Urva, Urvā, Ūrva: 9 definitions

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Urva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Ūrva (ऊर्व).—(aurva) A luminous hermit of the family of Bhṛgu. He was the son of Cyavana and the father of Ṛcīka. He created a tremendous fire for the destruction of the three worlds and extinguished it by putting it in the ocean. (For details see under Aurva).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1) Urva (उर्व).—The son of Ripumjaya and father of Tigma.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 21. 13.

2a) Ūrva (ऊर्व).—The son of Purañjaya; a sage who practised true brahmacarya; put his thigh into the fire and churned it with kuśa grass; out of that came the fire Aurva, which he gave to Hiraṇyakaśipu as a weapon.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 50. 85; 175. 23-48, 69-71.

2b) A mantrakṛt.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 145. 99; 196. 26.
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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ūrva (ऊर्व).—a. Extensive, great.

-rvaḥ 1 Submarine fire.

2) A receptacle of water; the ocean.

3) A cloud.

4) A stable for cattle.

5) An epithet of a class of the manes or Pitṛs.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ūrva (ऊर्व).—m. The name of a saint from whose thighs (ūru) proceeded the submarine fire, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 2527 sqq.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ūrva (ऊर्व).—[masculine] receptacle, [especially] of water, i.e. cloud; fence, fold, stable, prison; [Name] of an ancient sage.

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

1) Urva (उर्व):—m. Name of a man [gana] vidādi, [Pāṇini 4-1, 104]

2) (urva, [Atharva-veda xvi, 3, 3], perhaps erroneous for ukha, [Boehtlingk & Roth’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch])

3) Ūrva (ऊर्व):—[from ūru] 1. ūrva m. (for 2. See sub voce) Name of the Ṛṣi Aurva (from whose thigh sprang the submarine fire which is also called Aurva, q.v.), [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] the submarine fire ([Sāyaṇa]), [Ṛg-veda]

5) [v.s. ...] [Ṛg-veda; ]prob. identical with 2. ūrva, and [according to] to some also, ‘a fold’, ‘herd’, ‘cattle’; ‘a mountain’.

6) 2. ūrva mfn. (for 1. See p. 221, col. 2) (probably connected with uru), broad, extensive, great, excessive, much, [Ṛg-veda]

7) m. the ocean, [Ṛg-veda]

[Sanskrit to German]

Urva in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Urva (ಉರ್ವ):—[adjective] higher in degree, rank, quality, etc.; superior; holy.

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Urva (ಉರ್ವ):—[noun] a man with superior qualities or is higher in rank or holiness.

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Ūrva (ಊರ್ವ):—

1) [noun] submarine fire.

2) [noun] a place where water is collected and stored in huge quantities for use; a water reservoir.

3) [noun] a mass of tiny, condensed water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere; cloud.

4) [noun] a small yard or building for domestic cattle.

5) [noun] a class of deified dead ancestors.

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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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