Balvaja, Balvajā, Bālvaja: 5 definitions
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Balvaja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBalvaja (बल्वज) or Balvajā (बल्वजा).—A kind of coarse grass; मुञ्जालाभे तु कर्तव्याः कुशाश्मन्तकबल्वजैः (muñjālābhe tu kartavyāḥ kuśāśmantakabalvajaiḥ) Manusmṛti 2.43.
Derivable forms: balvajaḥ (बल्वजः).
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Bālvaja (बाल्वज).—a. (also bālbaja) Made of the grass Eleusine Indica (Mar. moḷa) बाल्वजी ह्येव वैश्यस्य (bālvajī hyeva vaiśyasya) (raśanā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.23.4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBalvaja (बल्वज).—mf.
(-jaḥ-jā) A kind of grass. “ulape tṛṇabhede” .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBalvaja (बल्वज):—See balbaja.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBalvaja (ಬಲ್ವಜ):—[noun] the grass Bothriochloa pertusa ( =Andropogon pertusus) of Poaceae family.
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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Ends with: Trinabalvaja.
Full-text: Balbaja, Maunjipattra, Trinavalvaja, Ulapa, Valkala.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.43 < [Section XIII - Initiation (upanayana)]
Verse 2.42 < [Section XIII - Initiation (upanayana)]
Verse 10.94 < [Section IX - Variations in the Functions of the Brāhmaṇa due to Abnormal Conditions]
Vasistha Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
The training of the Surgeon < [Chapter 9]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Vanaspati (Plants) used in Veda < [Chapter 2 - The nature of treatment for diseases in the Ancient era]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 1d - Revival of Ayurveda (the Science of Life) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Chapter 8 - ‘The Continuation of one’s Lineage (jatisutriya) < [Sharirasthana (Sharira Sthana) — Section on Human Embodiment]
Chapter 5 - The therapeutics of Gulma (abdominal swellings) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIV, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Fourteenth Kāṇḍa]