Urdhvadeva, Ūrdhvadeva, Urdhva-deva: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ūrdhvadeva (ऊर्ध्वदेव).—a superior deity, i. e. Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: ūrdhvadevaḥ (ऊर्ध्वदेवः).

Ūrdhvadeva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and deva (देव).

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

Ūrdhvadeva (ऊर्ध्वदेव):—[=ūrdhva-deva] [from ūrdhva] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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.

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