Viri, Virī, Vīri: 6 definitions

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Viri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology, Tamil. 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Viri refers to “worm” [in the Malayalam language] and represents one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning viri] 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).

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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)

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

1) Viri in India is the name of a plant defined with Acalypha hispida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ricinocarpus hispidus (Burm. f.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Viri is also identified with Aristolochia bracteata.

3) Viri is also identified with Cissampelos pareira It has the synonym Cocculus trilobus (Thunb.) DC. (etc.).

4) Viri is also identified with Cordia myxa It has the synonym Gerascanthus myxus (L.) Borhidi (etc.).

5) Viri is also identified with Cordia obliqua It has the synonym Cordia obliqua (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth, nom. illeg. (etc.).

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

· Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturae (1817)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1826)
· Amaltheum botanicum (1705)
· Genera Plantarum (1839)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 14 (1784)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Viri, for example chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

virī (विरी).—f (vīrya S) Strength, vigor, virtue, potency; the principle constituting the excellence, soundness, firmness, effectiveness of a substance. 2 The sheath or integument of the branch of the Betelnut. 3 A drōṇa or butter-boat made of it.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

virī (विरी).—f Strength, potency.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Viri (विरि).—hew asunder, cleave.

Viri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and ri (रि).

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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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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Viri (விரி) [virital] 4 intransitive verb [Telugu: viriyu, K. biri, M. viriyuga.]

1. To expand; to spread out; பரதசாஸ்திரம்்தல். விரிமுக விசும்பு [parathal. virimuga visumbu] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 329).

2. To open, unfold; மலர்தல். மணத்துடன் விரிந்த கைதை [malarthal. manathudan virintha kaithai] (கல்லாடம் [kalladam] 2).

3. (Grammar) To be expanded, as an elliptical sentence; to be elaborated; தொக்க வேற்றுமையுருபு முதலியன வெளிப்பட விரி தல். [thokka verrumaiyurupu muthaliyana velippada viri thal.]

4. To become developed; முற்றுதல். [murruthal.]

5. To be loosened; அவிழ்தல். விரிந்துவீழ் கூந்தல் பாரார் [avizhthal. virinthuvizh kunthal parar] (கம்பராமாயணம் உலாவியற். [kambaramayanam ulaviyar.] 4).

6. To split, crack; to burst asunder; பிளவுகொள்ளுதல். அந்தச்சுவர் விரிந்துபோயிற்று. [pilavugolluthal. anthachuvar virinthupoyirru.]

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Viri (விரி) [virittal] 11 transitive verb Causative of விரி¹-. [viri¹-.]

1. To cause to expand; to open, unfold; விரியச்செய்தல். [viriyacheythal.]

2. To expound; to elaborate, as in writing or in speaking; விளக்கி யுரைத்தல். நூல் விரித்துக் காட்டினும் [vilakki yuraithal. nul virithug kattinum] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 341).

3. To extend; to spread; பரப்புதல். பல்கதிர் விரித்தே [parapputhal. palkathir virithe] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 8). விரித்த நாணல் [viritha nanal] (கம்பராமாயணம் கங்கை. [kambaramayanam kangai.] 50).

4. To untie, loosen, as the tresses of a woman; கூந்தல் முதலியவற்றை அவிழ்த்து நெகிழ விடுதல். விரித்த கருங்குழலும் [kunthal muthaliyavarrai avizhthu negizha viduthal. viritha karunguzhalum] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 20, வெண்பா [venpa], 3).

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Viri (விரி) noun < விரி¹-. [viri¹-.]

1. Expanse; பரப்பு. [parappu.]

2. Fullness; விரிந்த அளவு. சார்பெழுத்துறு விரி [virintha alavu. sarpezhuthuru viri] (நன். [nan.] 60).

3. See விரித்தல் [virithal],

2. தொகைவகை விரி யிற் றருகென (நன். சிறப்புப்.). [thogaivagai viri yir rarugena (nan. sirappup.).]

4. Pannier for pack-oxen; pack-saddle; பொதிமாட்டின் மேலிடும் மெத்தைப் பை. [pothimattin melidum methaip pai.]

5. See விரிப்பு [virippu],

2. Local usage

6. Curtain; திரை. விரியை யவிழ்த்துவிடு. [thirai. viriyai yavizhthuvidu.]

7. Viper. See விரியன் [viriyan],

1. நாகம் விரிபெடையோடாடிவிட் டற்று [nagam viripedaiyodadivid darru] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 240).

8. Malabar poon. See காட்டுப்புன்னை. [kattuppunnai.] (L.)

9. See விரியன் [viriyan],

2. (L.)

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Vīri (வீரி) noun < வீரம்¹. [viram¹.]

1. Heroic woman; வீரமுள்ளவன். [viramullavan.]

2. Kāḷī; காளி. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [kali. (sudamaninigandu)]

3. Durgā துர்க்கை. வேலார்கை வீரியைமுன் படைத்தார் போலும் [thurkkai. velarkai viriyaimun padaithar polum] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 597, 6).

4. A village goddess; ஒரு கிராமதேவதை. [oru kiramathevathai.]

5. Sickle-leaf. See அரிவாண்மணைப்பூண்டு. [arivanmanaippundu.]

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