Amarataru, Amara-taru: 4 definitions

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Amarataru means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

[«previous next»] — Amarataru in Biology glossary
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Amarataru in India is the name of a plant defined with Cedrus deodara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cedrus libani var. deodara (Roxburgh) J.D. Hooker (among others).

2) Amarataru is also identified with Heliotropium indicum It has the synonym Eliopia riparia Raf. (etc.).

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

· Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Bolivia) Comunicación (1990)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1832)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1845)
· Glimpses of Cytogenetics in India (1992)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1988)

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Amarataru in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Amarataru (अमरतरु).—

1) a celestial tree, a tree in the paradise of Indra; अमरतरुकुसुमसौरभसेवनसंपूर्णसकलकामस्य (amaratarukusumasaurabhasevanasaṃpūrṇasakalakāmasya) Bv.1.28.

2) देवदारु (devadāru)

3) the wish-yielding tree.

Derivable forms: amarataruḥ (अमरतरुः).

Amarataru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amara and taru (तरु). See also (synonyms): amaradāru.

[Sanskrit to German]

Amarataru in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Amarataru in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Amarataru (ಅಮರತರು):—[noun] = ಅಮರಕುಜ [amarakuja].

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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.

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