ūrdhvá mf(A)n. (√ vṛdh, [BRD.]; perhaps fr. √ ṛ), rising or tending upwards, raised, elevated, erected, erect, upright, high, above, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.] &c. (in class. Sanskṛt occurring generally in compounds)
ūrdhvá (am), n. height, elevation, [L.]
anything placed above or higher (with abl.), [L.]
[cf. Gk. ὀρθός; Lat. arduus; Gaël. ard.]