Sanskrit

Adjective

ऊर्ध्व • ‎(ūrdhvá)

1. rising or tending upwards, raised, elevated, erected, erect, upright, high, above
   • RV 1.36.13

     ऊर्ध्व ऊ षु ण ऊतये तिष्ठा देवो न सविता |

     ऊर्ध्वोवाजस्य सनिता यदञ्जिभिर्वाघद्भिर्विह्वयामहे ||

     ūrdhva ū ṣu ṇa ūtaye tiṣṭhā devo na savitā |

     ūrdhvovājasya sanitā yadañjibhirvāghadbhirvihvayāmahe ||

     Stand up erect to lend us aid, stand up like Savitar the God:

     Erect as strength-bestower we call aloud, with unguents and with priests, on thee.

Declension

Usage notes

In Classical Sanskrit occurring chiefly in compounds.

Noun

ऊर्ध्व • ‎(ūrdhvá) n

1. height, elevation
2. anything placed above or higher (+ ablative)

   ऊर्ध्वं ‎(ūrdhvaṃ)-गच्छति ‎(√gam) — to go upwards or into heaven, die

Declension

Preposition

ऊर्ध्व • ‎(ūrdhvá)

1. in the sequel, in the later part (e.g. of a book or manuscript; because in Sanskrit manuscripts the later leaves stand above), subsequent, after (with ablative)

   अत ऊर्ध्वम् ‎(ata ūrdhvam), or इत ऊर्ध्वम् ‎(ita ūrdhvam) — hence forward, from that time forward, after that passage, hereafter

   ऊर्ध्वं संवत्सरात् ‎(ūrdhvaṃ saṃvatsarāt) — after a year

   ऊर्ध्वं देहात् ‎(ūrdhvaṃ dehāt), — after life, after death

2. after, after the death of (+ ablative)

   ऊर्ध्वं पितुः ‎(ūrdhvaṃ pituḥ) — after the father's death

3. in a high tone, aloud