Urdhvam, Ūrdhvam: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्):—[from ūrdhva] ind. upwards, towards the upper part, aloft, above, in the upper regions, higher (with [ablative]), [Atharva-veda xi, 1, 9; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Manu-smṛti] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] (ūrdhvaṃ-√gam, to go upwards or into heaven, die)
3) [v.s. ...] in the sequel, in the later part (e.g. of a book or [manuscript]; because in Sanskṛt [manuscripts] the later leaves stand above), subsequent, after (with [ablative]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Suśruta; Manu-smṛti] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] (ata ūrdhvam, or ita ūrdhvam, hence forward, from that time forward, after that passage, hereafter, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Yājñavalkya] etc.; ūrdhvaṃ saṃvatsarāt, after a year, [Manu-smṛti ix, 77]; ūrdhvaṃ dehāt, after life, after death, [Mahābhārata i, 3606])
5) [v.s. ...] after, after the death of (with [ablative] e.g. ūrdhvaṃ pituḥ, after the father’s death, [Manu-smṛti ix, 104])
6) [v.s. ...] in a high tone, aloud, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
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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Starts with (+12): Urdhvamana, Urdhvamandala, Urdhvamandalaja, Urdhvamandalajahasta, Urdhvamandali, Urdhvamandalin, Urdhvamanthin, Urdhvamarga, Urdhvamaru, Urdhvamaruta, Urdhvamauhurtika, Urdhvamayu, Urdhvamdama, Urdhvameru, Urdhvamga, Urdhvamgama, Urdhvamjanu, Urdhvamnaya, Urdhvamnaya mantrashastra, Urdhvamnayapithapujanavidhana.
Full-text: Pratyurdhvam, Urdhvamjanu, Urdhvamdama, Urdhva, Atordhvam, Atas, Itas, Anuvidish, E, Mulatas, Atahpara, Prabahuk, Arvac, Gargasamhita, Pratyanc, Ap, Dish, Kram, Lok.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.46 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.3.9 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 2.2.42 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.2.13 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Abode of Śrī Goloka]
Verse 3.9.37 < [Chapter 9 - The Birth of Śrī Girirāja]
Verse 1.2.14 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Abode of Śrī Goloka]
Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 1.154-155 < [Book 1 - Śīkṣāvallī]