# उलूपी (ulūpī)

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उलूपी (ulūpī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a species of plant, the daughter of the Naga Kauravya and wife of Arjuna, a serpent princess, daughter of the serpent king Kauravya and wife of Arjuna, the queen of Arjuna and mother of Iravan, a Naga maiden. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them The Nāga princess Ulūpī, A species of plant.

- **SLP1:** `ulUpI`  **IAST:** ulūpī  **Devanagari:** उलूपी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulupi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ulupi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The Nāga princess Ulūpī (4 definitions)
- the daughter of the Naga Kauravya and wife of Arjuna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 218,3] उलूपी (ulūpī) f. N. of a daughter of the Nāga Kauravya (married to Arjuna), MBh. [ ID=37497 ]
- A serpent princess.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > उलूपी (ulūpī) [Printed book page 0342-a ] उलूपी (ulūpī) A Nāga princess. [She was the daughter of the serpent Kauravya. While one day she was bathing in the Ganges, she happened to see Arjuna, and being enamoured of his handsome form, she managed to have him conveyed to her home, the Pātāla, and there induced him to take her as his wife, which he, after considerable hesitation, consented to do. She bore him a son named Irāvat. When Arjuna's head was cut off by Babhruvāhana's arrow, it was with her assistance that he was restored to life; see Arjuna]. [ ID=9254 ]
- daughter of the serpent king Kauravya and wife of Arjuna  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > उलूपी (ulūpī) [Printed book page 688-2 ] Ulūpī, daughter of the serpent king Kauravya, wife of Arjuna. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 397.—§ 248 (Arjunāvanavāsap.): I, 214, 7788, [7791 ( Nāgarājasutāṃ )], (7793), 7793 ( pannagī ), 7810 (fell in love with Arjuna and took him to the palace of Kauravya).—§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 79, 2309 ( panna- gātmajā ), 2311 ( uragātmajā ), 2312 ( pannagātmajāṃ ); 80, 2342 ( pannagasutāṃ ), 2343, 2348 ( pannagātmajāṃ ), 2352, [2371 ( nāgottamasute )], 2382, 2397, 2399 ( Nāgendraduhitā ), 2401 ( U. revived Arjuna).—§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 1 α, 23 ( Nāgakanyā ); 10 ζ, 348.—§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): Page689-a+ 62 XVII, 1, 27 ( bhujagātmajā, returned to the Gaṅgā). U. is presumably the mother of Irāvat (q.v. VI, 90 ). Cf. Bhuja- gātmajā, Bhujagendrakanyā, Bhujagottamā, Kauravī, Kaura- vyaduhitṛ, Kauravyakulanandinī, Pannaganandinī, Panna- gasutā, Pannagātmajā, Pannageśvarakanyā, Pannagī, Uragātmajā. Cf. also Kauravya (v. Nāga, pl.). [ ID=11137 ]
- 1. The queen of Arjuna and mother of Iravan. 2. A Naga maiden.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > उलूपी (ulūpī) [Printed book page 1-246 ] Ulūpī — the queen of Arjuna and mother of Irāvān. 1 A Nāgakanyā. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 22. 32.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. IV. 20. 49.] [ ID=1948 ]

### A species of plant (1 definition)
- a species of plant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 218,3] उलूप (ulūpa) m. a species of plant ( cf. उलप (ulapa) ) [ ID=37496 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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