Ruh, Rūh: 10 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRuh (रुह्).�1 P. (rohati, ruroha, ܰṣa, ǰṣyپ, ḍhܳ, ūḍh)
1) To grow, spring up, shoot forth, germinate; रूढरागप्रवाल� (ūḍh岵�) M.4.1; केसरैरर्धरूढैः (ūḍh�) Meghadūta 21; छिन्नोऽप� रोहत� तरुः (chinno'pi rohati taru�) ṛh 2. 87.
2) To grow up, be developed, increase; रूढं क्षुधार्दिता� वत्साः (ūḍh� kṣudhrdit� vats�) .... चरन्तु (carantu) .... तृणम� (ṛṇ) Bhgavata 1.13.6.
3) To rise, mount upwards, ascend.
4) To grow over, heal up (as a wound); रोहत� सायकैर्विद्ध� � संरोहत� वाक्क्षतम् (rohate syakairviddha� na saṃrohati vkkṣatam) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 3.111.
5) To reach to, attain. -Caus. (ropayati-te, rohayati-te)
1) To cause to grow, plant, put in the ground; तारयेद� वृक्षरोपी � तस्माद� वृक्षांश्च रोपयेत� (trayed vṛkṣaropī ca tasmd vṛkṣṃśca ropayet) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 13.58.26.
2) To raise up, elevate.
3) To entrust, devolve upon, commit to the care of; गुणवत्सुतरोपितश्रियः (ṇaٲܳٲDZ辱ٲśⲹ�) R.8.11.
4) To fix upon, direct towards, cast at; R.9.22.
5) To fix, fasten. -Desid. (ܰܰṣaپ) To wish to grow &c.
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Ruh (रुह्).�a. (At the end of comp.) Growing or produced in; as महीरुह्, पङ्केरुह (mahīruh, paṅkeruha) &c.
See also (synonyms): ruha.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRuh (रुह्).—[(ñi, au) ñiauruha] r. 1st cl. (rohati) 1. To grow from seed, to grow, as tree, &c. 2. To be produced or become manifest. 3. To be born With adhi prefixed. To go up or over, to ascend. With adhi, and �, To ascend. With ava, To descend. With �, 1. To mount, to ride on. 2. To rise, to ascend. With pra, To grow, to shoot forth as a branch or shoot taking fresh root. The senses of this root with or without a preposition are variously modified according to the noun, with which it is joined; but all of them express the notion of “motion upwards� either literal or metaphorical. Caus. (rohayati-te, ropayati-te) 1. To elevate. 2. To plant, to put in. 3. To entrust. With , 1. To ascribe. 2. To enter. With vi, To heal, (as a wound.)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryRuh (रुह्).� (originally rudh, cf. nyagrodha), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.]). 1. To grow, [Բśٰ] 9, 36. 2. To be lost by growing, to cicatrize, to heal, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 112 (but cf. Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 2647). 3. Pass. with the terminat. of the [Parasmaipada.] To be mounted, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahbhrata.] 11, 25. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. ūḍh, 1. Grown, increased, much, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 173. 2. Budded, blown. 3. Born, produced. 4. Certain. 5. Notorious, [ٲśܳٲ] in
� With the prep. vyati vi-ati, To obtain, Mahbhrata 3, 13929. [Causal.] ropaya, To cover, Mahbhrata 3, 601.
� With adhi adhi, 1. To ascend, to mount on, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 14; [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 217. 2. To fly upward, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 95, 11. [Causal.] ropaya, 1. To lift, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 81. 2. To give, [ٲśܳٲ] in
� With vyapa vi-apa, [Causal.] ropaya, To deprive, Mahbhrata 3, 1579.
� With abhi abhi, To ascend, to mount, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 44, 5;
� With ava ava, To descend, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 7, 11. [Causal.] I. rohaya, To order to descend, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 54. Ii. ropaya, 1. To take down, Mahbhrata 4, 1318. 2. To root up, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahbhrata.] 53, 123. 3. To diminish, [Բśٰ] 1, 82. 4. [Ātmanepada.] To alight from, [ٰܱ貹īٳ] 3, 8.
� With pratyava prati-ava, [Causal.] ropaya, To deprive, Mahbhrata 4, 536.
� With , 1. To mount, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 48, 5. 2. To ascend to (with acc., Mahbhrata 3, 1727. aṅkam ruhya, Having climbed into one’s lap, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] ii. [distich] 166. 3. With ṃśaⲹ, To doubt, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 6. 4. With pratijñm, To promise, Mahbhrata 1, 2015. ūḍh, 1. Mounted, [Բśٰ] 4, 120. 2. Standing, [Բśٰ] 7, 91. 3. Elevated, [ʲñٲԳٰ] i. [distich] 225. 4. Having reached, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 87, 14. Comp. Haya-, adj. mounted on horseback, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] iii. [distich] 85. Ratha-, adj. mounted on a chariot, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 5. 4. Lekhya-, adj. recorded. [Causal.] ropaya, 1. To cause, to ascend,
� With aty ati-, atyruḍha, Risen, [Uttara Rmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 147, 14.
� With adhy adhi-, To mount, [ٲśܳٲ] in
� With anv anu-, To ascend after, Mahbhrata 2, 36.
� With samanv sam-anu-. The same, Mahbhrata 1, 2818.
� With up upa-, 1. To ascend, Mahbhrata 2, 37. 2. To obtain, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 17, 30 (Calc.).
� With pr pra-, To ascend. Mahbhrata 3, 10594.
� With praty prati -, [Causal.] To cause to remount, [Uttara Rmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 133, 4.
