Ajamoda, Aja-moda, Ajamodā: 18 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Ajamodā (अजमोदा):—A Sanskrit word referring to Carum roxburghianum, a plant a species from the Apiaceae (carrot) family. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā. Its official botanical name is Trachyspermum roxburghianum (synonyms: Carum roxburghianum or Trachyspermum involucratum). The literal translation of the wordt Ajamodā is “goat’s delight”. It is composed of the words Aja (‘goat’) and Modā, which is derived from Moda (‘delight’ or ‘pleasure’)
This plant (Ajamodā) is also mentioned as a medicine used for the treatment of all major fevers, as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which forms the first chapter of the Sanskrit work called Mādhavacikitsā.
Ajamodā (अजमोदा) refers to the medicinal plant Apium graveolens L., and is used in the treatment of atisāra (diarrhoea), according to the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (as well as the Pharmacopoeia).—Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal. The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including Ajamodā] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.
The plant Apium graveolens (Ajamodā) is known as Dīpyaka according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Ajamodā (अजमोदा) [=ajamodā-ādya-vaṭaka] refers to one of the topics discussed in the Yogāmṛta, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 4 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Yogāmṛta is a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Ajamodā-ādya-vaṭaka in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: ajamodādyavaṭakaḥ .
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Ajamoda (अजमोद) refers to “caraway” (administered to elephants in their fourth decade), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “On the keeping of elephants and their daily and seasonal regimen”]: “26. But to kalyāṇas (elephants in the fourth decade, the prime of life) one shall give meal compounded of the three spices, the two Curcumas, Costus, caraway (ajamoda), Achyranthes aspera, the two karañjas (Pongamia glabra), garlic, vacā (an aromatic root), Clypea hernandifolia, rāmaṭha, white mustard, soapberry seeds, the root of Plumbago zeylanica, pungent (paṭu, but this may be a noun, ‘salt,’ or name of various plants) vara (some plant), iron filings (?), vermifuge, and nyagrodhī; this meal, mixed with sesame oil, is efficacious on awakening”.
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)
Ajamoda [अजमोद] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague from the Apiaceae (Carrot) family having the following synonyms: Carum copticum, Trachyspermum copticum, Carum ajowan. For the possible medicinal usage of ajamoda, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Ajamoda [अजमोदा] in the Nepali language is the name of a plant identified with Apium graveolens L. from the Apiaceae (Carrot) family.
Ajamoda in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Eichler from the Apiaceae (Carrot) family having the following synonyms: Pimpinella leptophylla, Apium tenuifolium, Cyclospermum ammi, Apium leptophyllum.
Ajamoda in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Trachyspermum roxburghianum from the Apiaceae (Carrot) family having the following synonyms: Pimpinella lateriflora, Pimpinella dalzellii, Carum roxburghianum.
1) Ajamoda in India is the name of a plant defined with Apium graveolens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Smyrnium laterale Thunb. (among others).
2) Ajamoda is also identified with Carum copticum It has the synonym Carum copticum Benth. & Hook.f. (etc.).
3) Ajamoda is also identified with Trachyspermum ammi It has the synonym Daucus coptica (L.) Persoon (etc.).
4) Ajamoda is also identified with Trachyspermum roxburghianum It has the synonym Pimpinella involucrata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Carniolica (1772)
· Familles des Plantes (1763)
· Allgemeine Naturgeschichte (1831)
· Species Plantarum (1762)
· La Kromosomo
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Ajamoda, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, 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
Marathi-English dictionary
ajamōdā (अजमोदा).—f m (S) A sort of parsley, Apium involucratum. 2 A kind of lovage, Ligusticum ajwaen. Rox. 3 Bishop's weed or the seed of it, Sison Ammi.
ajamōdā (अजमोदा).—f m A sort of parsley. Bishop's weed or the seed of it.
