Bharadvaji, Bharadvāji, Bhāradvājī: 8 definitions
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Bharadvaji 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaBhāradvājī (भारद्वाजी).—A famous Indian river mentioned in the Purāṇas. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 29).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexBharadvāji (भरद्वाजि).—A sage.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 196. 28.
Bhāradvājī (भारद्वाजी) refers to the name of a River mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.28, VI.83.3). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Bhāradvājī) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuBhāradvājī (भारद्वाजी) is another name for Araṇyakārpāsī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.190 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Bhāradvājī and Araṇyakārpāsī, there are a total of four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Also see Kārpāsī.
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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsBharadvaji [भारद्वाजी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Hibiscus vitifolius L. from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family having the following synonyms: Fioria vitifolia, Kosteletzkya vitifolia. For the possible medicinal usage of bharadvaji, 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.
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Bharadvaji in India is the name of a plant defined with Hibiscus vitifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Kosteletzkya stellata Fernald (among others).
2) Bharadvaji is also identified with Thespesia lampas It has the synonym Hibiscus callosus Blume (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Proceedings, Indian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Biological Sciences (1977)
· Sem. Pl. Arbres (1760)
· Flora Brasiliae Meridionalis (1825)
· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1807)
· Botanische Zeitung. Berlin (1861)
· Taxon (1980)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Bharadvaji, for example chemical composition, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, 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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhāradvājī (भारद्वाजी):—[from bhāradvāja] f. a female descendant of Bharad-vāja (with rātri Name of the author of [Ṛg-veda x, 127]; cf. also bhāradvājī-putra below)
2) [v.s. ...] a skylark, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]
3) [v.s. ...] the wild cotton shrub, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [Mahābhārata; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhāradvāji (ಭಾರದ್ವಾಜಿ):—
1) [noun] the shrubby cotton plant Gossipium indicum ( = G. neglectum) of Malvaceae family.
2) [noun] cotton got from this plant.
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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