� With sam sam-, 1. To mount on, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 115, 3;
� With upa upa, upaūḍh, Undergone, [Mlavikgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 31, 13.
� With pra pra, 1. To shoot up, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 55. 2. To grow, [Բśٰ] 9, 14. 3. To heal, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 112. praūḍh, 1. Grown long. [ʲñٲԳٰ] 182, 10. 2. Rooted, fastened 3. Born, produced. m. The belly.
� With prati prati, [Causal.] ropaya, To reestablish, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 17, 42 (Calc.).
� With vi vi, 1. To grow, [Śkuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 96. 2. To spread, [Bhagavadgīt, (ed. Schlegel.)] 15, 3. viūḍh, 1. Budded, blown. 2. Born. [Causal.] ropaya, To heal, [ٲśܳٲ] in
� With sam sam, To grow, [Bhaṭṭikvya, (ed. Calc.)] 11, 5. saṃūḍh, 1. Budded. 2. Confident, [Arjunasamgama] 11, 1. [Causal.] To plant, to cause to get offspring, [Śkuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 138, 1, Chezy.
� Cf. [Gothic.] liugan, jugga-lauths; [Anglo-Saxon.] leód, liód, probably
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRuh (रुह्).�1. rohati rohate & (ruhati) (ruhate) [participle] ūḍh (q.v.) rise, mount up, climb, spring up, grow, develop, thrive; grow together, i.e. cicatrize, heal. [Causative] roheyati & ropayati, te raise up, erect, place on, fix, fasten, commit, intrust; grow ([transitive], i.e.) plant, sow; heal, cure (cf. [Simple]).
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Ruh (रुह्).�2. [feminine] growing, sprouting, also [adjective] = seq.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ruh (रुह्):�1. ruh (cf., �1. rudh) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhtupṭha; Nalopkhyna xx, 29]) rohati (mc. also te and ruhati, te; [Vedic or Veda] and [Epic] [imperfect tense] or [Aorist] aruhat; [Potential] ruheyam, -ruheths, -ruhemahi; [imperative] ruha, p. ruhṇa; [perfect tense] ruroha, ܰܳ�, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.; ruruhe, [Bhgavata-purṇa]; [Aorist] ܰṣa, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] etc.; [future] roḍh [grammar]; ǰṣyپ, te, [Brhmaṇa] etc.; dzṣy, [Mahbhrata]; [infinitive mood] ḍhܳ, [Brhmaṇa] etc.; rohitum, [Mahbhrata]; dzṣy, [Taittirīya-saṃhit]; [indeclinable participle] rūḍhv, [Atharva-veda], -ruhya, [ib.] etc.; -ūⲹ, [Aitareya-brhmaṇa]; -ruham, [Ṛg-veda]; -roham, [Brhmaṇa]),
—to ascend, mount, climb, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brhmaṇa; ???];
—to reach to, attain (a desire), [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa];
—to rise, spring up, grow, develop, increase, prosper, thrive, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (with na, ‘to be useless or in vain� [Mahbhrata]);
—to grow together or over, cicatrize, heal (as a wound), [Atharva-veda; Kathsaritsgara; śܳٲ] etc.:—[Causal] rohayati or (later) ropayati, te ([Aorist] ūܳ or ūܱ貹 [grammar]; [Passive voice] ropyate, [Mahbhrata] [Aorist] aropi, [Kvya literature]),
—to cause to ascend, raise up, elevate, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Ჹٲṅgṇī];
—to place in or on, fix in, fasten to, direct towards (with [accusative] or [locative case]), [Mahbhrata; Kvya literature; Kathsaritsgara];
—to transfer to, commit, entrust, [Raghuvaṃśa] (cf. ropita);
—to put in the ground, plant, sow, [Mahbhrata; 峾ⲹṇa; Varha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhit];
—to lay out (a garden), [Mahbhrata];
—to cause to grow, increase, [Ჹٲṅgṇī];
—to cause to grow over or heal, [Atharva-veda; Kathsaritsgara; śܳٲ] :—[Desiderative] ܰܰṣaپ See -√ruh:‰ڱԳٱԲ roruhyate, ǰḍh [grammar]
2) 2. ruh f. rising, growth, sprout, shoot, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śṅkhyana-śrauta-sūtra]
3) (ifc.) shooting, sprouting, growing, produced in or on (cf. ambho-, avani-, ṣiپ- etc.)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRuh (रुह्):—[(au-ñi) rohati] 1. a. To grow from seed; to be born. With adhi to ascend; with ava to descend; with to mount, ride, ascend.
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Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryRuh in Hindi refers in English to:�(nf) soul; spirit; essence; ~[aphaja] refreshing; —[kabja hona] to be frightened out of wits; —[kampana] to shudder, to be mortally scared; —[phana hona] to be mortally scared, to shudder..—ruh (रू�) is alternatively transliterated as Rūha.
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Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconRūh (ரூஹ்) noun < Arabic ū. Soul; ஆன்ம�. [anma.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with (+15): Rohaka, Rohana, Rohanti, Rohini, Rohita, Ropaka, Ropenta, Ropesi, Ropeti, Ropetva, Ropita, Ruh gulab, Ruh keora, Ruha, Ruhaka, Ruhaka Jataka, Ruhaka Vagga, Ruhani, Ruhara, Ruhari.
Full-text (+323): Shiroruh, Mahiruh, Jalaruh, Ambhoruh, Pankaruh, Parvaruh, Bhumiruh, Bhuruh, Praruh, Paniruh, Parnaruh, Aruh, Vakshoruh, Kshitiruh, Ruha, Pankeruh, Uparuh, Gartaruh, Saroruh, Abhiruh.
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