Bisa, Bisha: 12 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
2. General definition
Biology
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Hindi
3. Prakrit
4. Kannada
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Introduction:

Bisa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Bees.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Bisa (बिस) refers to the “lotus stalks”, representing a type of vegetable according to the Ṛgveda VI. 61.2, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Among vegetables cucumber (urvāruka) and lotus stalks (bisa) were referred to in Ṛgveda. Atharvaveda refers to the usage of lotus roots (śāluka), bottle gourd (alabu) and Trapa bispinosa (śaphaka) in food articles.

Bisa or “lotus stalk” is mutually incompatible (viruddhāhāra) with Ānūpamāmṣa (the meat of animals living in marshy lands), according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala in the dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana, which contains the discussions on different food articles and their dietetic effects according to the prominent Ayurvedic treatises.

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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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Bisa (बिस) denotes the radical fibres of the lotus, which seem to have been eaten as a delicacy as early as the times of the Atharvaveda. It is mentioned also in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa and the Aitareya Āraṇyaka.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bisha in India is the name of a plant defined with Gloriosa superba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Methonica plantii Hort. ex Planch. (among others).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1989)
· Ceylon Med. J., (1971)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1965)
· Naturw. Reise Mossambique (1864)
· Journal of the Indian Botanical Society (1992)
· Resultati Scientifici della missione Stefanini-Paoli nella Somalia Italiana (1916)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bisha, for example chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bisa (बिस).—

1) The fibre of a lotus; धृतबिसवलयावलिर्वहन्ती (dhṛtabisavalayāvalirvahantī) Kirātārjunīya 1.24.

2) The fibrous stalk of a lotus; पाथेयमुत्सृज बिसं ग्रहणाय भूयः (pātheyamutsṛja bisaṃ grahaṇāya bhūyaḥ) V.4.15; बिसमलमशनाय स्वादु पानाय तोयम् (bisamalamaśanāya svādu pānāya toyam) Bhartṛhari 3.22; Meghadūta 11; Kumārasambhava 3.37;4.29.

3) The lotus plant; न लिप्यते कर्मफलैरनिष्टैः पत्रं बिसस्येव जलेन सिक्तम् (na lipyate karmaphalairaniṣṭaiḥ patraṃ bisasyeva jalena siktam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.194.44.

Derivable forms: bisam (बिसम्).

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

Bisa (बिस).—[neuter] the film or fibre of a lotus plant.

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

1) Biśa (बिश):—biṣa [wrong reading] for bisa.

2) Biṣa (बिष):—biśa, biṣa [wrong reading] for bisa.

3) Bisa (बिस):—[from vis] n. (m. only, [Harivaṃśa 15445]; also written vīsa; ifc. f(ā). ) a shoot or sucker, the film or fibre of the water-lily or lotus, also the stalk itself or that part of it which is underground (eaten as a delicacy), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.

4) [v.s. ...] the whole lotus plant, [Mahābhārata xii, 7974.]

5) Bīśa (बीश):—See paḍ-bīśa.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Bisa (बिस) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bisa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bisa 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Bīsa (बीस) [Also spelled bees]:—(a) twenty; superior, excelling; (nm) the number twenty; —[bisave] in the fullest measure; certainly; undoubtedly; wholly, absolutely.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Bisa (बिस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bisa.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bisa (ಬಿಸ):—

1) [noun] any substance that destroys life or impairs health when consumed, absorbed or injected into the body; a poison.

2) [noun] water.

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Bisa (ಬಿಸ):—

1) [noun] the tube-like stem of a lotus plant.

2) [noun] the fibre of lotus or waterlily plant.

3) [noun] the lotus plant itself.

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Bisa (ಬಿಸ):—

1) [noun] name of an ancient country.

2) [noun] a horse from that country.

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Bīsa (ಬೀಸ):—[noun] the cardinal number twenty; 20.

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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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