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• -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. having the hair erect.
  3. one whose hair is torn.

• -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 Neuter

• -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

  1. Adjective
  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

  1. Adjective having the feet upwards.
  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

  1. Adjective ऊर्ध्वमुच्चं जानु यस्य
  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 Adjective Vedic upsidedown, topsy-turvy; अर्वाग्विलश्चमस ऊर्ध्वबुध्नः Bṛi. Up. 2.2.3.

• -भागः

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

• -भाज्

  1. Adjective
  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. Name of Śiva.
  3. 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

  1. Feminine
  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.

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