Urdhvamula, Ūrdhvamūla, Urdhva-mula: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŪrdhvamūla (ऊर्ध्वमूल).—a. having the roots upwards. ऊर्ध्वमूलमधः शाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्यम् । छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् (ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥ śākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyam | chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit) || Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 15.1.9.
Ūrdhvamūla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and mūla (मूल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrdhvamūla (ऊर्ध्वमूल).—[adjective] having the roots above.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŪrdhvamūla (ऊर्ध्वमूल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] Oppert. Ii, 39.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrdhvamūla (ऊर्ध्वमूल):—[=ūrdhva-mūla] [from ūrdhva] mfn. having the roots upwards, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka]
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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