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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Bhūruha (भूरुह) refers to a “tree”, as mentioned in a list of twenty-five synonyms in the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Bhūruha] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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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.

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Bhūruha (भूरुह) refers to “trees” (standing close to each other), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the treatment of hawks]: “[...] [Hawks] should be kept on a platform in a garden, well-guarded by porters and cooled with the water from artificial streams shaded with tall trees (ucchrita-bhūruha) standing close to each other, where the fierce rays of the sun cannot penetrate. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bhūruha (भूरुह).—m S (Poetry. That springs up from the ground.) A tree or plant in general. Ex. ṭhāṇa na caḷē raṇīṃhūna || kuṭhāravāyēṃ bhū0 jaisā ||.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhūruha (भूरुह).—a tree.

-ham a pearl.

Derivable forms: bhūruhaḥ (भूरुहः).

Bhūruha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhū and ruha (रुह).

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

Bhūruha (भूरुह).—m.

(-haḥ) A tree. E. bhū the earth, and ruha what grows.

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

Bhūruha (भूरुह).—[masculine] = bhūmiruh, bhūmiruha.

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

1) Bhūruha (भूरुह):—[=bhū-ruha] a m. ‘earth-grower’, a plant, tree, [Prabodha-candrodaya; Caṇḍa-kauśika etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] b m. idem, [Suśruta; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] Terminalia Arjuna and Glabra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] n. a pearl, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Bhūruha (भूरुह):—[bhū-ruha] (haḥ) 1. m. A tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhuruha 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

Bhūruha (ಭೂರುಹ):—[noun] any plant (as a herb, creeper, shrub, tree etc.).

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ruha, Bhu.

Ends with: Kalpabhuruha, Marubhuruha, Nyankubhuruha, Sa-sarv-ashan-ekshu-karpasa-shana-amra-madhuka-adi-bhuruha, Shakrabhuruha, Surabhuruha.

Full-text: Nyankubhuruha, Bhumiruha, Marubhuruha, Surabhuruha, Purukam, Shakrabhuruha, Marubhu, Sa-sarv-ashan-ekshu-karpasa-shana-amra-madhuka-adi-bhuruha, Ucchrita, Thana.

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