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Ru, Rū, Ṟu, Ṟ�: 17 definitions

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Ru means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

1) Ru (रु).—Substitute र् (r) for the consonant स् (s) at the end of a word as also for the ष् () of सजुत्र�, न् (sajutr, n) of अहन् (ahan) and optionally with र् (r) for the final स् (s) of अम्नस्, ऊधस् (amnas, ū󲹲) and अवस् (avas) in Veda; e.g. अग्निरत्�, वायुरत्र, सजूर्देवोभिः (agniratra, ٰܰ, ū𱹴Dz�) cf. P.VIII.2.66; the र् (r) of this रु (ru) (as contrasted with the substitute र् (r) which see above) is further changed into � (u) before a soft consonant and before the vowel � (a) provided it is preceded by the vowel � (a), while र् (r), prescribed as substitute � (ra) (which see above), remains unchanged; e g. शिवोर्च्यः, शिवो वन्द्य� (śǰⲹ�, śivo vandya�) as contrasted with अहरत्र, अहर्गण� (aharatra, 󲹰ṇa�);

2) Ru.—Substitute र् (r) for the final ज् (j) of अवयज� (avayaj) (e. g, अवया� ()), for ह् (h) of श्वेतवह् (śٲ) (e.g. श्वेतवाः (śٲ�)), and for श् (ś) of पुरोडाश् (ܰḍ�) (e.g. पुगेडा� (ܲḍḥ)) before the case affix सु (su) ; cf.P.VIII.4.67;

3) Ru.—Substitute र् (r) (or द् (d)) for the final स् (s) or द् (d) of a verb-form ending with the personal ending सिप् (sip) of the 2nd pers. sing; cf. P. VIII.2.74,75;

4) Ru.—Substitute र् (r) for the final न् (n) of words ending with the affix मत� (mat) or वस� (vas) in Veda; e.g. मरुत्व� हरिव� (marutva� hariva�) ; cf. Kas. on P.VIII.3.1;

5) Ru.—Substitute र् (r) for the final न् (n) at the end of a word when it is followed by a छव� (chav) letter i.e. the first or a second consonant excepting ख् (kh) and फ् (ph); e.g. भवांश्चिनोति (󲹱ṃścԴdzپ); cf. P.VIII. 3.7;

6) Ru.—Substitute र् (r) for the final न् (n) of नॄन् () before the letter प् (p) as also for the final न् (n) of स्वतवान् (ٲ) and कान् () under certain conditions; cf. P. VIII.3. 10.12.

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Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vykaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Rukra (रुका�) or Rukra refers to the “letter ru� (symbolizing the state of being free from conceptual arrangement, etc.], according to the 10th-century Ḍkrṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “[...] (The meaning of the letter ru, i.e., being free from conceptual arrangement, etc.�) [Taught in connection with] the conceptual arrangement, the selflessness of person, the great, is [accompanied by] a web of conceptualization. The letter ru [e.g., ܰ] [represents the principle that] myself is conditioned: That [letter ru refers to the state of] being free from the conceptual arrangement of ‘mine�. [...]�.

Note: Verses 9c�10b explain the meaning of the letter ru (of Śrīheruka), based on the traditional idea or a doctrine that the letter ru refers to the state of being free from conceptual arrangement (貹ٲū) or equivalent. The Hevajra was the first to teach this (ܰ貹ٲū󲹳. , Skt ed. (Snellgrove 1959), I.7.27c). [...]

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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India history and geography

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Rū.�(IE 8-1), abbreviation of ūpaka or ūpyaka. (CITD), abbreviation of Telugu ūka meaning ‘cash� and probably derived from Sanskrit ūpaka. Note: ū is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ru in Malaysia is the name of a plant defined with Casuarina equisetifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Casuarina equisetifolia J.R. & G. Forster (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Herb. Amboin. (1743)
· Allg. Naturgesch. (1841)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (1982)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers� (1993)
· Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (1975)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ū (रू).—m ( H) Carded cotton. 2 n ( P Face.) The front side of a playing card.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ū (रू).�m Carded cotton.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ru (रु).—I. 2 P. (rauti, īپ, ruta)

1) To cry, howl, scream, yell, shout, roar; to hum (as bees); to sound in general; कर्ण� कल� किमप� रौति शनैर्विचित्रम् (karṇe kala� kimapi rauti śanairvicitram) H.1.81; Bhaṭṭikvya 3.17; 12.72;14.21. -Caus. To make sound; यस्माल्लोकत्रय� चैतद� रावितं भयमागतम् (yasmllokatraya� caitad rvita� bhayamgatam) Rm.7.16.37. -II. 1 Ā. (ravate)

1) To go, move.

2) To hurt, kill.

3) Ved. To break to pieces.

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Ru (रु).�

1) Sound, noise.

2) Fear, alarm.

3) War, battle.

4) Cutting, dividing.

Derivable forms: (रु�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ru (रु).—[(ṭu,)ṭuru] r. 2nd cl. (rauti) 1. To sound. 2. To make a particular sort of sound. (�) ru� r. 1st. cl. (ravate) 1. To go, to move. 2. To hurt, to injure or kill. 3. To speak. 4. To be angry.

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Ru (रु).—m.

(-�) 1. War, battle. 2. Noise, sound. f.

