Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dabh in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Imperata cylindrica Imperata cylindrica (L.) P.Beauv. from the Poaceae (Grass) family. For the possible medicinal usage of dabh, 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.

Dabh [डाभ] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf from the Poaceae (Grass) family having the following synonyms: Uniola bipinnata, Poa cynosuriodes, Eragrostis cynosuroides.

Dabh [डाभ] in the Marathi language, ibid. previous identification.

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

1) Dabh in India is the name of a plant defined with Desmostachya bipinnata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coelachyrum longiglume Napper (among others).

2) Dabh is also identified with Imperata cylindrica It has the synonym Calamagrostis lagurus (L.) Koeler (etc.).

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

· Flora Hongkongensis (1861)
· Plantae Junghuhnianae (1854)
· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie (1812)
· Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (1911)
· Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda (1762)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dabh (दभ्).—I. 1, 5 P. (dabhati or dabhnoti, dabdha; desid. dhipsati, dhīpsati, didabhiṣati)

1) To injure, hurt.

2) To deceive, cheat.

3) To go. -II. 1 U. (dambhayati-te) To impel, propel, drive onward. अस्मान् कदा चना दभन् (asmān kadā canā dabhan) Ṛgveda 1.84.2.

See also (synonyms): daṃbh.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ḍabh (डभ्).—[(i) ḍabhi] r. 1st and 10th cls. (ḍambhati ḍambhayayi-te) To collect, to heap. together. curā-ubha-pasa-saka-seṭ pakṣe bhvā . idit .

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Dabh (दभ्).—[dabha] r. 10th cl. (dabhayati-te) also dabhi (dambhayati-te) To order, to command. curā0 ubha0 saka0 seṭ idit .

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

Dabh (दभ्).—and dambh Dambh, i. 1, dabha, ii. 5, dabhnu, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To hurt (ved.). 2. To deceive. Comp. ptcple. of the fut. pass. a-dābhya, Not to be checked, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 23, 4. † i. 10, dābhaya, and dambhaya, [Parasmaipada.] To send, to impel. † dambhaya, [Ātmanepada.] To gather.

— Cf. probably [Old High German.] tepjan or depjan.

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

Dabh (दभ्).—dambh, dabhati, dabhnoti, [participle] dabdha harm, injure, deceive, beguile. [Passive] suffer damage or loss. [Causative] dambhayati, dabhati, dabhnoti, [participle] dabdha harm, injure, deceive, beguile. [Passive] suffer damage or loss. [Causative] dambhayate ward off, strike down. [Desiderative] dipsati wish to hurt or destroy.

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

Dabh (दभ्):—or dambh [class] 1. ([subjunctive] dabhat and bhāti, [Ṛg-veda]; [plural] bhanti, [vii], bhan, [i f., x] and, [Atharva-veda]; [Potential] bheyam, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā i, 6, 2, 4]) and [class] 5.dabhnoti (‘to go’ [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 14]; [imperative] nuhi, [Atharva-veda x, 3, 3]; cf. [Ātmanepada], [Passive voice] dabhyate, [Ṛg-veda i, 41, 1]; [perfect tense] dadābha, [v, 32, 7]; dambha [Pāṇini 1-2, 6; Siddhānta-kaumudī] [Atharva-veda v, 29]; [plural] debhur [Pāṇini 6-4, 120], [vArttika] 4, [Patañjali] [Ṛg-veda i, 147, 3=iv, 4, 13;x, 89, 5]; also dadambhur and 2.sg. debhitha or dadambhitha, [Pāṇini 1-2, 6; Siddhānta-kaumudī]; [Aorist] [plural] dadabhanta, [Ṛg-veda i, 148, 2]; adambhiṣur, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya xv, 3])

—to hurt, injure, destroy, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; ṢaḍvBr.; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to deceive, abandon, [Ṛg-veda i, 84. 20; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā iv f., viii] :—[Causal] ([subjunctive] and p. damebhayat; 2. sg. yas, ya)

—to destroy, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

— dambhayati or dābh, to impel, [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 132];

— dambkayate, to accumulate, [xxx, 4] :

—[Desiderative] dipsati ([subjunctive] [Atharva-veda iv, 36, 1 f.] and p. dipsat) to intend to injure or destroy, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xi, 80];—dhips, dhīps, didambhiṣati, [Pāṇini 7-2, 49 and 4, 56 (i, 2, 10 Patañjali])

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

1) Ḍabh (डभ्):—(ki, i) ḍambhati ḍambhayati, te 1. 10. a. To collect, to heap together.

2) Dabh (दभ्):—(ka) dabhayati 10. a. To command. (i) dambhayati. Idem; to boast.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dabh 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

Dabh in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) see [amkura]; raw cocoanut..—dabh (डाभ) is alternatively transliterated as Ḍābha.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+6): Dabh-suliu, Dabha, Dabha galli, Dabhada, Dabhadipatani, Dabhado, Dabhai-hullu, Dabhakhila, Dabhana, Dabhanakanthi, Dabhanalem, Dabhara, Dabhashi, Dabhat, Dabhena, Dabhi, Dabhir, Dabhiti, Dabhjuliyum, Dabhna.

Ends with: Adabh, Gardabh, Majdabh, Upadabh.

Full-text: Dambh, Dipsu, Dabha, Adabh, Dabhya, Dips, Dabh-suliu, Dabhra, Upadabh, Dhipsu, Adabdha, Dabdhi, Nakshaddabha, Dambhodbhava, Dabhi, Tapu, Dubbhati, Tavu, Tappu.

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