Urddhvaretas, Ūrddhvaretas: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrddhvaretas (ऊर्द्ध्वरेतस्).—m.
(-tāḥ) 1. A name of Siva. 2. Of Bhishma. 3. A description of saint, one who lives in perpetual chastity. E. ūrddhva up, above, and retas semen virile.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrddhvaretas (ऊर्द्ध्वरेतस्):—[ūrddhva-retas] (tāḥ) 5. m. Shiva; a sage living in perfect chastity.
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.
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