V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.
Entry ऊरु
ऊरुūrum.The thigh; ऊरू तदस्य यद्वैश्यः Rv.1.9.12; Ms.1.31,87; R. 12.88; (at the end of fem. compounds the form is ˚रुः…
[ऊर्णु-कर्मणि कु नुलोपश्च Uṇ.1.3]
The thigh; ऊरू तदस्य यद्वैश्यः Rv.1.9.12; Ms.1.31,87; R. 12.88; (at the end of Feminine compounds the form is denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरुः or denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरूः, but more usually the latter; रम्भोरूः, वामोरूः करभोरुVocative).
Derived forms and compounds
-अङ्गम् Fungus, mushroom.
-अष्ठीवमऊरू च अष्ठीवन्तौ चParasmaipadaV.4.77 thigh and knee.
-उद्भवAdjective born or sprung from the thigh; ऊरूद्भवा नरसखस्य मुनेः सुरस्त्री V.1.4.
-ग्लानिःFeminine weakness of the thigh.
-ग्रहः, -ग्राहःEquivalent todenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्तम्भःquod vide, which see
-ज, -जन्मन्, -संभवAdjective sprung from the thigh. -Masculine a Vaiśya.
-दध्न, -द्वयस, -मात्रAdjective as high as or reaching the thighs, knee-deep; Parasmaipada5.2.37.
-पर्वन्Masculine, Neuter the knee.
-फलकम् the thigh-bone, hip-bone; Y.3.87.
-भिन्नAdjective having a rent in the thigh; see -न्नीFeminineParasmaipadaIV.1.52.
-स्कम्भः, -स्तम्भः paralysis of the lower extremities, rheumatism of the thigh. करिणीवोरुस्तम्भविधृता K. (-म्भा) the plantain tree.
