उर्वशीurvaśī

उर्वशी (urvaśī) is a Sanskrit word meaning the dawn, personified as a heavenly nymph, name of a river, wish or ardent desire, identified with the Ganga, widely spreading, passion or fervent desire. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them The Apsaras or Celestial Nymph, Wish, Desire, Ardour, A River (often Gaṅgā).

Root: 1. अश् (1. aś)
Definitions: 15

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Meanings by context

The Apsaras or Celestial Nymph

7 definitions

the dawn, personified as a heavenly nymph

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a famous celestial nymph who became the wife of Pururavas.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The name of an apsaras

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the name of an Apsaras

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An Apsaras and wife of Pururavas.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

An apsaras born of Narayana, worshipped for success in love affairs.

— The Purana Index

1. The Apsaras presiding over the month of Saha. 2. Associated with the sun in Hemanta. 3. In the sun's chariot in the Margashirsha month. 4. A female philosopher or expounder of the Veda.

— The Purana Index

Wish, Desire, Ardour

4 definitions

Wish or ardent desire

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Passion or fervent desire. 2. Name of an Apsaras.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Desire or ardour. 2. Name of an Apsaras.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wish or ardent desire. 2. Name of a celestial nymph in Indra's heaven who became the wife of Pururavas. 3. Identified with the Ganga.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A River (often Gaṅgā)

1 definition

Name of a river

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Sacred Place (Tīrtha)

1 definition

name of a tirtha

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

An Individual who became Urvashi

1 definition

An Abhira girl who observed the Bhimadvadasi fast and became Urvashi.

— The Purana Index

Etymology of 'Urvashi'

1 definition

widely spreading

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 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), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.