Brimhaniya, Bṛṃhaṇīya: 7 definitions
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Brimhaniya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Bṛṃhaṇīya can be transliterated into English as Brmhaniya or Brimhaniya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Bṛṃhaṇīya (बृंहणीय) is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants, classified as being “nutritive and promoting corpulency”, and originally composed by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna IV. The name is derived from the word bṛṃha, translating to “nourishment”. It is a technical term used throughout Āyurveda. Examples of plants pertaining to this category include Rājakṣāraka (Asclepias rosea), Balā (Sida cordifolia) and Bharadvājī (Hibiscus vitifolius). The collection of herbs named Bṛṃhaṇīya is one of the fifty Mahākaṣāya.
Bṛṃhaṇīya (बृंहणीय):—Anabolic / promoters of tissue growth
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.
Shyanika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting)
Bṛṃhaṇīya (बृंहणीय) or Bṛṃhaṇīyaka refers to “well-developed (birds)”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the treatment of hawks]: “Finding the birds healthy and well-developed (bṛṃhaṇīyaka) by the use of the tonic medicines mentioned above, and when they look beautiful with their fresh-grown feathers and handsome with their wings which shine like sapphire, when they look charming with feathers on their breast looking like pearls, [...] their owner should then call them on auspicious day. [...]”.
Shyanika-shastra (श्यैनिकशास्त्र, śyainikaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian skill of hawking/falconry (one of the ways of hunting) which were laid down in a systematic manner in various Sanskrit treatises. It also explains the philosophy behind how the pleasures derived from sense-experience could lead the way to liberation.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Bṛṃhaṇīya (बृंहणीय):—[from bṛṃh] mfn. to be fattened or nourished, [Pāṇini 8-2 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) [v.s. ...] fattening, nutritious, [Suśruta]
Bṛṃhaṇīya (बृंहणीय):—adj.
1) (vom caus. von 2. barh) feist zu machen, zu kräftigen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 4, 2,] [Scholiast] —
2) (von bṛṃhaṇa) zum Feistmachen dienend, feist machend, nährend [Suśruta 1, 58, 21. 185, 16. 213, 16. 377, 7.] vidhi [2, 15, 12. 448, 9.]
Bṛṃhaṇīya (बृंहणीय):—Adj. —
1) *feist zu machen , zu kräftigen. —
2) zum Feistmachen dienend , feist machend , nährend.
Bṛṃhaṇīya (बृंहणीय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Biṃhaṇijja.
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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Starts with (+0): Brimhaniyaka.
Full-text (+0): Bimhanijja, Mahakashaya.
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Study of Langhana and Brmhaniya as basis for Yuktivyapasraya. < [2018: Volume 7, July issue 13]
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Concept of rasayana in ayurvedic literature < [2018: Volume 7, July issue 13]
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
A preliminary study on weight promoting action of a few indigenous herbal drugs (Brimhaniya mahakashaya) < [Volume 11, issue 9 (2023)]
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Concept of rasayana in suthika paricharya < [2020, Issue 1, January]
A clinical efficacy of brimhaniya dashemani in subjects of karshya w.s.r. to underweight in promoting their physical health < [2018, Issue IX, September]
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Clinical Application of the Concept of Snigdha and Ruksha Sweda < [Volume 10, Issue 4: July-August 2023]
A review on panchajeeraka paka indicated in sutika kala < [Volume 6, Issue 6: November-December 2019]
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Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
A comparative clinical study on efficacy of Mashaparni and Kapikachu in... < [Vol. 3 No. 04 (2018)]
Scientific applicability in day-to-day practice on Granthokta Sutika Paricharya < [Vol. 8 No. 12 (2023)]
Materia medica of Bala Dwaya - A Literary Review < [Vol. 3 No. 04 (2018)]