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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ulva (उल्व).—

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: ulvam (उल्वम्).

See also (synonyms): ulba.

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Ulva (उल्व).—See उल्ब, उल्बण (ulba, ulbaṇa).

See also (synonyms): ulvaṇa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ulva (उल्व).—n.

(-lvaṃ) 1. The womb. 2. The embryo. 3. The membranes investing the fœtus. 4. A cavity. E. uc to accumulate, kan Unadi affix, and ca becomes la.

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

Ulva (उल्व).—n. 1. Amnium, the caul, Ait. [Brockhaus.] 1, 3. 2. The womb, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 3, 38.

— Cf. [Latin] vulva.

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

1) Ulva (उल्व):—a n. or ulba (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.

5) [from ul-lola] b etc. See ulba, [column]1.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ulva in German

context information

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

Ulva (ಉಲ್ವ):—[noun] the innermost membrane of the sac enclosing the embryo of a mammal, reptile or bird; amnion.

context information

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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Starts with: Ulvacal, Ulvalaivu, Ulvalakku, Ulvalam, Ulvalippu, Ulvana, Ulvanahasta, Ulvanakkam, Ulvanarasa, Ulvanku, Ulvaram, Ulvari, Ulvattam, Ulvay, Ulvayiram, Ulvayirippu.

Ends with: Atikulva, Bulva, Chengulva, Dulva, Ficus fulva, Hemerocallis fulva, Kulva, Lannea fulva, Polyscias fulva, Shulva.

Full-text: Ulba, Ulbanishnu, Ulbanatapa, Ulvana, Kulavellari, Campakolva, Jarayu, Ulbaṇa, Ulbya, Umi, Kalala, Nibbuta.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Ulva; (plurals include: Ulvas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)

Dichotomic interpretation of the Agnicayana Sacrifice < [Chapter 6 - Dichotomic interpretation of the Major and Minor sacrifices]

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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

Medicine in the Atharva-veda (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]

Chapter 6 - Conclusion

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