उलूकulūka

उलूक (ulūka) is a Sanskrit word meaning an owl, an epithet of Indra, name of a sage, of a Naga, of a king of the Ulukas, the name of a people. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them The bird owl, Other Puranic/Mythical Figures named Ulūka, Specific or Mythical Owls/Owl Lineages.

Root: वल् (val)
Etymology: E. वल to be strong, ऊकः aff
Definitions: 30

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Meanings by context

The bird owl

10 definitions

an owl

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. An owl. 2. An epithet of Indra. 3. A specific people in the plural.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An owl. 2. A name of Indra. 3. A hero of the Mahabharata. 4. A kind of reed.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An owl. 2. Indra.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An owl. 2. An epithet of Indra.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An owl. 2. A name of Indra. 3. A hero of the Mahabharata. 4. A kind of reed.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An owl. 2. A name of Indra. 3. A country, its people, and its king.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An owl. 2. An epithet of Indra. 3. The name of a country and its people in the plural.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An owl. 2. A country, its people, and their king. 3. A son of Vishvamitra. 4. Shakuni. 5. An epithet of Indra. 6. A king of the Nagas. 7. The reed Saccharum cylindricum.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

An owl

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Other Puranic/Mythical Figures named Ulūka

5 definitions

1. The son of Bala and a righteous person. 2. The father of Vajranabha.

— The Purana Index

a son of Hiranyaksha

— The Purana Index

a son of Sahishnu

— The Purana Index

1. A son of Somasharma. 2. An avatar of the Lord.

— The Purana Index

a Vidyadhara chief in the Venumanta hill

— The Purana Index

Specific or Mythical Owls/Owl Lineages

3 definitions

the primeval owl

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

owl

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

son of Bhasi and an owl in the lineage of Tamra

— The Purana Index

King of the Ulūkas

2 definitions

of a king of the Ulukas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Brihanta

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Name of a Nāga

2 definitions

of a Naga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Naga or Yaksha

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Name of a People/Country

2 definitions

The name of a people.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a people

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Name of a Sage/Rishi

2 definitions

Name of a sage.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. One or more sages. 2. A son of Vishvamitra.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A Type of Grass/Reed

1 definition

a kind of grass

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Epithet of Indra

1 definition

An epithet of Indra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Etymological/Linguistic Information

1 definition

An owl.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mahabharata Character: Son of Śakuni

1 definition

The son of Shakuni

उलूक (ulūka) [Printed book page 688-1]
Ulūka¹, Kaitavya, son of Śakuni. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2,

515 (°sya preṣaṇaṃ, cf. § 571).—§ 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I,

186, 7002 (Kaitavaḥ, came to the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).—

§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 47α, 1799; 57, 2254 (Nakula

wished to fight U.).—§ 571 (Ulūkadūtāgamanap.): V, 160,

5412 (Kaitavya), 5471, 5476, 5484, 5486; 161, 5537, (5540);

162, 5578, 5586, 5588, 5596, 5616, 5621, 5626, 5629

(Kaitavya); 163, 5666 (Kaitavyaṃ), 5673, 5679, 5683,

5684, 5688 (Kaitavyaṃ), 5692, 5693, 5695; 164, 5702

(U. was sent by Duryodhana as an ambassador to the

Pāṇḍavas).—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 45²¹, 1747,

1748 (fought with the Cedi king).—§ 582 (do.): VI, 72ε,

3166 (Śakunim U°ñ ca…pitāpitrau, attacked by Sahadeva).

—§ 583 (do.): VI, 79μ, 3456 (all. to § 571).—§ 600

(Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 171, 7715 (son of Śakuni,

pierced by Arjuna), 7718.—§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstramokṣap.):

VII, 193α, 8906.—[§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 7, †208

(Kaitavyānām adhipaḥ).]—§ 605 (do.): VIII, 11ν, 414

(Śakuni and U. in the eyes of the makaravyūha of Karṇa);

25, 993, 994, 995, 998, 1000, 1001, 1004 (encounter with

Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 608 (do.): VIII, 46γ, 2134 (Śakuni and

U. were followed by the Gāndhāras); 48ο, 2263 (brother of

Patatri, PCR.); 54θθ, 2610; 61, 3078 (attacked by

Sahadeva), 3108, 3110, 3115.—§ 609 (Śalyap.): IX, 1γ,

26 (Kaitavaḥ, among the slain).—§ 611 (do.): IX, 8ε, 400;

11μ, 563 (C. has by error Ū°); 22, 1157 (encounter with

Nakula; Saubalasya sutaṃ, v. 1158); 27υυ, 1459; 28,

1503, 1528, 1532 (slain by Sahadeva).

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Cf. the following synonyms:—

Śākuni (“the son of Śakuni”): VIII, 997.

Kaitava (“the gambler's son”): I, 7002 (U°); V, 5665.

Kaitavya (do.): V, 2254 (U°), 5412 (U°), 5535, 5579,

5582, 5583, 5628, 5629 (U°), 5643, 5644, †5651, 5666 (U°),

5671, 5688 (U°), 5698; IX, 26 (U°, has been slain), 96, 394.

[ID=11129]

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.