Amali, Amalī, Amaḷi: 10 definitions
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Amali means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, 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.
The Sanskrit term Amaḷi can be transliterated into English as Amali or Amalii, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Amalī (अमली):—One of the sixty-seven Mahauṣadhi, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs are useful for processing mercury (rasa), such as the alchemical processes known as sūta-bandhana and māraṇa.
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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Amali (अमलि) [?] (in Chinese: A-mo-li) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Viśākhā or Viśākhānakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Viśākhā] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Amali] for the sake of protection and prosperity.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Biology (plants and animals)
Amali in India is the name of a plant defined with Hippophae salicifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hippophae rhamnoides subsp. salicifolia (D. Don) Servettaz (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
· Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt (1909)
· American Journal of Botany (1935)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Amali, for example extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, 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
Marathi-English dictionary
amalī (अमली).—a ( A) Pertaining or subject to the government of--gāṃva, kasasabā, paragaṇā &c. Distinguished into sarakāra amalī Subject to the State, parabhāra amalī Subject elsewise.
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amalī (अमली).—a (amala or H) Addicted to the use of intoxicating drugs or liquors.
amalī (अमली).—a Pertaining to the government of, as gāṃva, kasabā &c. Addicted to the use of intoxicating drugs.
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
Āmali (आमलि):—Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit [Oxforder Handschriften 339,a,14.]
Amalī (अमली):—Adv. mit kar läutern [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā .S.4,Z.20.]
Āmalī (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 阿摩勒 [ā mó lēi]: “immaculate”; “pure”; “undefiled”.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Amalī (अमली) [Also spelled amli]:—(a) practical; (nm) an addict;—[jāmā pahanānā] to translate into action, to put into practice.
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Tamil dictionary
Amaḷi (அமளி) noun probably from அமல்-. [amal-.] [Malayalam: amaḷi.]
1. Bed, mattress, sleeping couch; மக்கட் படுக்கை. அமளியங்கட் பூவணைப் பள்ளி [makkad padukkai. amaliyangad puvanaip palli] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 1710).
2. Tumult, uproar, bustle, stir, press of business; ஆரவாரம். வந்தபோதிருந்த அமளிகாண் [aravaram. vanthapothiruntha amaligan] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருநெடுந். [nalayira thivyappirapandam thirunedun.] 21, வ்யா. [vya.]).
3. Abundance; மிகுதி. பனம்பழமலையந்தாதி் இப்போது நல்ல அமளியா யிருக்கும். [miguthi. panambazham ippothu nalla amaliya yirukkum.] (J.)
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Amaḷi (அமளி) noun Cot, bedstead; கட்டில். மணிக்காலமளி [kattil. manikkalamali] (பெருங்கதை உஞ்சைக். [perungathai unchaig.] 33, 106).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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