Barh: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Barh 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)
Barh [बढ़] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Ficus benghalensis L. from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family. For the possible medicinal usage of barh, 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.
Barh in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus benghalensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus cotonifolia Stokes (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi (1867)
· Bot. Mat. Med. (1812)
· Species Plantarum
· Enumeratio plantarum (1805)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Barh, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Barh (बर्ह्).—I. 1 Ā. (barhate)
1) To speak.
2) To give.
3) To cover.
4) To hurt, kill, destroy.
5) To spread.
6) To be pre-eminent or excellent. -II. 1 U. (barhayati-te) To hurt, injure.
2) To speak. -With नि (ni) to kill, destroy; निबर्हयन्तश्चांन्योन्यं ते राक्षसवनौकसः (nibarhayantaścāṃnyonyaṃ te rākṣasavanaukasaḥ) Rām.6.9.3; विलोकनेनैव तवामुना मुने कृतः कृतार्थोऽस्मि निबर्हितांहसा (vilokanenaiva tavāmunā mune kṛtaḥ kṛtārtho'smi nibarhitāṃhasā) Śiśupālavadha 1.29.
Barh (बर्ह्).—[barha] r. 1st cl. (barhate) 1. To be pre-eminent or excellent; (also varha, but less usually. 2. To speak or tell. 3. To kill or hurt. 4. To cover. 5. To remember. 6. To spread. 7. To give. (In these senses it is more usually varha.) r. 10th cl. (-barhayati) To hurt or kill; also varha .
Barh (बर्ह्).—or varh Varh, i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] † 1. To be pre-eminent. † 2. To speak. 3. To kill. † 4. To give, or to cover. i. 10, † 1. To speak. 2. To kill, to hurt.
— With the prep. ni ni, i. 10, To destroy, to remove, [Śiśupālavadha] 1, 29.
— Cf. varh, valh.
Barh (बर्ह्):—or varh (cf. √bṛh, vṛh) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] barhate (only [Dhātupāṭha xvi, 39]),
—to speak;
—to hurt;
—to give or cover (dāna [varia lectio] chādana);
— [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] [xxxiii, 96] to speak;
—to shine.
Barh (बर्ह्):—(ṅa) varhate 1. d. To be pre-eminent; to tell; to hurt; to cover; to remember; to spread; to give.
Barh (बर्ह्):—
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Barh (बर्ह्):—3. (barh, vṛṃh), bṛṃhati barrire, schreien (vom Elephanten) [DHĀTUP. 17, 85] (auch varhati). vṛṃhanti kuñjarāḥ [Mahābhārata 9, 1946.] partic. vṛṃhant [1, 5344. 6, 610. 7, 9048.] [Harivaṃśa 8512.] vavṛṃhire gajapatayaḥ [Śiśupālavadha 17, 31.] vṛṃhita n. das Geschrei eines Elephanten [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 76.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1405.] [Halāyudha 1, 151.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1365. 2819. 7, 1557.] [Harivaṃśa 6315.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 65, 21.] [Suśruta 1, 107, 10.] [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 73.]
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Barh (बर्ह्):—4. (varh), barhate (va) sprechen (paribhāṣaṇe); ein Leid zufügen (hiṃsāyām); geben (dāne) [DHĀTUP. 16, 39] (dieselben Bedeutungen bei bhal, bal [33, 27]); verdecken (chādane) v. l.; ausstreuen (stṛtau; wohl aus barhis gefolgert) v. l.; obenan stehen (prādhānye) [16, 37.] bṛṃhati (vṛṃ) und bṛṃhayati (vṛṃ) sprechen oder leuchten [33, 95.] barhayati (va) dass. [96.] ein Leid zufügen [32, 122.]
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Barh (बर्ह्):—1. mit udvi vgl. udvibarhaṇa .
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Barh (बर्ह्):—2. mit ud vgl. udbṛṃhaṇa . — upa, vṛṃhita [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 65.] — Vgl. upabṛṃhaṇa .
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Barh (बर्ह्):—3. , bṛṃhita n. [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 126.] Die Bomb. Ausg. des [Mahābhārata] hat ba, nicht va .
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Barh (बर्ह्):—2. partic. vṛḍha gaṇa dṛḍhādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 123.] — vi sich an —, in einander drücken (vgl. — upa intens.) [Ṛgveda 10, 10, 7. 8.]
