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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 ऊर्ध्व

  1. ऊर्ध्वūrdhvahaving the hair erect.
    1. having the hair erect.
    2. one whose hair is torn.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -क्रिया

      1. motion upwards.
      2. action for attaining a high place. -Masculine Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -कायः, -यम् the upper part of the body.

    • -कृशन Adjective having the sharp qualities stirred up (Soma) effervescing (?); अयं बिभर्त्यूर्ध्वकृशनं मदम् Rv.1.144.2.

    • -ग, -गामिन् Adjective

    • -कचः

      1. The descending node.
      2. Name of Ketu.

    • -केशी Name of a goddess; ऊर्ध्वकेशी विरूपाक्षी मांसशोणितभोजने Sandhyā.

    • -कण्ठ Adjective with the neck upraised. (-ण्ठी) Name of a plant (महाशतावरी).

    • -कर्ण Adjective with the ears pricked up or erect; निभृतोर्ध्वकर्णाः Ś.1.8.

    • -कर्मन्

      1. Neuter
      2. going upwards, ascended, rising; भुवा सहोष्माणममुञ्चदूर्ध्वगम् Ku.5.23.
      3. being on high.
      4. virtuous, pious.
      5. (गः) a kind of disease.
      6. Name of of Viṣṇu; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपुरम् the city of Hariśchandra.

    • -गत Adjective gone up, risen, ascended.

    • -गति

      1. Adjective going upwards. (-तिः Feminine) गमः, गमनम् ascent, elevation.
      2. going to heaven.
      3. going above (as life).
      4. Fire.

    • -चरण, -पाद Adjective having the feet upwards.

    • ऊर्ध्व ūrdhva, Adjective

      1. Erect, upright, above; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकेश etc.; rising or tending upwards.
      2. Raised, elevated, erected; हस्तः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपादः etc.
      3. High, superior, upper.
      4. Not sitting (Opposite of आसीन).
      5. Torn (as hair).
      6. Thrown up.

    • -र्ध्वम् Elevation, height.

    • -र्ध्वम्

      1. -Indeclinable
      2. Upwards, aloft, above. अधश्चोर्ध्वं च प्रसृतम् Muṇḍ. Up.2.2.11; अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखाः Bg.15.1.
      3. In the sequel (Equivalent to उपरिष्टात्).
      4. In a high tone, aloud.
      5. Afterwards, subsequent to (with Ablative); शरीरभेदादूर्ध्वमुत्क्रम्य पुनः Ait. Up.4.6. ते त्र्यहादूर्ध्वमाख्याय Ku.6.93; ऊर्ध्वं संवत्सरात् Ms.9.77; Y.1.53; R.14.66; Bk.18.36; पितुरूर्ध्वम् Ms.9.14 after the father's death; अत ऊर्ध्वम् hence forward, hereafter.

    • -अङ्गुलि Adjective with uplifted finger.

    • -अयन Adjective going upwards. (-नम्) motion above.

    • -आवर्तः rearing of a horse.

    • -आसितः the plant Momordica Charantia (कारवेल्ल; Marâthî कारलें) -ईहः motion or tendency upwards.

    • -कच, -केश

      1. Adjective
      2. (णः) A kind of ascetic or devotee.
      3. a fabulous animal called Śarabha. (-पादम्) A kind of dance; Dk.2.8.

    • -चित् Adjective Vedic collecting, piling or heaping up.

    • -जानु, -ज्ञ, -ज्ञु Adjective ऊर्ध्वमुच्चं जानु यस्य

    • -भागः

      1. the upper part.
      2. any part of a word coming after another part.

    • -भाज्

      1. Adjective
      2. raising the knees, sitting on the hams; क्षणमयमनुभूय स्वप्नमूर्ध्वज्ञुरेव Śi.11.11.
      3. long-shanked.

    • -तालः A kind of time (ताल in music).

    • -तिलकिन् Adjective having a sectarian mark on the forehead.

    • -दंष्ट्र (ष्ट्रा) केश Name of Śiva (whose teeth and hair are erect).

    • -दृश् Masculine A Crab.

    • -दृष्टि, -नेत्र

      1. Adjective
      2. looking upwards.
      3. (Figurative) aspiring, ambitious. (-ष्टिः Feminine) concentrating the sight on the spot between the eyebrows (in Yoga Phil.) -द्वारम् The gate opening into heaven.

    • -देवः a superior deity, id est, that is Viṣṇu.

    • -देहः a funeral ceremony; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनिमित्तार्थमहं दातुं जला- ञ्जलिम् Rām.

