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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Bhaṇḍila (भण्डिल) is a synonym for Śirīṣa (Albizia lebbeck, “Siris tree”), from the Fabaceae (“legume”) family. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Carakasaṃhitā. This synonym was identified by Amarasiṃha in his Amarakośa (a Sanskrit botanical thesaurus from the 4^th century).

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bhandila in India is the name of a plant defined with Albizia lebbeck in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Feuilleea lebbek Kuntze (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum.
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhaṇḍīla (भण्डील).—Rubia Munjista (Mar. maṃjiṣṭhā); भण्डीपुष्पनिकाशेन (bhaṇḍīpuṣpanikāśena) (anuliptaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.97.21.

Derivable forms: bhaṇḍīlaḥ (भण्डीलः).

See also (synonyms): bhaṇḍikā, bhaṇḍī.

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Bhaṇḍila (भण्डिल).—The Śirīṣa tree.

Derivable forms: bhaṇḍilaḥ (भण्डिलः).

See also (synonyms): bhaṇḍira.

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Bhaṇḍila (भण्डिल).—a. Happy, auspicious, prosperous, fortunate.

-laḥ 1 Good fortune, happiness, welfare.

2) A messenger.

3) A workman, artisan.

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Bhandila (भन्दिल).—

1) Prosperity, good fortune.

2) Tremulous motion.

3) A messenger (m. ?).

Derivable forms: bhandilam (भन्दिलम्).

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Bhāṇḍila (भाण्डिल).—A barber.

Derivable forms: bhāṇḍilaḥ (भाण्डिलः).

See also (synonyms): bhāṇḍika.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhaṇḍila (भण्डिल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. A messenger, one sent or dispatched. 2. Fortunate, happy, prosperous, auspicious. m.

(-laḥ) 1. A messenger. 2. An artizan. 3. A tree, (Mimosa sirisha.) E. bhaḍi to be happy, &c., Unadi aff. ilac; also ra being substituted for la, bhaṇḍira, or the short vowel being lengthened, bhaṇḍīla .

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Bhaṇḍīla (भण्डील).—m.

(-laḥ) The Sirisha tree: see bhaṇḍila .

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Bhandila (भन्दिल).—n.

(-laṃ) Good, happiness, welfare, prosperity. 2. Tremulous motion. m.

(-laḥ) A messenger. E. bhadi to be auspicious, Unadi aff. ilac .

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Bhāṇḍila (भाण्डिल).—m.

(-laḥ) A barber. E. bhāṇḍa a vessel and ilac aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhaṇḍila (भण्डिल).— (probably a dialectical form, akin to bhadra), I. adj. 1. Fortunate. 2. A messenger. Ii. m. A tree, Mimosa siriṣa.

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Bhāṇḍila (भाण्डिल).—i. e. bhāṇḍa + ila, m. A barber.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bhaṇḍila (भण्डिल):—[from bhaṇḍa > bhaṇḍ] m. fortune, welfare, [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 55 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] a messenger, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] an artisan, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] Acacia or Mimosa Sirissa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of a man [gana] aśvādi

6) [v.s. ...] [plural] his descendants [gana] yaskādi.

7) Bhaṇḍīla (भण्डील):—[from bhaṇḍa > bhaṇḍ] m. Rubia Munjista, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) Bhandila (भन्दिल):—[from bhand] n. fortune, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] tremulous motion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] a messenger (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) Bhāṇḍila (भाण्डिल):—[from bhāṇḍa] m. a barber, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bhaṇḍila (भण्डिल):—(laḥ) 1. m. Idem. a. Dispatched as a messenger; fortunate.

2) Bhaṇḍīla (भण्डील):—(laḥ) 1. m. The sirisha tree.

3) Bhandila (भन्दिल):—(laṃ) 1. n. Good; welfare.

4) Bhāṇḍila (भाण्डिल):—(laḥ) 1. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhandila in German

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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 corpus

Bhaṃḍila (ಭಂಡಿಲ):—

1) [noun] good luck; success; prosperity.

2) [noun] a man who carries a message or goes on an errand; a messenger.

3) [noun] a man who models, carves or otherwise fashions figures or forms of clay, stone, metal, wood, etc.

4) [noun] the tree Acacia sirissa of Mimosae family.

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Bhaṃḍīla (ಭಂಡೀಲ):—[noun] = ಭಂಡಿಲ - [bhamdila -] 4.

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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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