Alternative spellings of this word include Chiravilva.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Ciravilva in India is the name of a plant defined with Holoptelea integrifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb.) Planch. (among others).

2) Ciravilva is also identified with Pongamia pinnata It has the synonym Robinia mitis L. (etc.).

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

· Flora of the Lesser Antilles: Leeward and Windward Islands (1988)
· Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1971)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 13
· Interpretation of Rumphius’s Herbarium Amboinense (1917)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)
· FBI (1876)

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

Ciravilva (चिरविल्व).—m.

(-lvaḥ) The name of a plant: see karañja. E. cira a long time, vila to divide, and va affix; also cirivilva. ciraṃ vilati vilabhedane vā . karañjavṛkṣe .

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

Ciravilva (चिरविल्व).—m. a tree, Pongamia glabra Vent., [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 79, 34.

Ciravilva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cira and vilva (विल्व).

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

Ciravilva (चिरविल्व):—[cira-vilva] (lvaḥ) 1. m. The name of a plant (Galedupa arborea).

[Sanskrit to German]

Ciravilva 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ciravilva (ಚಿರವಿಲ್ವ):—[noun] = ಚಿರಬಿಲ್ವ - [cirabilva -] 1.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bilva, Cira.

Full-text: Cirivilva, Bilva.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Ciravilva, Cira-vilva; (plurals include: Ciravilvas, vilvas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)

Sūtra 3.2.4 (Marks of the existence of the Soul) < [Chapter 2 - Of the Inference of Soul and Mind]

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 363 - The words denoting earth, city, forest and herbs

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