Urdhvasrotas, Ūrdhvasrotas, Urdhvashrota, Urdhva-srota, Ūrdhvasrota, Urdhvasrota, Urdhvashrotas, Urdhva-srotas: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationŪrdhvasrotas (ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्) or Sāttvikasarga or Devasarga refers to the “divine creation” (creation of divine beings) and represents the third of the nine classes of cosmic creation (sarga), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.15:—“[...] realising that it was not an aspirant (sādhaka) I began to ponder over the matter. Then the Sāttvikasarga otherwise known as Ūrdhvasrotas and Devasarga (divine creation) took shape. It was really charming. But considering that it too was not aspirant I meditated on my lord. [...] I cannot adequately describe the divisions and sub-divisions of all these types of creation (e.g., Ūrdhvasrotas). [...]”.
Ūrdhvasrotas (ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्).—Relates to creation of bhauta sarga, after tiryak srotas; the seventh mānuṣa sarga, the sixth being daivata.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa I. 5. 57; III. 7. 474; Vāyu-purāṇa 6. 48-51.
Ūrdhvasrotas (ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्) or Devasarga refers to the “creation of divinities”, according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—This animal creation (tiryaksrotas) is dominated by the quality of tamas, it is irrational forsaking the path of morality and virtue. Because of the predominance of tamas in both these creations Brahmā is not satisfied and meditates again. Thus results the creation of divinities (devasarga), dominated by the quality of Sattva and it is termed as ūrdhvasrotas.
This divine creation (ūrdhvasrotas or devasarga) endowed with pleasure and enjoyment, luminous from within and without has its abode in the highest region. But Brahmā is not satisfied; he further meditates and creates the human beings . This creation of human beings is endowed with all the three qualities—sattva, rajas and tamas.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramŪrdhvasrota (ऊर्ध्वस्रोत) refers to the “upper current”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “[...] (The wise) know that power is in this way in the bottom face and Śiva is in the upper current (ūrdhvasrota). O lady of sound vows, Kula and Akula has thus been explained to you”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraŪrdhvasrotas (ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्) refers to one of the eighteen śaikṣa types of the twenty-seven total classes of individuals (pudgala), as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36. In contrast to the Pṛthagjana ‘the worldly’, the Āryas who have entered onto the Path (mārga) and who make up the holy Community (saṃgha), are arranged into various groups. Ūrdhvasrotas is one that is an “Anāgāmin with upward movement. [Not obtaining Nirvāṇa in the place where he is reborn on leaving Kāmadhātu, but moving upward to the Akaniṣṭha or in Bhavāgra]”.
The list of the twenty-seven individuals [viz., Ūrdhvasrotas] is one of the masterpieces of the Sarvāstivādin-Vaibhaṣika Abhidharma which, with the help of the canonical sources, has located them precisely along the Path to Nirvāṇa. (cf. Vibhāṣā, Saṃyuktābhidharmasāra and Abhidharmāmṛta). The Prajñāpāramitās have used the preceding sources broadly to establish their twenty categories of saints, but the end-point of the career is no longer the entry into Nirvāṇa but the arrival at the state of Buddha by the conquest of Anuttarasaṃyaksaṃbodhi.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŪrdhvasrotas (ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्).—m.
1) an ascetic who abstains from sexual intercourse; cf. ऊर्ध्वरेतस् (ūrdhvaretas).
2) Name of a creation of beings whose stream of life or current of nutriment tends upwards.
3) a plant.
Ūrdhvasrotas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and srotas (स्रोतस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŪrdhvasrota (ऊर्ध्वस्रोत) or Ūrdhva-srotas or Ūrdhva-śrota or Ūrdhva-śrotas.—(= Pali uddhaṃ-sota), going upward in the stream (of transmigration, i.e. to better existences; so commentary on Dhammapada (Pali) 218): Mahāvyutpatti 1019 °śrotāḥ; Udānavarga ii.9 (= Dhammapada (Pali) 218) °sroto; both nom. sg.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŪrdhvasrotas (ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्) or Ūrdhva-srota or Ūrdhva-śrota or Ūrdhva-śrotas.—(= Pali uddhaṃ-sota), going upward in the stream (of transmigration, i.e. to better existences; so commentary on Dhammapada (Pali) 218): Mahāvyutpatti 1019 °śrotāḥ; Ud ii.9 (= Dhammapada (Pali) 218) °sroto; both nom. sg.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrdhvasrotas (ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्).—adj. the course (of life) of which is going upwards, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 10, 18; Mahābhārata 14, 1054.
Ūrdhvasrotas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and srotas (स्रोतस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ūrdhvasrotas (ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्):—[=ūrdhva-srotas] [from ūrdhva] n. ‘having the current upwards’, Name of a particular creation, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] (asas) Name of particular animals whose stream of life or nutriment tends upwards, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Viṣṇu-purāṇa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] m. (= ūrdhva-retas), Name of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of Yogin, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]
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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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Partial matches: Srotas, Shrota, Urdhva.
Full-text: Aurdhvasrotasika, Utsrotas, Devasarga, Arvaksrotas, Sattvikasarga, Tiryaksrotas, Sarga, Anagamin.
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