Shambari, Śāmbarī, Śambarī: 11 definitions
Introduction:
Shambari means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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 terms Śāmbarī and Śambarī can be transliterated into English as Sambari or Shambari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu1) Śambarī (शम्बरी) is another name for Ākhukarṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Ipomoea reniformis, synonym of Merremia emarginata (kidney leaf morning glory) from the Convolvulaceae or “morning glory family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.67-68 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Śambarī and Ākhukarṇī, there are a total of twenty Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Śambarī (शम्बरी) also represents a synonym for Śrutaśreṇī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.136-137. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Śambarī and Śrutaśreṇī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: According to Narahari, Pratyakśreṇī is a common synonym to Dravantī and Ākhuparṇī along with Śrutaśreṇī but Śrutaśreṇī is anti rat-poison which Ākhuparṇī is not and Dravantī is Rasāyanī, a property absent in the rest of the two.
3) Śāmbarī (शाम्बरी) is another name for Dravantī an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with either (1) Jaipal—Croton tiglium, (2) Baliospermum sinuatum Muell or (3) Ratanjota—Jatropha glandulifera Roxb., according to verse 5.134-136. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Śāmbarī and Dravantī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaŚāmbarī (शाम्बरी) refers to “magic” or “illusion”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 6.14.—The word is from śambara, a demon famous for his magical skill. cf. Naiṣadhacarita 20.130; also 10.123. in both examples śambara means also “water”. Śambara is used in the sense of “error”, “delusion” in Yogavāsiṣṭha (Sthitiprakaraṇa 47.88) where the commentary explains dīrghaśambare as dīrghabhrame.
The word Śāmbarī occurs in Liṅgapurāṇa (27.198 of Uttarārdha) as the name of one of the deities or Śaktis mentioned in connection with a Tantric rite in which the king undergoes a ceremonial bath for the attainment of victory. Śāmbarī and Śāmbarika are used in the sense of “magic” and “magician” respectively in Śivārkamaṇidīpikā or Śrīkaṇṭhabhāṣya 3.2.6, etc.Cf. Mallikāmāruta, Act 1. The form Śāmbara occurs in Yogavāsiṣṭha (Vairāgyaprakaraṇa 12.12).
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Sanskrit Edition and a Translation of Kambala’s Sādhananidhi, Chapter 8Śambarī (शम्बरी) is the name of a deity associated with the syllable “śaṃ/saṃ” of the Heart Mantra of Heruka (hṛdayamantra): one of the four major mantras in the Cakrasaṃvara tradition, as taught in the eighth chapter of the 9th-century Herukābhidhāna and its commentary, the Sādhananidhi. The Hṛdaya-mantra consists of twenty-two letters. [...] A practitioner in meditation visualizes that twenty-two deities [viz., Śambarī] are developed from the twenty-two letters constituting the mantra. Each letter of the mantra is used as the initial letter of each deity’s name except for the first and second deities, who are the chief couple deities and located at the center of the maṇḍala.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sambari in India is the name of a plant defined with Croton tiglium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oxydectes pavana (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany (1998)
· Species Plantarum
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· A Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (1843)
· Cytologia (1999)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sambari, for example health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśāmbarī (शांबरी).—f S A female juggler or conjurer.
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sāmbarī (सांबरी).—f A sweetmeat made of milk, flour, and sugar, in the form of a cylinder composed of little sticks.
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sāmbarī (सांबरी).—a (sāmbara) Relating to the animal sāmbara--leather &c.: of the leather of a sāmbara--shoes &c.
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sāmbarī (सांबरी).—f The hide of a sāmbara. 2 A kind of pouch or bag (usually of the leather of the sāmbara) for holding powder, bullets, flints, barber's instruments &c.
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 dictionaryŚambarī (शम्बरी).—
1) Illusion, jugglery.
2) A female juggler.
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Śāmbarī (शाम्बरी).—
1) Jugglery, sorcery.
2) Magic illusion; शाम्बरीशिल्पमलक्षि दिक्षु (śāmbarīśilpamalakṣi dikṣu) N.6.14.
3) A sorceress.
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Sāmbarī (साम्बरी).—
1) A sorceress.
2) Sorcery; L. D. B.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāmbarī (शाम्बरी).—f. (-rī) 1. A female-juggler. 2. Jugglery, sorcery. E. śambara a demon, aṇ added, and ṅīṣ fem. aff.
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Sāmbarī (साम्बरी).—f. (-rī) A female juggler. E. See śāmbarī; the śa being changed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śambarī (शम्बरी):—[from śambara > śamba] f. Salvinia Cucullata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]; Croton Polyandrum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] = māyā, sorcery, magic ([probably] [wrong reading] for śāmbarī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Śāmbarī (शाम्बरी):—[from śāmbara] f. jugglery, sorcery, illusion (as practised by the Daitya Ś°), [Naiṣadha-carita]
4) [v.s. ...] a sorceress, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śāmbarī (शाम्बरी):—(rī) 3. f. A female juggler.
2) Sāmbarī (साम्बरी):—(rī) 3. f. A female juggler.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Śāmbarī (शाम्बरी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sovarī.
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 corpusŚāṃbari (ಶಾಂಬರಿ):—
1) [noun] = ಶಾಂಬರ [shambara].
2) [noun] the art, practices or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
3) [noun] a woman who practices sorcery; a witch; a sorceress.
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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