In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

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Ulūlu (उलूलु) refers to a “sound produced by women by blowing into the hollow of the palm on an auspicious occasion like a marriage”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 14.51. Nārāyaṇa remarks that the custom of making this sound is prevalent among the women of Gauḍa, and the poet here refers to a custom of his own country. There is, however, nothing to warrant Nārāyaṇa’s statement, as references to the ulūlu sound are found in writers belonging to various parts of India.

The word [ulūlu] is used by Murāri in his Anargharāghava in connection with Sītā’s marraiage. Murāri is believed to be a Kashmiri, but Rucipati in his commentary on the play remarks that the ulūlu sound is made by women of the South on an occasion like a marriage. According to Mallinātha, the custom is prevalent on the north.

The ulūlu sound has, in fact, been brought into special connection with the marriage festivities by certain later writers on Poetics. Amaracandra and Arisiṃha in their Kāvyakalpalatā include ulūlu among the topics to be described in connection with a marriage (1.5.86). Ulūlu is likewise included in the similar lists found in Dveśvara’s Kavikalpalatā (3.36) and keśavamiśra’s Alaṃkāraśekhara.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

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Ulūlu (उलूलु) occurs in Chāndogya-upaniṣad 3.19.3.—Here the word means simply “a loud shout”. śaṃkara takes it as an adjective and thinks it is a variation of urūru.

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Ulūlu (उलूलु) is found also in the Naranārāyaṇānanda of the Jaina writer Vastupāla who flourished in Guzarat in the thirteenth century, and is better known as a statesman. He uses the word in his poem in conncetion with the marriage of Subhadrā and Arjuna. Amaracandra, a contemporary of Vastupāla, also uses the word in his Padmānanda Mahākāvya in the description of the marriage of the Jaina Tīrthaṃkara Ṛṣabha.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

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Ulūlu (उलूलु) is a Sanskrit word and is onomatopoetic in origin. Cf. Greek ololugē “any loud cry, mostly of a joyous kind”; unlike Latin ululatus, used by women invoking a God. Similarly, ololugmos is often used for the jubilant or triumphal shout of women on particular occasions, as in Aeschylus: Agamennon 28, 595; Choephoroi 387. In Latin ululare means “to cry, to shout”, but ululatus often means “a cry of lamentation”. Cf., ‘feminarum ululatus’.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ululu in Sri Lanka is the name of a plant defined with Persea macrantha in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Persea gratissima Gaert. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Pharmacognosy Magazine (2008)
· The Gardeners Dictionary
· Reinwardtia (1962)
· Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2004)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ululu, for example health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ulūlu (उलूलु).—a. Crying aloud, noisy (while joyous); तं जायमानं घोषा उलूलवोऽनूदतिष्ठन् (taṃ jāyamānaṃ ghoṣā ulūlavo'nūdatiṣṭhan) Ch. Up.3.19.3; Lāṭyāyana 4.2.9.

See also (synonyms): ulūli.

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

Ulūlu (उलूलु):—[from ulūli] mfn. idem, [Lāṭyāyana iv, 2, 9.]

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

Ulūlu (उलूलु):—ind. Shout of joy.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ulūlu (उलूलु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ulūla.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ululu in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ululu (ಉಲುಲು):—[noun] the plant Nauclea missionis of Rubiaceae family.

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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: Ululudhvani.

Ends with: Ikululu, Kangululungululu, Kululu, Mbululu, Mjululu, Mpululu, Msungululu, Muhegakululu, Mululu, Mutungululu, Ntunfululu, Sungululu, Tshikululu, Tumfululu, Umsululu.

Full-text: Ululi, Ulula.

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