Biology (plants and animals)

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

Dhanyavira in India is the name of a plant defined with Vigna radiata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phaseolus aureus Roxb. (among others).

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

· Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (1835)
· J. Wuhan Bot. Res. (1998)
· Cytologia (1999)
· Japanese Journal of Botany (1955)
· Amer. Journal of Botany (1980)
· Bull. Appl. Bot. Gen. Pl. Breed. (1982)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dhanyavira, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhānyavīra (धान्यवीर).—a sort of pulse (māṣa).

Derivable forms: dhānyavīraḥ (धान्यवीरः).

Dhānyavīra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dhānya and vīra (वीर).

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

Dhānyavīra (धान्यवीर).—m.

(-raḥ) A sort of pulse, (Phaseolus max.) E. dhānya, and vīra best. māṣe (kalāī) .

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

Dhānyavīra (धान्यवीर):—[=dhānya-vīra] [from dhānya > dhā] m. ‘g°-chief.’ Phaseolus Radiatus, 1.

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

Dhānyavīra (धान्यवीर):—[dhānya-vīra] (raḥ) 1. m. A kind of pulse.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhanyavira 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dhanya, Vira.

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