Urdhvareta, Ūrdhvarētā, Ūrdhvaretā, Ūrdhvareta, Urdhva-reta: 6 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
ūrdhvarētā (ऊर्ध्वरेता) [or rētaska, or रेतस्क].—m That has, through austere devotion, obtained command over the seminal discharge.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Ūrdhvareta (ऊर्ध्वरेत).—a. [ūrdhvamūrdhvagaṃ nādhaḥ patat reto yasya] one who lives in perpetual celibacy or abstains from sexual intercourse; यतीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् (yatīnāmūrdhvaretasām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.233.44. (-m.)
1) Name of Śiva.
2) Bhīṣma.
Ūrdhvareta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and reta (रेत). See also (synonyms): ūrdhvaretas.
Ūrdhvareta (ऊर्ध्वरेत).—[adjective] chaste (lit. having the semen above).
1) Ūrdhvareta (ऊर्ध्वरेत):—[=ūrdhva-reta] [from ūrdhva] mfn. ([Taittirīya-āraṇyaka x, 12]) keeping the semen above, living in chastity, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata xiii]
3) [v.s. ...] of Bhīṣma, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Ūrdhvareta (ऊर्ध्वरेत):—Adj. = retas
1) [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 10,12.] [Nṛsiṃhatāpanīyopaniṣad] in [Indische studien von Weber 9,84.]
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
Ūrdhvarēta (ಊರ್ಧ್ವರೇತ):—[noun] a man who lives in life-long celibacy (i.e. abstaining from sexual intercourse).
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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Partial matches: Reta, Urdhva.
Starts with: Urdhvaretas, Urdhvaretaska, Urdhvaretastirtha, Urdhvaretatirtha.
Full-text: Urdhvaretas, Urdhvaretastirtha, Urdhvaretatirtha, Urdhvaretaska, Urdhvamanthin, Urdhvasrotas, Lakulisha, Trisandhi, Ovalli, Prajavant.
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