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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Añjanī (अञ्जनी).—The mother of Hanumān.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 60. 73.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Añjanī (अञ्जनी) is another name for Kālāñjanī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.186-187 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Añjanī and Kālāñjanī, there are a total of eight 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Anjani in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. from the Plantaginaceae (Isabgol) family having the following synonyms: Picrorhiza kurrooa. For the possible medicinal usage of anjani, 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.

Anjani [अंजनी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f. from the Melastomataceae (Melastome) family having the following synonyms: Memecylon molestum, Memecylon ramiflorum, Memecylon tinctorium.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Anjani in India is the name of a plant defined with Memecylon edule in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Anjani is also identified with Memecylon umbellatum It has the synonym Memecylon umbellatum Gaertn. (etc.).

3) Anjani is also identified with Saccharum spontaneum It has the synonym Imperata spontanea (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., nom. illeg., non Imperata spontanea (L.) P. Beauv. (etc.).

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

· Systema Vegetabilium (1817)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Mantissa Plantarum Altera (1771)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1983)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Anjani, for example health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

añjanī : (f.) a collyrium box or a brush to apply collyrium with.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Añjanī, (f.) (fr. añjana) a box for ointment, a collyrium pot Vin.I, 203, 204; II, 135; IV, 168; M.II, 65 = Th.1, 773. (Page 13)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

āñjaṇī (आंजणी).—f C āñjaralī f C A sty on the eyelid.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

āñjaṇī (आंजणी).—f A sty on the eyelid.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Añjanī (अञ्जनी).—[ajyate candanakuṅkumādibhirasau, añj-karmaṇi-lyuṭa ṅīp]

1) A woman decorated with the application of pigments, ointments, sandal &c., or one fit for such application.

2) [karaṇe-lyuṭ] Name of two plants कटुकावृक्ष (kaṭukāvṛkṣa) and कालाञ्जनवृक्ष (kālāñjanavṛkṣa).

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Āñjanī (आञ्जनी).—

1) Ointment, especially for the eyes.

2) A box filled with the ointment; आञ्जनीः कङ्कतान्कूर्चांश्छत्राणि च धनूंषि च (āñjanīḥ kaṅkatānkūrcāṃśchatrāṇi ca dhanūṃṣi ca) Rām.2.91.77.

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

1) Añjanī (अञ्जनी):—[from añj] f. a woman (fit for the application of ointments, pigments, sandal, etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of two medicinal plants.

3) Āñjanī (आञ्जनी):—[from āñjana > āñj] f. collyrium for the eyes or a box filled with that ointment, [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 91, 70.]

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

Añjanī (अञ्जनी):—See añjana.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Añjanī (अञ्जनी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṃjaṇī.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anjani 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Aṃjaṇī (अंजणी) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Añjanī.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃjani (ಅಂಜನಿ):—

1) [noun] a tubular container of collyrium.

2) [noun] a thin stick or splinter used in applying the collyrium.

3) [noun] a woman beautified with sandal, saffron etc.

4) [noun] the plant, Helleborus niger, of Ranunculaceae family.

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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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