(-�) 1. Fear, alarm. 2. Cutting, dividing. E. ru to sound, aff. kvip .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ru (रु).—ii. 2, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To sound, to make a particular sound, as birds, Mahbhrata 1, 5898; bees, etc., to hum, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 80, M.M. 2. To bray, Mahbhrata 1, 4508. 3. To yelp, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 113. 4. To yell, Mahbhrata 4, 1463. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. ruta, n. 1. Any cry or noise, humming of bees, [Bhaṭṭikvya, (ed. Calc.)] 2, 10. 2. The cry of birds, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 52, 11. 3. Song, [Śkuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 131. Frequent. roru and roūya, To cry loudly, to yelp loudly, Mahbhrata 1, 6112; 663. [Causal.] 屹ⲹ, To fill with a roar, Mahbhrata 3, 15928.

� With the prep. abhi abhi, abhiruta, 1. Sounded, filled with the sound of, Mahbhrata 3, 1535. 2. Sounding. 3. Humming, [Śśܱ] 9, 34. n. Sound, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 9, 17.

� With , To cry, [Bhaṭṭikvya, (ed. Calc.)] 17, 24.

� With vi vi, 1. To sound, [Mṛcchakaṭik, (ed. Stenzler.)] 144, 2. 2. To yell, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 64, 4. 3. To lament, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 102; Mahbhrata 3, 336. viruta, n. Tone. Ck. [distich] 85; singing, [Ṛtusaṃhra] 6, 33. [Causal.] To make a braying noise, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 64.

� With sam sam, To cry, [Bhaṭṭikvya, (ed. Calc.)] 17, 71.

� Cf. ([frequentative.]); [Latin] raucus, ūmor; [Anglo-Saxon.] ryn.

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Ru (रु).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To go. 2. To hurt, or to be angry (?). 3. To speak.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ru (रु).�1. rauti ruvati ravati ravate [participle] ruta (q.v.) roar, howl, shriek, croak, sound, thunder. [Causative] 屹ⲹti cause to roar or cry, fill with cries. [Intensive] roīپ, roūyate, ti roar or cry out loudly.

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Ru (रु).�2. only rviṣam & ruta (q.v.) crush.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ru (रु):�1. ru [class] 2. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhtupṭha xxiv, 24]; cf. [Pṇini 7-3, 15]) rauti or īپ ([Vedic or Veda] also ruvati and ravoti, te; p. ruvat, ravat, ravamṇa, ravṇa; [perfect tense] rurva, [Mahbhrata]; ruruvire, [Brhmaṇa]; [Aorist] arvīt, [Ṛg-veda]; Prec. ūyt [grammar]; [future] ravit or rot, [ib.]; ṣyپ, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] ravitum, [ib.], rotum, [Kvya literature]),

—to roar, bellow, howl, yelp, cry aloud, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to make any noise or sound, sing (as birds), hum (as bees), [Mahbhrata; Kvya literature] etc.;

� (rauti) to praise, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yska iii, 14] :—[Causal] 屹ⲹti ([Aorist] aūruvat with the sense of the [Intensive] [Bhgavata-purṇa]; or ī, [Pṇini 7-4, 80 [Scholiast or Commentator]]),

—to cause to bellow or roar, cause an uproar, [Āśvalyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahbhrata] etc. :—[Desiderative] of [Causal] rirvayiṣati [grammar] :—[Desiderative] ruūṣati, [ib.] :—[Intensive] ([Vedic or Veda]) roīپ (p. roruvat and roruvṇa) or ([Epic]) roūyate, ti or ([grammar]) roroti. to bellow or roar etc. loudly, scream aloud, vociferate.

2) cf. [Greek] ὠρύομα�; [Latin] raucus; [Anglo-Saxon] rŷn.

3) 2. ru m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) sound, noise

4) fear, alarm

5) war, battle.

6) 3. ru [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhtupṭha xxii, 63]) ravate (only rviṣam, [Ṛg-veda x, 86, 5]; ܱܰṣe, ṣṭ ṣṭ, [Vopadeva])

—to break or dash to pieces, [Ṛg-veda] ([Dhtupṭha] also ‘to go; to kill; to be angry; to speak�) :—[Intensive] (only p. roruvat) to break, shatter, [Ṛg-veda i, 54, 1; 5.]

7) 4. ru m. cutting, dividing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ru (रु):�(la) rauti 2. a. To sound. (ṅa) ravata 1. d. To go; hurt; speak.

2) (�) 1. m. War; noise. f. Alarm.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.

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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Rū (रू):�(nm) face, countenance, frontage; ~[ś] veiled; an absconder; ~[śī] veiling one’s face; absconding; -[ba-ū] face to face; in the presence of; -[riyyata] consideration; concession; leniency.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rū (ರೂ):�

1) [noun] a learning by heart (as to keep the things so learnt accurately in memory).

2) [noun] ರೂಹಾಕು [ruhaku] ū hku to learn ( a poem, passage, set of facts etc.) by heart so that it can be recollected or reproduced accurately from memory; to commit to one’s memory.

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Rū (ರೂ):—[noun] an abbreviated form of ರುಪಾಯಿ [rupayi] (rupee, the Indian monetary unit); Re.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Ru (ரு) . The compound of ர் [r] and �. [u.]

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Rū (ரூ) . The compound of ர் [r] + �. [u.]

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Ṟu (று) . The compound of ற் [r] and �. [u.]

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Ṟ� (றூ) . The compound of ற் [r] and �. [u.]

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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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