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
Ajamodā (अजमोदा).—[ajasya moda iva modo gandho yasyāḥ, ajaṃ modayatīti vā] Name of a very useful medicinal plant, Common Carroway; the species called Apium Involucratum or Ligusticum Ajowan (Mar. oṃvā). अजमोदां च बाह्लीकं जीरकं लोध्रकं तथा (ajamodāṃ ca bāhlīkaṃ jīrakaṃ lodhrakaṃ tathā) | Śiva. B.3.18
Ajamodā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aja and modā (मोदा). See also (synonyms): ajamodikā.
Ajamodā (अजमोदा).—f.
(-dā) 1. Common carroway, (Carum carui.) 2. A kind of lovage, (Ligusticum ajwaen, Rox.) 3. A sort of parsley, (Apium involucratum;) this latter application is the one used in the dialects. E. aja a goat, and moda what pleases, from muda.
1) Ajamoda (अजमोद):—[=aja-moda] [from aja > aj] m. ‘goat’s delight’, Name of various plants, common Carroway, the species called Ajwaen (Ligusticum Ajwaen), a species of Parsley, Apium Involucratum.
2) Ajamodā (अजमोदा):—[=aja-modā] [from aja > aj] f. ‘goat’s delight’, Name of various plants, common Carroway, the species called Ajwaen (Ligusticum Ajwaen), a species of Parsley, Apium Involucratum.
Ajamodā (अजमोदा):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-dā) The name of several plants:
1) Com-mon carroway (Carum carui).
2) A kind of lovage (Ligusticum ajwaen, Rox.).
3) A sort of parsley (Apium involucratum); this latter application is the one used in the dialects. E. aja and moda.
Ajamodā (अजमोदा):—[aja-modā] (dā) 1. f. Common carroway.
Ajamodā (अजमोदा):—(1. aja + moda) f. Name verschiedener Pflanzen: a) Carum Carvi. — b) Apium involucratum. — c) Ligusticum Ajowan [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 10.] [Suśruta 1, 139, 4. 2, 87, 16. 275, 12. 442, 4. u.s.w.] Ist auch m. [2, 59, 21. 88, 9. 468, 19. u.s.w.]
Ajamoda (अजमोद):—m. und modā f. Carum Carvi (Kümmel). Apium involucratum (Eppich [Flora indica 2,97] ) und Ligeuticum Ajowan.
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
Ajamōda (ಅಜಮೋದ):—
1) [noun] the plant Apium graveolens of Apiaceae (=Umbelliferae) family.
2) [noun] its seed; wild celery.
3) [noun] the plant Carum carvi of Apiaceae; the caraway plant.
4) [noun] its seed; Caraway.
5) [noun] the plant Carum petroselinum ( = Petroselinum sativum) of Apiaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
ajamodā (အဇမောဒါ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[aja+moda. aja+muda+ṇa. ajassa modo iva modo gandho yassā,ajaṃ modayati ānandayati modi+ vā. vācappati.]
[အဇ+မောဒ။ အဇ+မုဒ+ဏ။ အဇဿ မောဒေါ ဣဝ မောဒေါ ဂန္ဓော ယဿာ၊ အဇံ မောဒယတိ အာနန္ဒယတိ မောဒိ+အဏ် ဝါ။ ဝါစပ္ပတိ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
ajamodā—
(Burmese text): ဆိတ်နံ့ကဲ့သို့ အနံ့ရှိသော အပင်။ ဟင်းခတ်အဖြစ် အသုံးပြုရသော အပင်တစ်မျိုး။
(Auto-Translation): A plant that has a smell like that of a goat. A type of plant used as a seasoning.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Aja, Moda.
Starts with (+0): Ajamodaa, Ajamodadi, Ajamodadighrita, Ajamodadivataka, Ajamodadya, Ajamodadya, Ajamodadyavataka.
Full-text (+25): Phalamukhya, Kharahva, Barbarigandha, Bastamoda, Moda, Modadhya, Pramodadhya, Gandhadala, Ajamodika, Modin, Brahmakusha, Mishi, Ugragandha, Hayagandha, Kharashva, Vahnidipaka, Shikhimoda, Vishalya, Vahnidipika, Brahmakosha.
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