Ahulya, Āhulya: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Āhulya (आहुल्य) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.167-170 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Note: (i) The B.S. equates Āhula or Āhulya with Ādāriśimbī, which Ḍalhaṇa describes as Vellantaralatā, and has thus been identified as Cassia auriculata Linn. (ii) Bāpālāl shifts this entire description of Āhulya to Āvartakī thus considering the two as one. (iii) V.S. informs Āhulyam as Tarvaṭ, Bhuñjitkhaṇḍa in Hindi and Tarvaḍu in Malayalam. Chopra and Yādavjī also refer a Marathi synonym Tarawaḍa (Tarwaḍa) for Āvartakī, ientifying as Cassia auriculata Linn. thus the identification problem remains.
Āhulya is mentioned as having twelve synonyms: Halurākhya, Śimbīphala, Taravaṭa, Arburama, Supuṣpa, Hemapuṣpa, Dantakāṣṭhaka, Kāñcanapuṣpa, Pītapuṣpa, Śaratpuṣpa and Nṛpamaṅgalyaka
Properties and characteristics: “Āhulya is bitter, cold, beneficial to the eyes and quells vitiated pitta-doṣa. It is useful in leprosy and allied skin diseases, pruritis, diseases of mouth, worms, colics and wounds”.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Ahulya in India is the name of a plant defined with Senna auriculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia densistipulata Taub. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2002)
· Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2541)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas (1895)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Ahulya, for example chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Āhulya (आहुल्य).—Name of a leguminous shrub (tagara, taravaṭa &c.)
Derivable forms: āhulyam (आहुल्यम्).
Āhulya (आहुल्य).—n.
(-lyaṃ) A leguminous shrub.
Āhulya (आहुल्य):—n. the leguminous shrub Tabernaemontana Coronaria, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Āhulya (आहुल्य):—n. Name einer Staude, Tabernaemontana coronaria Willd. (halarākhya, taravaṭa, tagara, pītapuṣpa u. s. w.), [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Āhulya (आहुल्य):—[Z. 2] lies pītapuṣpa .
Āhulya (आहुल्य):—n. Tabernaemontana_coronaria Willd.
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)
Full-text (+0): Bhumyahulya, Dantakashthaka, Ahulyam, Ahula, Pitapushpa, Halaraksha, Arburama, Halurakhya, Kancanapushpaka, Taravata, Nripamangalyaka, Shimbiphala, Kancanapushpa, Sharatpushpa, Hemapushpa, Markandiya, Kushthaketu, Supushpa, Mahaushadha.
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