Difference between revisions of "Ūrmi"
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| − | + | Ūrmi means waves. | |
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| + | ==Gender== | ||
| + | Ūrmi can be used in feminine as well as masculine form. | ||
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| + | ==Origin== | ||
| + | It is derived from ṛ + mi by Uṇādi Sūtra from “arterudādeśaśca" which means “The flag flew as if the wave of the heavenly ganges”.<ref>Uṇādi Sūtra 12.54</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Meanings== | ||
| + | # Light | ||
| + | # Speed | ||
| + | # Destruction | ||
| + | # Fold of cloth | ||
| + | # Feeling | ||
| + | # Sport<ref>According to Medinī.</ref> | ||
| + | # Intensity<ref>According to Hemacandra.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Textual References== | ||
| + | ===In Bhāgavata Tīkā=== | ||
| + | It has been stated in the bhāgavata ṭīkā that:<blockquote>“sorrow, love, oldage, death, hunger and thirst are six intensities.”</blockquote> | ||
“The longings are of six types: Hunger, thirst, longings of the mind and self, sorrow, love, old age and death of the body” | “The longings are of six types: Hunger, thirst, longings of the mind and self, sorrow, love, old age and death of the body” | ||
The vaijayantī states that it also stands for six types of a horse’s movement. “The horses which are ready and ready to run, have great speed and that is known as ūrmi”. Māgha uses it the bosoms with the pace of ūrmi. | The vaijayantī states that it also stands for six types of a horse’s movement. “The horses which are ready and ready to run, have great speed and that is known as ūrmi”. Māgha uses it the bosoms with the pace of ūrmi. | ||
Revision as of 11:22, 4 November 2014
By M. A. Alwar
Sometimes transliterated as: Urmi, Urmi, UUrmi
Ūrmi means waves.
Gender
Ūrmi can be used in feminine as well as masculine form.
Origin
It is derived from ṛ + mi by Uṇādi Sūtra from “arterudādeśaśca" which means “The flag flew as if the wave of the heavenly ganges”.[1]
Meanings
Textual References
In Bhāgavata Tīkā
It has been stated in the bhāgavata ṭīkā that:“sorrow, love, oldage, death, hunger and thirst are six intensities.”
“The longings are of six types: Hunger, thirst, longings of the mind and self, sorrow, love, old age and death of the body” The vaijayantī states that it also stands for six types of a horse’s movement. “The horses which are ready and ready to run, have great speed and that is known as ūrmi”. Māgha uses it the bosoms with the pace of ūrmi.
References
- Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu