ülba- (ülva-) n. Eihaut, innere Hülle des Embryos (RV [10,51,1], AV +). - Nicht geklärt; möglicherweise zu lat. volva, vulva f. Gebärmutter, Eihaut der Pilze, sowie weiter zu VAR? ‘umhüllen’; AiGr II 2,867, WP I 299, WH II 831£., Pok 1141. In AitB 2,7,10 erscheint kein vergleichbares wlüka- "Netzhaut‘, sondern urüka-, wohl = "Mastdarm’; s.o. I 227 s.v. und, 231 sv ulüka-. — [Mayrhofer, s.v. ülba-, p. 287]
The corpus record — Sanskrit
ulbaṃ
umhüllen
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- Chandogya Upanisad 2 · 0.43/10k
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