# ऊर्णवाभि
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ঊৰ্ণৱাভি (Assamese script)
* ᬊᬃᬡᬯᬵᬪᬶ (Balinese script)
* ঊর্ণবাভি (Bengali script)
* 𑰅𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰪𑰯𑰥𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀊𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀯𑀸𑀪𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဦရ်္ဏဝါဘိ (Burmese script)
* ઊર્ણવાભિ (Gujarati script)
* ਊਰ੍ਣਵਾਭਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌊𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌵𑌾𑌭𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦈꦴꦂꦟꦮꦴꦨꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂈𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂫𑂰𑂦𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಊರ್ಣವಾಭಿ (Kannada script)
* ឩណ៌វាភិ (Khmer script)
* ອູຣ຺ຓວາຠິ (Lao script)
* ഊര്ണവാഭി (Malayalam script)
* ᡠᡠᡵᢏᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢨᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘅𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘪𑘰𑘥𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠤᠤᠷᢏᠠᠸᠠᢗᠪᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦥𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧊𑧑𑧅𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐅𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐰𑐵𑐨𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଊର୍ଣଵାଭି (Odia script)
* ꢇꢬ꣄ꢠꢮꢵꢩꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆈𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆮𑆳𑆨𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖅𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖪𑖯𑖥𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ඌර්‍ණවාභි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩾𑩛𑩳𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚅𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚦𑚭𑚡𑚮 (Takri script)
* ஊர்ணவாபி⁴ (Tamil script)
* ఊర్ణవాభి (Telugu script)
* อูรฺณวาภิ (Thai script)
* ཨཱུ་རྞ་ཝཱ་བྷི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒆𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒫𑒰𑒦𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨭𑨊𑨡𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From ऊर्णा॑ (ū́rṇā, “wool”) + Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”), referring to the spider weaving silken strands. Compare English weave, web. The term is alternatively read as ऊ॒र्णा॒वाभि॑ (ūrṇāvā́bhi).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /uːɾ.ɳɐ.ʋɑ́ː.bʱi/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /uːɾ.ɳɐ.ʋɑː.bʱi/

### Noun

ऊ॒र्ण॒वाभि॑ • (ūrṇavā́bhi) stem, m
* a spider
** c. 700 BCE, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.20:स यथोर्णवाभिस् तन्तुनोच्चरेत्। यथाग्नेः क्षुद्रा विष्फुलिङ्गा व्युच्चरन्त्य् एवम् एवास्माद् आत्मनः सर्वे प्राणाः सर्वे लोकाः सर्वे देवाः सर्वाणि भूतानि सर्व एत आत्मानो व्युच्चरन्ति तस्योपनिषत् सत्यस्य सत्यम् इति प्राणा वै सत्यं तेषाम् एष सत्यम्sa yathorṇavābhis tantunoccaret. yathāgneḥ kṣudrā viṣphuliṅgā vyuccaranty evam evāsmād ātmanaḥ sarve prāṇāḥ sarve lokāḥ sarve devāḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni sarva eta ātmāno vyuccaranti tasyopaniṣat satyasya satyam iti prāṇā vai satyaṃ teṣām eṣa satyamAs a spider sends forth itself by its thread, and as tiny sparks spring forth from a fire, so indeed do all the vital functions, all the worlds, all the gods, and all beings spring from this Self. Its hidden name (upaniṣad) is 'The truth behind the truth', for the truth consists of the vital functions, and the self is the truth behind the vital functions.
** late 1st millennium BCE, Maitrāyaṇīya Upaniṣad 1.6.9:कालकाञ्जा वा असुरा इष्टका अचिन्वत दिवमारोक्ष्यामा इति तानिन्द्रो ब्राह्मणो ब्रुवाण उपैत् स एतामिष्टकामप्युपाधत्त प्रथमा इव दिवमाक्रमन्त अथ स ताम् आबृहत् तेऽसुराः पापीयांसो भवन्तोऽपाभ्रंशन्त या उत्तमा आस्तां तौ यमश्वा अभवताम् येऽधरे त ऊर्णावाभयःkālakāñjā vā asurā iṣṭakā acinvata divamārokṣyāmā iti tānindro brāhmaṇo bruvāṇa upait sa etāmiṣṭakāmapyupādhatta prathamā iva divamākramanta atha sa tām ābṛhat teʼsurāḥ pāpīyāṃso bhavantoʼpābhraṃśanta yā uttamā āstāṃ tau yamaśvā abhavatām yeʼdhare ta ūrṇāvābhayaḥThe Asuras called Kālakāñja attempted to stack an altar up to the sky. Indra, passing himself off as a Brahmin, inserted one of his bricks into the altar. As soon as the Kālakāñja ascended, Indra removed the brick and they fell: the two who were at the top became Yama's dogs, the others who remained further down, they became spiders.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* औ॒र्ण॒वा॒भ (aurṇavābhá, name of a demon)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “ऊर्णवाभि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 221/3.