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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Durjarā (दुर्जरा) is another name for Jyotiṣmatī, a medicinal plant identified with Celastrus paniculatus (black oil plant or intellect tree) from the Celastraceae or “staff vine” or “bittersweet family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.82 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Durjarā and Jyotiṣmatī, there are a total of twelve Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

durjara (दुर्जर).—a S Difficult of digestion or solution.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Durjara (दुर्जर).—a.

1) ever youthful; तस्मिन्स्तनं दुर्जरवीर्यमुल्बणं घोराङ्कमादाय शिशोर्दधावथ (tasminstanaṃ durjaravīryamulbaṇaṃ ghorāṅkamādāya śiśordadhāvatha) Bhāgavata 1.6.1.

2) hard (as food), indigestible.

3) difficult to be enjoyed; राजश्रीर्दुर्जरा तस्य नवत्वे भूभुजोऽभवत् (rājaśrīrdurjarā tasya navatve bhūbhujo'bhavat) Rāj. T.5.19.

Durjara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and jara (जर).

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

Durjara (दुर्जर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Difficult of digestion, indigestible. E. dur, and jara digesting. duḥkhena jīryati jṝ-ac .

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

Durjara (दुर्जर).—i. e. dus-jṛ10 + a, adj. 1. Difficult to be digested, [Suśruta] 1, 179, 15. 2. Hard, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 19.

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

1) Durjara (दुर्जर):—[=dur-jara] [from dur] mfn. not decaying or mouldering, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa x, 6, 10; 64, 32]

2) [v.s. ...] indigestible, [Suśruta]

3) [v.s. ...] d° to be enjoyed, [Rājataraṅgiṇī v, 19]

4) [v.s. ...] m. or n. Name of a place, [Kālikā-purāṇa]

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Durjara 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.

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Partial matches: Dur, Jara.

Starts with: Durjarata.

Ends with: Sudurjara.

Full-text: Sudurjara, Jyotishmati, Guru.

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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)

Verse 1.1.2 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]

Verse 1.5.29 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]

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Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)

Date of the poet Māgha < [Introduction]

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