Dictionary meanings for aurva from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (rvī f.) [ūru-aṇ] 1 Re- lating to Aurva.
2 Produced from the thigh.
3 Relating to the earth. rvaḥ 1 N. of a celebrated Ṛṣi. [He was a descendant of Bhṛgu, (the son of Cyavana by his wife Āruṣī, and grandson of Bhṛgu). The Mahābhārata relates that the sons of Kārtavīrya, with the desire of destroying the descendants of Bhṛgu,) killed even the children in the womb. One of the women of the family in order to...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. a descendant of U1rva ūrva, N. of a R2ishi ṛṣi RV. viii, 102, 4; TS. vii; AitBr.; MBh. &c 239,3 41226 m. (in later mythology he is called Aurva aurva Bha1rgava bhārgava as son of Cyavana cyavana and grandson of Bhr2igu bhṛgu; he is the subject of a legend told in MBh. i, 6802; there it is said that the sons of Kr2itavi1rya kṛtavīrya, wishing to destroy the... m. N. of a son of Vasisht2ha vasiṣṭha Hariv. 239,3...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I) n. (fr. urvī), relating to the earth, of the earth VarBr2S. 240,1 41237 n. fossil salt L. 028342 240,1 41238 mfn. (fr. urvarā), relating to or coming from the earth, coming from the ground (as dust) S3is3. xvi, 27. 028343 240,1 41239