Pitripriya, Pitṛpriya, Pitri-priya: 5 definitions

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Pitripriya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term Pitṛpriya can be transliterated into English as Pitrpriya or Pitripriya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Pitṛpriya (पितृप्रिय) is another name for (the white variety of) Mārkava, a medicinal plant identified with Eclipta alba Hassk. or Eclipta erecta which is a synonym of Eclipta prostrata L. from the Asteraceae or “aster” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.138-141 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Pitṛpriya and Mārkava, there are a total of twenty  Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pitripriya in India is the name of a plant defined with Eclipta alba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Verbesina prostrata L. (among others).

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

· Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum (1760)
· Missouri Botanical Garden Report (1893)
· New Flora and Botany of North America (1836)
· Revista Brasileira de Genética (1986)
· Index Linn. Herb. (1912)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1985)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Pitripriya, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pitripriya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pitṛpriya (पितृप्रिय):—[=pitṛ-priya] [from pitṛ] m. ‘dear to the P°s’, Eclipta Prostrata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Pitripriya 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.

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