Devahvaya, Devāhvaya: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Devahvaya 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 EncyclopediaDevāhvaya (देवाह्वय).—A king in ancient India. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 1, Verse 235).
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Devahvaya in India is the name of a plant defined with Cedrus deodara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pinus deodara Roxb. ex D. Don (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Penny Cyclop. (1833)
· A Description of the Genus Pinus (1824)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1832)
· Himalayan journals (1854)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Species Plantarum
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevāhvaya (देवाह्वय):—[from deva] m. ‘called Deva’, Name of a prince, [Mahābhārata i, 228.]
[Sanskrit to German]
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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