Aphala, Āphala: 20 definitions
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Aphala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuAphala (अफल) refers to “fruitless trees”, as mentioned in a list of four synonyms in the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Aphala] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusAphala (अफल) refers to the “bad results” (of an elephants’ bodily marks), 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, “42. The deviation (departure from norm, disaffection, morbidity) of those afflicted with faults, the good and bad fruits (results) (phala-aphala) of their (bodily) marks [lakṣaṇānāṃ phalāphalam]—these even sages do not know rightly; how then (ordinary) men?”.
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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Aphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Aloe vera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aloe vulgaris Lam. (among others).
2) Aphala is also identified with Tamarix troupii.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1880)
· Fl. Mesoamer. (1994)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1908)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1805)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Aphala, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, 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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryaphala : (adj.) fruitless; vain; useless.
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryaphala (အဖလ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+phala. na vijjati phalametissā (osadhiyā)ti aphalā,dve (vañjhā aphalā)tīsu. ,ṭī.541.]
[န+ဖလ။ န ဝိဇ္ဇတိ ဖလမေတိဿာ (ဩသဓိယာ)တိ အဖလာ၊ ဒွေ (ဝဉ္ဈာ အဖလာ)တီသု။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၅၄၁။]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)aphala—
(Burmese text): (၁) အသီး-မရှိ-မသီး-သော (အပင်)။ (၂) အကျိုးမရှိသော။ (န) (၃) ဖိုလ်မဟုတ်သည်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Fruitless (plant). (2) Useless. (3) Not a fool.
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 Dictionaryaphala (अफल).—a (S) pop. aphaḷa a Fruitless.
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 dictionaryAphala (अफल).—a. [na. ba.]
1) Unfruitful, fruitless, barren (lit. & fig.); याः फलिनीर्या अफलाः (yāḥ phalinīryā aphalāḥ) Ṛgveda 1.97.15. °ला ओषधयः, °लं कार्यम् (lā oṣadhayaḥ, °laṃ kāryam) &c.
2) Unproductive, useless, vain; यथा षण्ढोऽ- फलः स्त्रीषु यथा गौर्गवि चाफला । यथा चाज्ञेऽफलं दानं तथा विप्रोऽ- नृचोऽफलः (yathā ṣaṇḍho'- phalaḥ strīṣu yathā gaurgavi cāphalā | yathā cājñe'phalaṃ dānaṃ tathā vipro'- nṛco'phalaḥ) Manusmṛti 2.158.
3) Deprived of virility, castrated; emasculated; अफलोऽहं कृतस्तेन क्रोधात्सा च निराकृता (aphalo'haṃ kṛtastena krodhātsā ca nirākṛtā) Rām.1. 49.3.
-laḥ 1 Name of a plant (Mar. jhābuka) Tamarix Indica
2) A goat.
-lā The Aloe plant (Mar. ghṛtakumārī koraphaḍa); another plant (Mar. bhūmyāmalakī).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAphala (अफल).—mfn.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. Unfruitful, barren. 2. Vain, unproductive. f.
(-lā) 1. The aloe plant, (Aloes perfoliata.) 2. Another plant, (Flacoartia cataphracta.) E. a neg. phala fruit.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAphala (अफल).—adj., f. lā. 1. Without fruit, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 59, 12. 2. unproductive, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 158; figurat. 234. 3. unprofitable, prejudicial, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Aphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and phala (फल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAphala (अफल).—[adjective] fruitless (l.&[feminine]); emasculated.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aphala (अफल):—[=a-phala] mf(ā)n. unfruitful, barren, [Ṛg-veda x, 97, 15, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] vain, unproductive, [Ṛg-veda x, 71, 5, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] deprived of virility, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 49, 1 & 11]
4) [v.s. ...] m. Tamarix Indica
5) Aphalā (अफला):—[=a-phalā] [from a-phala] f. the Aloe (Aloes Perfoliata)
6) [v.s. ...] Flacourtia Cataphracta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAphala (अफल):—[bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-laḥ-lā-lam) 1) Without fruits, as trees, plants &c.; e. g. in the Vājas.: yāḥ phalinīryā aphalā apuṣpā yāśca puṣpiṇīḥ (scil. oṣadhayaḥ).
2) Resultless, useless; e. g. in Manu: yathā ṣaṇḍophalaḥ strīṣu yathā gaurgavi cāphalā . yathā cājñephalaṃ dānaṃ tathā vipronṛco phalaḥ.
3) Emasculated, unmanned; e. g. in the Rāmāy.: aphalastu tataḥ śakraḥ (through the curse of Gautama). 2. m.
(-laḥ) The name of a plant (Tamarix Indica; see jhāvuka). 3. f.
(-lā) The name of two plants: [a.]) Flacourtia cataracta, see bhūmyāmalakī; [b.]) Socotrine aloe (Aloes perfoliata), see adalā. E. a priv. and phala.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aphala (अफल):—[a-phala] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Fruitless; vain.
2) Aphalā (अफला):—[a-phalā] (lā) 1. f. The Aloe plant.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Aphala (अफल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aphala, Ahala.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionary1) Aphala (अफल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Aphala.
2) Āphāla (आफाल) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āsphāla.
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 corpusAphala (ಅಫಲ):—
1) [adjective] incapable of producing others of its kind; barren; sterile; bearing no fruit; acarpous.
2) [adjective] of no use; useless.
3) [adjective] (shoot or bud of one plant or tree) inserted into the stem or trunk of another, for the continuance of its growth, and becoming a permanent part; grafting.
4) [adjective] sterilized, by removing the organs of reproduction of preventing them from function effectively, with a view to making incapable of producing others of its kind.
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Aphala (ಅಫಲ):—[noun] a plant not bearing fruit; a barren plant.
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Aphaḷa (ಅಫಳ):—[adjective] = ಅಫಲ [aphala]1.
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Aphaḷa (ಅಫಳ):—[noun] = ಅಫಲ [aphala]2.
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Āphāla (ಆಫಾಲ):—[adverb] upto the forehead.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryĀphala (आफल):—n. throwing;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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