Urdhvadvara, Ūrdhvadvāra, Urdhva-dvara: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ūrdhvadvāra (ऊर्ध्वद्वार).—The gate opening into heaven.

Derivable forms: ūrdhvadvāram (ऊर्ध्वद्वारम्).

Ūrdhvadvāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and dvāra (द्वार).

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

Ūrdhvadvāra (ऊर्ध्वद्वार):—[=ūrdhva-dvāra] [from ūrdhva] n. the gate opening into heaven, [Amṛtabindu-upaniṣad]

[Sanskrit to German]

Urdhvadvara 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.

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