Bandara, Bamdara, Bāṃdara: 6 definitions

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Bandara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Bandar.

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Bandara (or Baṃdara) in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal shrub “Vernonia divergens (Roxb.) Edgew”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Flowers”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Glossary of Sinhalese Folk Terms appearing in the Service Tenure Register

Bandara:—Belonging to the palace. It is now used of any proprietor, whether lay or clerical, e. g., Bandara-atuwa means the proprietor’s granary.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Bandara in India is the name of a plant defined with Hymenodictyon orixense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Exostema philippicum Roem. & Schult. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Fam. Pl. (Adanson) (1763)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 2 (1845)
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Fl. Indo-Chine (1922)
· Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1987)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bandara (बंदर).—n ( P) A port or harbour: also a port-town. 2 The sea-shore. 3 A landing place on a coast or in an inlet. baṃ0 karaṇēṃ To anchor temporarily at an intermediate port: also, generally, to anchor in port or anywhere. baṃ0 vāhaṇēṃ To become or be open--a harbour that had been closed (as by the tempestuousness of the sea).

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bandara (बंदर).—a ( H Monkey.) Sharp, cunning, knowing, intelligent or wareful in trickery.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bandara (बंदर).—n A port or harbour. The sea-shore. Dried fish. bandara karaṇēṃ To anchor tempo- rarily at an intermediate port; to an- chor in port or anywhere. baṃ?B vāhaṇēṃ To become or be open-a harbour that had been closed.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Baṃdara (बंदर) [Also spelled bandar]:—(nm) a monkey; harbour; —[ghuḍakī/bhabhakī] a hollow threat; mere brow-beating/bluffing; —[kā ghāva] an evergreen wound; an ever present affliction; -[bāṃṭa] a distribution weighted in favour of oneself; —[kī balā tabele ke sira] mistaken usage—the actual proverb is [tabele kī balā baṃdara ke sira]—transference of the affliction to another head; —[kyā jāne adaraka kā svāda] Caviar to the General.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Baṃḍāra (ಬಂಡಾರ):—

1) [noun] a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed; a treasury.

2) [noun] a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.; a safe; a locker.

3) [noun] turmeric powder, saffron powder, etc. used in worshipping deities as Khaṇḍōbā, Yellamma, etc. given to devotees, which is regarded as prasada (having the grace of the deity).

4) [noun] the yellow, principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the white substance, albumen; yolk.

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Baṃḍāṟa (ಬಂಡಾಱ):—[noun] = ಬಂಡಾರ [bamdara].

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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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