himalaya Mountain there is a banyan tree which has a length and breadth of two hundred leagues. On it the excellent elephants alighted (after flying through the air). [...]’.”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
udīcī (उदीची).—f S The north.
udicī (उदिची).—f The north. udicīna, udīcya a Northern.
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
Udīcī (उदीची).—The north; तेनोदीचीं दिशमनुसरेः (tenodīcīṃ diśamanusareḥ) Meghadūta 59.
Udīcī (उदीची).—f. (-cī) The north: see udac.
Udīcī (उदीची):—[=ud-īcī] [from ud-ac > ud-añc] f. (udīcī) ([scilicet] diś) the northern quarter, the north
Udīcī (उदीची):—(cī) 3. f. North.
Udīcī (उदीची):—s. u. udañc .
Udīcī (उदीची):—s. udañc.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Udīcī (उदीची) [Also spelled udichi]:—(nf) the north (direction); ~[cya] belonging to the north, northern; an inhabitant of the north.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Udīci (ಉದೀಚಿ):—[noun] the direction to the right of a person facing the sunset; the north.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Ud.
Starts with: Udicibhava, Udicina, Udicinakumba, Udicinapravana, Udicipatha, Udicipati, Udicitirtha.
Full-text: Pragudici, Udanc, Udicipatha, Udicitirtha, Audicya, Udac, Utici, Pratisvara, Udicya, Disha, Udicca, Ushi, Dish.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 302 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
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