ऊर्व

{ ūrva (aurva), ūrva }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŪRVA (AURVA)   A luminous hermit of the family of Bhṛgu. He was the son of Cyavana and the father of Ṛcīka. He created a tremendous fire for the destruction of the three worlds and extinguished it by putting it in the ocean. (For details see under Aurva).

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

ऊर्व n.  ऊर्व देखिये ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ऊर्व  m.  1. m. (for 2. See s.v.) N. of the ऋषि और्व (from whose thigh sprang the submarine fire which is also called और्व, q.v.), [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
the submarine fire ([ [Sāy.]]), [RV.]
ऊर्व    [RV.;]prob. identical with 2., and accord. to some also, ‘a fold’, ‘herd’, ‘cattle’; ‘a mountain’.
ऊर्व  mfn.  2. mfn. (for 1. See p. 221, col. 2) (probably connected with उरु), broad, extensive, great, excessive, much, [RV.]
ऊर्व  m.  m. the ocean, [RV.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ऊर्व [ūrva] a.  a. Extensive, great.
र्वः Submarine fire.
A receptacle of water; the ocean.
A cloud.
A stable for cattle.
An epithet of a class of the manes or Pitṛis.