Arenu, Areṇu, Arēṇu: 8 definitions

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Arenu means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Areṇu (अरेणु) is the name of a Pratyekabuddha mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Areṇu).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Arenu in India is the name of a plant defined with Cicer arietinum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ononis crotalarioides M.E. Jones, nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Leguminosae
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1985)
· Phytologia (1964)
· Bot. Handb.. (1796)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1941)
· A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon (1991)

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Areṇu (अरेणु).—a.

1) Not dusty; not soiled with dust, not touching the dust (of the earth).

2) Not earthly, celestial; स तुर्वर्णिर्महाँ अरेणु पास्ये (sa turvarṇirmahāṃ areṇu pāsye) Ṛgveda 1.56.3. n. (ṇu) What is not dust, the ether.

-ṇuḥ (pl.) The gods; त्यं चिदश्वं न वाजिनमरेणवो यमत्नत (tyaṃ cidaśvaṃ na vājinamareṇavo yamatnata) Ṛgveda 1.143.2.

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

Areṇu (अरेणु).—[adjective] not dusty, not earthly, i.e. heavenly. [masculine] [plural] the gods.

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

1) Areṇu (अरेणु):—[=a-reṇu] mfn. not dusty (said of the gods and their cars and roads), [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] not earthly, celestial, [Ṛg-veda i, 56, 3]

3) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] (avas) the gods, [Ṛg-veda x, 143, 2.]

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Arenu 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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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Arēṇu (அரேணு) noun < harēṇu. (நாநார்த்த. [nagarthathipigai])

1. Gentlewoman; குலப்பெண். [kulappen.]

2. Cubeb; வால் மிளகு. [val milagu.]

3. Bengal gram; கடலை. [kadalai.]

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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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