Barh (बर्ह्):—1. , varh , bṛhati , vṛhati ; vṛḍha , vṛḍha Partic. ausreissen (die Wurzel) [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra 1,32,24.] — Mit ati mit Gewalt herausstossen (nur in einer Etymologie). — Mit ava Caus. , barhita = utpātita [Galano's Wörterbuch] — Mit ā aus- , losreissen , wegzerren. Partic. ābṛḍha [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2,1,2,16.] — Caus. āvarhita ausgerissen , entwurzelt. — Mit ud ausreissen , aus- , herausziehen. Partic. udvṛḍha. — Mit samud herausziehen. — Mit ni niederschleudern , hinstürzen (trans) , zu Boden schmettern. — Caus. barhyati —
1) dass. —
2) zerstören , entfernen (Sünde). — Mit vini in barhaṇa und barhin. — Mit saṃni in barhaṇa. — Mit nis in nirbarhaṇa. — Mit pari Med. herabstürzen (intrans.) von (Abl.) [Ṛgveda (roth). 5,41,12,] wo babṛhāṇāso adreḥ zu lesen sein wird. — Mit pra weg- , ab- , ausreissen , abrupfen , ausziehen , entreissen ; zerreissen , zerstören. Med , an sich ziehen ; Pass. abreissen (intrans.). pravṛḍha abgerissen. — Mit upapra Med. an sich ziehen. — Mit vi zerreissen , zerzausen , zerbrechen ; wegreissen , abtrennen. — Mit udvi in barhaṇa. — Mit sam zerreissen , ausziehen [Atharvaveda 11,9,11.]
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Barh (बर्ह्):—2. , barhati (vom Simpl. nur bṛhanta , s.u. d. W. ) bṛṃhati , barhati (bṛddhau). — Caus. bṛṃhayati. te —
1) Jmd feist machen , kräftigen , stärken. —
2) Etwas verstärken , vermehren , fördern. bṛṃhita vermehrt durch , so v.a. versehen mit. — Mit ati Caus. , bṛṃhita verstärkt , kräftiger gemacht. — Mit abhi Caus. kräftigen , stärken. — Mit ud Caus. in udvṛṃhaṇa. — Mit upa Caus. bṛṃhayati kräftigen , stärken , erheben. upabṛṃhita verstärkt durch (Instr. oder im Comp. vorangehend) auch so v.a. begleitet von , versehen — , in Uebereinstimmung seiend mit. — Intens. ( barbṛhi , barbṛhat) heftig oder wiederholt andrücken. — Mit samupa Caus. verstärken , vermehren , ergänzen. — Mit ni , bṛṃhyate , barhyati. — Mit pari Act. Med. umfangen , umschliessen (und dadurch stützen ) , befestigen , dichtmachen , munire. Partic. paribṛḍha und parivṛḍha (s. auch bes.). paribṛḍhatama der höchste [Śaṃkarācārya] zu [Taittirīyopaniṣad .S.134.] — Caus. bṛṃhayati kräftigen , stärken , verstärken. paribṛṃhita verstärkt durch (Instr. oder in Comp. vorangehend) , so v.a. verbunden mit , begleitet von , versehen mit. Auch parivṛhita. — Mit vi sich an oder in einander drücken. Mit sam fest zusammenfügen. — Caus. —
1) saṃbarhapati zusammenfügen , verbinden mit (Dat.). —
2) saṃbṛṃhayati kräftigen , stärken , ermuntern.
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Barh (बर्ह्):—3. , bṛṃhati und barhati ; auch Med. barrire , brüllen , schreien ; insbes. vom Elephanten.
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Barh (बर्ह्):—4. —
1) barhate (paribhāṣaṇāhiṃsādāneṣu , chādane , stṛtau , prādhānye). —
2) bṛṃhati und bṛṃhayati ( bhāṣārtha oder bhāsārtha). —
3) barhayati ( bhāṣārtha) oder bhāsārtha , hiṃsāyām).
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.
Nepali dictionary
Barh is another spelling for बाढ [bāḍha].—n. 1. → बाढी [bāḍhī ] ; 2. dated. overflow of weapons and ammunition;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+6): Barha, Barhabhara, Barhacandraka, Barhad, Barhadagna, Barhadbala, Barhaddaivata, Barhadgira, Barhadishava, Barhadratha, Barhadrathapura, Barhadrathi, Barhaduktha, Barhahpata, Barhahpatya, Barhahpatyajyotihshastra, Barhahpatyajyotirgrantha, Barhahpatyamahiman, Barhahpatyamuhurtavidhana, Barhahpatyasamhita.
Full-text (+19): Varh, Abarha, Balh, Varhis, Variha, Paribarhana, Barha, Brih, Brimhayitavya, Vibarha, Upabarha, Udvivarhana, Barhana, Varhin, Samnibarhana, Vradhiman, Varhana, Udbrimhana, Sambrimhana, Upabrimhin.
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