उद्वह

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

UDVAHA I   A Kṣatriya king born from the family of Krodhavaśa, an asura. [M.,B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 64] .
UDVAHA II   A part of air. It is believed that air or wind is the breath of Mahāviṣṇu. In the Purāṇas mention is made about 49 types of Maruts or winds. Seven breaths are important among them. They are:
(1) Pravaha
(2) Āvaha
(3) Udvaha
(4) Saṁvaha
(5) Vivaha
(6) Parīvaha and
(7) Parāvaha. About Udvaha mention is made in [Bhāṣā Bhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 329] thus: “Which is the wind that takes water from the four oceans and gives it to the clouds? That ever-blowing great wind is Udvaha.”

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

उद्-वह  mfn.  mfn. carrying or leading up, [AV. xix, 25, 1]

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उद् वह

   carrying away, taking up or away, [ŚBr.]; [Pāṇ.]
   continuing, propagating, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Kathās.]
   eminent, superior, best, [L.]
उद्-वह  m.  m. the act of leading home (a bride), marriage, [BhP.]

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उद् वह

   son, offspring, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.]
   chief offspring, [Ragh. ix, 9]
   the fourth of the seven winds or courses of air ( viz. that which supports the नक्षत्रs or lunar constellations and causes their revolution), [Hariv.]
   the vital air that conveys nourishment upwards
   one of the seven tongues of fire
    N. of a king, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

उद्वह [udvaha]   a.
   Carrying, leading up; [Av.19.25.1.] taking up or away.
   Continuing, perpetuating (as a family); कुल˚ [U.4;] so रघु˚ 4.22; [R.9.9;11.54.]
   Eminent, head, principal, best, foremost. दिशं पश्यन्ति तामेव यया यातो रघूद्वहः । [Pratimā.2.3.]
   हः A son; किमियं वक्ष्यतीत्येवं विममर्श भृगूद्वहः [Mb.5.177.29.]
   One (i. e. the 4th) of the seven courses of air.
   The vital air which conveys nourishment upwards.
   One of the seven tongues of fire.
   Marriage.
   A chief or head of the family; रघूद्वहः [R.9.9.]
-हा   A daughter.

Shabda-Sagara

उद्वह  mf.  ( -हः-हा) A son or a daughter.
  m.  ( -हः)
   1. The vital air that conveys nourishment, &c. upwards.
   2. A chief, a leader, the head of a family or force.
  mfn.  ( -हः-हा-हं)
   1. Who or what takes up or away.
   2. Best, most eminent.
    E. उत् further, वह what bears; crrry- ing on one's name, &c.

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उत् वह