Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Adava in India is the name of a plant defined with Celtis tetrandra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Celtis formosana Hayata (among others).

2) Adava is also identified with Saccharum arundinaceum It has the synonym Erianthus arundinaceus Jeswiet ex K. Heyne (etc.).

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

· Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University (1992)
· Flora Indica; or descriptions … (1820)
· Bulletin of Botanical Research (2000)
· Plantarum Rariorum Regni Neapolitani (1792)
· Observationes Botanicae (1786)
· Proc. 14th Congr. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists (1972)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Adava, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ādava, (ā + dava²?) is gloss at VvA.216 for maddava Vv 51²³; meaning: excitement, adj. exciting. The passage in VvA.is somewhat corrupt, & therefore unclear. (Page 98)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aḍava (अडव).—n A handful of gram-plants as uprooted and lying on the field, or a hand-bundle of such plants.

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aḍavā (अडवा).—n A winding road, esp. over a hill.

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aḍavā (अडवा).—a Cross, transverse, lying athwart. 2 Broad or wide (viewed in its dimension of breadth): opp. to ubhā Long. 3 fig. Adverse, opposed to. 4 Contrary, contradictory &c. 5 Crosswise or sideways. Used with such words as dhōṇḍā-gōḷā-gōḷī-īṭa-ghāgara-pāṭī-ṭōpalēṃ and with such verbs as dē-ṭāka-jhēla-jhōka-ghē. To pass from hand to hand (stones, balls, pitchers &c.) a0 jāṇēṃ To fall athwart one's way; to cross one's path. a0 yēṇēṃ To meet, encounter, come in one's way. 2 To oppose. 3 To go out to meet and receive. a0 lāvaṇēṃ To find fault with. a0 hōṇēṃ To recline or lie down. aḍavē ghēṇēṃ To raise perverse objections and difficulties. aḍavē nēsaṇēṃ or lāvūna ghēṇēṃ To dress sluttishly or slovenly;--used of females. Also a0 nēsaṇēṃ or ghēṇēṃ See explained under ubhā. aḍavē yēṇēṃ To fall athwart;--used of the fœtus at its birth. Pr. aḍavē ālēṃ asatāṃ kāpūna kāḍhāvēṃ.

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aḍāva (अडाव).—m n aḍāvā m A general or abstract account; a balance-sheet. v uttara. A few compounds occur; as aḍāvabanda, aḍāvabākī, aḍāva- vasūla, aḍāvasūṭa. 2 A rough computation or statement of expenses.

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āḍava (आडव).—n W A double armfull of rice-stalks.

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āḍāva (आडाव).—a One armed with any inferior or irregular weapon.

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

aḍava (अडव).—n A hand-bundle of gram-plants.

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aḍavā (अडवा).—a Cross. Adverse. Contrary. Broad.

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aḍāva (अडाव).—m n -vā m An abstract account. A rough computation or statement of accounts.

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āḍavā (आडवा).—See under अ.

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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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Aḍāva (अडाव) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Aṭavi.

Aḍāva has the following synonyms: Aḍavī.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Adava (ಅದವ):—[noun] a man having partial disablement in the body; a lame man.

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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)

Starts with (+23): Adavaadava, Adavadike, Adavadisu, Adavala, Adavalal, Adavalana, Adavalani, Adavalisu, Adavam, Adavana, Adavanem, Adavani, Adavanuka, Adavanya, Adavara, Adavarai, Adavaranem, Adavarisu, Adavarnaca, Adavashukla dikshita.

Ends with (+75): Abhikhyayadava, Adadava, Adapadava, Adavaadava, Amlavadava, Angadava, Apadava, Aradava, Ashvabadava, Ashvavadava, Astadava, Audavashadava, Avadava, Badava, Bhadava, Bharadava, Bhukadava, Capaladava, Cukadava, Dagadava.

Full-text: Adavi, Adaya, Ade, Atavi, Adavaranem, Adavem Ubhem, Adhava, Urdhvapantha, Adai, Adavatidava, Bhataca Ubha Danda Adava Danda, Karavata, Bhata, Kalapurusha, Ubha, Jibha, Gava, Ada.

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