As a deity name
Name 373 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 790 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
उद्भव · udbhav · s.m.
A being born; springing up (as plants from seed); birth, production — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 32
उद्भव · masculine
origin, birth, making, development; dawn, emergence, evolution
Cited formation "उद्भव" is उद्- + भव: भव means "Being, existing", and the prefix उद्- forms upwards, superior. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(9) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi उद्भव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit उद्भव (udbhava).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ud-bhava See ud-√ bhū.
ud-bhava m. existence, generation, origin, production, birth
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
existence, generation, origin, production, birth
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Dictionary citations
ud-bhava See ud-√ bhū.
ud-bhava m. existence, generation, origin, production, birth
springing from, growing
becoming visible, Yājñ.; Mn.; Kathās.; Pañcat. &c.
birth-place, ŚvetUp.; Kāvyād.
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