Arvada: 2 definitions

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Arvada 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)

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

Arvada in India is the name of a plant defined with Ruta graveolens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ruta hortensis Mill..

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

· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Series Botanica (1982)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1984)

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Arvada (अर्वद).—1 A swelling, tumour, (of various kind); मांस°, नासा°, शोणित° (māṃsa°, nāsā°, śoṇita°) &c.

2) One hundred millions. बहूनीह सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च । अशक्यान्येव संख्यातुं पन्नगानां तपोधन (bahūnīha sahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca | aśakyānyeva saṃkhyātuṃ pannagānāṃ tapodhana) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.35.19.

3) Name of a mountain in the West of India (Abu).

4) A serpent-like demon killed by Indra; Ṛgveda 1.51.6.

5) A serpent.

6) A cloud.

7) A place of pilgrimage (of the Jainas).

8) A long round mass, lump of flesh; यदि पिण्डः पुमान् स्त्री चेत् पेशी नपुंसकं चेदर्बुदम् (yadi piṇḍaḥ pumān strī cet peśī napuṃsakaṃ cedarbudam) Suśr; Y.3.75.89 (māṃsapiṇḍa).

9) Name of a people.

1) Name of a hell.

-ākāraḥ Name of the plant Cordis myxa (Mar. goṃdaṇī, bhoṃkara).

Derivable forms: arvadaḥ (अर्वदः), arvadam (अर्वदम्).

See also (synonyms): arbuda.

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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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