Ulba: 8 definitions
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Ulba means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexUlba (उल्ब).—Womb of the aṇḍa; became cloud.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 2. 33.
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 dictionaryUlba (उल्ब).—
1) The bag which surrounds the embryo, यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् (yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.38; fœtus.
2) The vulva
3) The womb; Vāj.19.76.
4) A cave.
Derivable forms: ulbam (उल्बम्).
See also (synonyms): ulva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUlba (उल्ब).—[neuter] ([masculine]) the bag enveloping the embryo, womb i.[grammar]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ulba (उल्ब):—n. or ulva (rarely as, m.) (√uc, ‘to accumulate’ [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 95]; more probably [from] √1. vṛ, [Boehtlingk & Roth’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch]), a cover, envelope, [especially] the membrane surrounding the embryo, [Ṛg-veda x, 51, 1; Atharva-veda iv, 2, 8; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.
2) the vulva, womb, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xix, 76]
3) a cave, cavity, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.];
4) cf. [Latin] alvus, vulva; [Lithuanian] urwā, ūla.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUlba (उल्ब):—(lvaṃ) 1. n. The womb.
[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 corpusUlba (ಉಲ್ಬ):—[noun] the innermost membrane of the sac enclosing the embryo of a mammal, reptile or bird; amnion.
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: Ulbana, Ulbanagol, Ulbanagolisu, Ulbanarasa, Ulbanata, Ulbanatapa, Ulbanatva, Ulbanavagu, Ulbane, Ulbanishnu, Ulbanisu, Ulibale.
Ends with: Avakolba, Bulba, Houlba, Hulba, Nicotiana ingulba, Nishulba, Shanashulba, Shaulba, Shulba.
Full-text: Ulva, Avakolba, Ulbaṇa, Ulpa, Ulbya, Jarayu, Ulvana.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.51.1 < [Sukta 51]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa VI, adhyāya 6, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Sixth Kāṇḍa]