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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Amburuhā (अम्बुरुहा) is another name for Sthalapadmī, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Ionidium suffruticosum Ging., synonym of Hybanthus enneaspermus or “spade flower” from the Hybanthus or “green violet” family of flowering plant, according to verse 5.81-83 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Amburuhā and Sthalapadmī , there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Amburuha (अम्बुरुह) refers to a “lotus”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Venus also presides over perfumes, flowers, perfumed paste, gems, diamonds, ornaments, lotus (amburuha) or conch shells, beds, bridegrooms, young men, young women, objects tending to provoke lustful desires and persons that eat good and sweet meals; over gardens, waters, voluptuaries and lewed men; over fame, comfort, generosity, beauty, and learning, over ministers, merchants, potters, birds and triphala”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Amburuha (अम्बुरुह).—a lotus; विपुलिनाम्बुरुहा न सरिद्वधूः (vipulināmburuhā na saridvadhūḥ) Kirātārjunīya 5.1.

-hā Name of the land-lotus plant (sthalapadminī).

Derivable forms: amburuhaḥ (अम्बुरुहः).

Amburuha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ambu and ruha (रुह). See also (synonyms): ambuha.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Amburuha (अम्बुरुह).—[ambu-ruh + a], n. A lotus, [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 10.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Amburuha (अम्बुरुह).—[neuter] lotus (lit. grown in water).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Amburuha (अम्बुरुह):—[=ambu-ruha] [from ambu] n. (ifc. f(ā). ) ‘water-growing’, the day-lotus, [Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

2) Amburuhā (अम्बुरुहा):—[=ambu-ruhā] [from ambu-ruha > ambu] f. Hibiscus Mutabilis.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Amburuha (अम्बुरुह):—[ambu-ruha] (haḥ) 1. m. A lotus, or any kind of aquatic plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Amburuha 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃburuha (ಅಂಬುರುಹ):—[noun] the water-born; the lotus.

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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)

Partial matches: Ruha, Ambu, Ampu.

Starts with: Amburuhagarbha, Amburuhanane, Amburuhanayana, Amburuhanayane, Amburuhasakha, Amburuhasana, Amburuhasane.

Ends with: Asitamburuha, Hemamburuha, Raktamburuha, Vipulinamburuha.

Full-text: Acitampurukam, Ambhoruh, Ambhoruha, Vipulinamburuha, Asitamburuha, Hemamburuha, Ambuha, Sthalapadmi.

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