Gurvi, Gurvī: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGurvī (गुर्वी).—A pregnant woman; उत्तरां त्वमवेक्षस्व गुर्विणीं मा शुचः शुभे (uttarāṃ tvamavekṣasva gurviṇīṃ mā śucaḥ śubhe) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.36; गुर्विणीं नानुगच्छन्ति न स्पृशन्ति रजस्वलाम् (gurviṇīṃ nānugacchanti na spṛśanti rajasvalām)
-rvī The wife of a preceptor.
See also (synonyms): gurviṇī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGurvī (गुर्वी) or Gurvvī.—f.
(-rvīṃ) 1. A pregnant woman. 2. The wife of a Guru or spiritual teacher. E. guru heavy, &c. and ṅīṣ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gurvī (गुर्वी):—[from guru] a f. ‘venerable woman’, a mother, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra i, 21, 9]
2) [v.s. ...] ‘great (with child)’, pregnant, a pregnant woman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] the wife of a teacher, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [from guru] b f. of ru.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGurvī (गुर्वी):—(rvvī) 3. f. A pregnant woman.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Gurvī (गुर्वी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Garuī, Garugī, Guruṇī.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGurvi (ಗುರ್ವಿ):—[noun] = ಗುರ್ವಿಣಿ [gurvini].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gurvini, Gurvinika, Gurvisakhi.
Ends with: Garbhagurvi.
Full-text (+2): Guru, Gurvisakhi, Garbhayuta, Garbhagurvi, Guruni, Gurv, Parvini, Garui, Garugi, Gurvvi, Durvaha, Hastapatti, Gurvini, Trijagati, Bandhya, Damya, Shakula, Nitamba, Dhur, Bhuja.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.23.8 < [Chapter 23 - The Killing of Śaṅkhacūḍa During the Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 5.24.26 < [Chapter 24 - The Killing of the Kola Demon]
Verse 1.7.34 < [Chapter 7 - Description of the Conquest of All Directions]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.7.157 < [Chapter 7 - Śrī Viśvarūpa Takes Sannyāsa]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.3.24 < [Part 3 - Fraternal Devotion (sakhya-rasa)]
Verse 3.2.88 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dāsya-rasa)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.23 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 4.5c - List of virtues associated with the fifth Yogadṛṣṭi < [Chapter 4 - The Eight Yogadṛṣṭis and the nature of a Liberated Soul]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
5.15. The Wife of the Kāyastha Bureaucrat (kāyastha-sundarī) < [Chapter 5 - Kṣemendra’s objectives of Satire]