    • -नभस् Adjective being above in the clouds.

    • -पथः the upper region, the ether.

    • -पातनम् causing to ascend, sublimation (as of mercury), -पात्रम् a sacrificial vessel; सौवर्णराजताब्जानामूर्ध्वपात्रग्रहाश्मनाम् Y.1.182.

    • -पुण्ड्रः, -ण्ड्रकः a perpendicular sign of sandal on the forehead of a Brāhmaṇa.

    • -पूरम् Indeclinable full to the brim, full to overflowing; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरं पूर्यते Sk.

    • -पृश्नि Adjective Vedic spotted above. (-श्निः) a sacrificial beast.

    • -प्रमाणम् Height altitude.

    • -बर्हिस् Adjective Vedic being above the sacrificial grass. -Masculine a kind of manes called सोमप.

    • -बाहुः a devotee who constantly holds his arms above his head till they are fixed in that position. ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्विरौम्येष न च कश्चित् शृणोति माम् Mb.

    • -बुध्न

      1. Adjective Vedic upsidedown, topsy-turvy; अर्वाग्विलश्चमस ऊर्ध्वबुध्नः Bṛi. Up. 2.2.3.
      2. being upwards.
      3. enjoying the upper part. (-Masculine) the submarine fire.

    • -मन्थिन् Adjective living in perpetual chastity, a Brahmachārin; वाताशना य ऋषयः श्रमणा ऊर्ध्व- मन्थिनः Bhāg.11.6.48.

    • -मानम् an instrument for measuring altitudes; ऊर्ध्वमानं किलोन्मानं परिमाणं तु सर्वतः Mbh. on ParasmaipadaV.1.19.

    • -मायु Adjective sending forth a loud noise.

    • -मारुतम् pressure of the wind (of the body) upwards.

    • -मुख Adjective having the mouth or opening upwards; cast or directed upwards; प्रबोधयत्यूर्ध्वमुखैर्मुयूखैः Ku.1.16; R.3.57. (-खम्) the upper part of the mouth.

    • -मूल Adjective having the roots upwards. ऊर्ध्वमूलमधः शाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्यम् । छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ॥ Bg.15.1.9.

    • -मौहूर्तिक Adjective happening after a short time.

    • -रेत, -रेतस्

      1. Adjective ऊर्ध्वमूर्ध्वगं नाधः पतत् रेतो यस्य one who lives in perpetual celibacy or abstains from sexual intercourse; यतीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् Mb.3.233.44. (-Masculine)
      2. the rearing of a horse.
      3. a horse's back.
      4. elevation, superiority.

    • -स्रोतस्

      1. Masculine
      2. an ascetic who abstains from sexual intercourse; Compare ऊर्ध्वरेतस्.
      3. Name of a creation of beings whose stream of life or current of nutriment tends upwards.
      4. a plant.
      5. Name of Śiva.
      6. Bhīṣma.

    • -लिङ्गः, -लिङ्गिन् Name of Śiva. (Having the membrum virile above, id est, that is chaste) -लोकः the upper world, heaven.

    • -वक्त्रः (Plural) Name of a class of deities.

    • -वर्त्मन् Masculine the atmosphere.

    • -वातः, -वायुः the wind in the upper part of the body (उदान).

    • -वालम् Yak-tail (चमरीपुच्छ); परिधायोर्ध्ववालं तु Mb.12.165.72.

    • -वृत Adjective put on above, put over the head or shoulder (as the sacred thread of a Brāhmaṇa); कार्पासमुपवीतं स्याद्विप्रस्योर्ध्ववृतं त्रिवृत् Ms.2.44.

    • -शायिन् Adjective sleeping with the face upwards (as a child). (-Masculine) Name of Śiva.

    • -शोधनम् vomiting.

    • -शोधनः Soap-nut tree and fruit, Sapindus Emarginatus (Marâthî रिठा).

    • -शोषम् Indeclinable so as to dry (anything) above; यद्वोर्ध्वशोषं तृणवद् विशुल्कः Bk.3.14.

    • -श्वासः expiration; a kind of asthma.

    • -सानु Adjective rising higher and higher; surpassing; कनिक्रदत् पतयदूर्ध्वसानुः Rv.1.152.5. (-Masculine, -Neuter) the top of a mountain.

    • -स्थ Adjective being above, superior.

    • -स्थितिः Feminine

    • ऊर्ध्व ūrdhva र्द्ध rddha कः kḥ, (र्द्ध) कः A kind of drum (Marâthî तबला).

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