Ban, Baṇ: 7 definitions

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Ban means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, 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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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Ban in Cameroon is the name of a plant defined with Lophira alata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lophira spathulata Tiegh., p.p. (among others).

2) Ban in India is also identified with Dendrocalamus strictus It has the synonym Bambusa verticillata Rottler ex Munro (etc.).

3) Ban is also identified with Indigofera hebepetala It has the synonym Indigofera hebepetala Benth. ex Baker (etc.).

4) Ban is also identified with Melia azedarach It has the synonym Azedara speciosa Raf. (etc.).

5) Ban is also identified with Quercus lanata It has the synonym Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus ex Bahadur (etc.).

6) Ban is also identified with Quercus leucotrichophora It has the synonym Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus ex Bahadur.

7) Ban is also identified with Viscum album.

8) Ban in Mali is also identified with Raphia sudanica It has the synonym Raphia humilis A. Chev. (etc.).

9) Ban in Senegal is also identified with Pterocarpus erinaceus It has the synonym Lingoum erinaceum (Poir.) Kuntze (etc.).

10) Ban in Vietnam is also identified with Hypericum monogynum It has the synonym Komana salicifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Y. Kimura ex Honda (etc.).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· The Indian Forester (1988)
· Numer. List (5038)
· Hort. Beng. (1814)
· Pl. Resources S.E. Asia
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ban, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Baṇ (बण्).—[baṇa] r. 1st cl. (baṇati) To sound; better also vaṇa .

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Ban (बन्).—[(u) (banu)] r. 8th cl. (banute) To ask or beg, preferably written vana .

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

Baṇ (बण्).—see t.

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Ban (बन्).—see van.

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

Baṇ (बण्):—(also written vaṇ) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] vaṇati ([perfect tense] vavāṇa etc.; [Causal] [Aorist] avīvaṇat, or avavāṇat), to sound, [Dhātupāṭha xiii, 3.]

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

1) Baṇ (बण्):—baṇati 1. a. To sound.

2) Ban (बन्):—(da, u, ṅa) banute 8. a. To ask or beg.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ban in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a forest, wood; a bun; ~[khamda] woodland, part of a forest; ~[khamdi] a dweller of the woods; ~[cara] a forester; a wild beast; ~[cari] treading the woods; ~[devata] a forest-god; ~[devi] a forest goddess; ~[vasa] dwelling in the woods; ~[vasi] a dweller of the woods; ~[manasa] a woodman, forestman; ~[raja] a lion..—ban (बन) is alternatively transliterated as Bana.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bān (ಬಾನ್):—[verb] to make earthenware pots, dishes, etc.

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Bān (ಬಾನ್):—[noun] = ಬಾನು [banu]1.

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Bān (ಬಾನ್):—[noun] = ಬಾನು [banu]3.

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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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