Vamshapatra, Vaṃśapātra, Vaṃśapatra, Vamsha-patra: 4 definitions
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Vamshapatra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Vaṃśapātra and Vaṃśapatra can be transliterated into English as Vamsapatra or Vamshapatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaVaṃśapatra (वंशपत्र) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Bambusa arudinacea (Retz.) Willd.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning vaṃśapatra] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvaṃśapātra (वंशपात्र).—n (S) A bamboo basket or vessel in general.
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 dictionaryVaṃśapatra (वंशपत्र).—a bamboo-leaf.
-traḥ a reed. °पतितम् (patitam) Name of a kind of metre of seventeen syllables; दिङ्मुनिवंशपत्रपतितं भरनभनलगैः (diṅmunivaṃśapatrapatitaṃ bharanabhanalagaiḥ) Chand. M.
Derivable forms: vaṃśapatram (वंशपत्रम्).
Vaṃśapatra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vaṃśa and patra (पत्र).
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Vaṃśapātra (वंशपात्र).—a bamboovessel.
Derivable forms: vaṃśapātram (वंशपात्रम्).
Vaṃśapātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vaṃśa and pātra (पात्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṃśapātra (वंशपात्र):—[=vaṃśa-pātra] [from vaṃśa] n. a bamboo vessel (also f(ī). ), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vamsha, Patra.
Starts with: Vamshapatraka, Vamshapatrakarini, Vamshapatrapatita.
Full-text: Vamshapatrakarini, Vamshadala, Atyashti, Vamshapatrapatita.
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