Garuka, Garu-ka: 7 definitions
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Garuka means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsGaruka in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Celtis tetrandra Roxb. from the Ulmaceae (Elm) family having the following synonyms: Celtis serotina, Celtis trinervia. For the possible medicinal usage of garuka, 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.
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Garuka in India is the name of a plant defined with Celtis tetrandra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Celtis yunnanensis C.K. Schneid. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo (1911)
· Bulletin of Botanical Research (2000)
· Bulletin of Botanical Laboratory of North-Eastern Forestry Institute (1980)
· Hort. Beng. (1814)
· Plantae Wilsonianae (1916)
· Flora Indica (1832)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Garuka, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarygaruka : (adj.) heavy; serious; grave.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryGaruka, (from garu) somewhat heavy.-1. lit. J.I, 134 (of the womb in pregnancy); Dh.310; Miln.102. Usually coupled & contrasted with lahuka, light: in def. of sense of touch Dhs.648; similarly w. sithila, dhanita, dīgha, rassa Miln.344; DA.I, 177 (in expl. of dasavidha vyañjana).—2. fig. (a) heavy, grave, serious esp. applied to — āpatti, breach of regulations, offence (opp. lahuka) Vin.V, 115, 130, 145, 153; Dh.138 (ābādha, illness); applied to kamma at Vism.601 (one of the four kinds); nt. as adv. considerably Miln.92 (°ṃ parinamati). ‹-› (b) important, venerable, worthy of reverence Th.2, 368 (Satthu sāsana=garukātabba ThA.251); Miln.140.—(c) —° “heavy on, ” bent on, attaching importance to: nahāna° fond of bathing Vin.I, 196; tadattha° engaged in (jhāna) Nd2 264; kamma° attributing importance to k. Nd2 411; saddhamma° revering the Doctrine Sdhp. 520. Nibbāna-garuka Vism.117 (+Nâdhimutta & N-pabbhāra).
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarygaruka (ဂရုက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[garu+ka]
[ဂရု+က]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)garuka—
(Burmese text): (၁) အလေးပြုအပ်-အလေးပြုထိုက်-ရိုသေလေးစား ထိုက်-သော။ (က) အလေးပြုခြင်း၊ ရိုသေလေးစား-ခြင်း-မှု။ (၂) (က) လေးလံသော။ (ခ) ကြီးလေးသော။ (ဂ) လေးဖင့်သော၊ နှေးသော။ (၃) ဝန်လေးသော၊ ပြုနိုင်ခဲ-ပြုရန်ခက်-ခဲယဉ်း-သော။ (၄) ဂရုအက္ခရာ။ (၅) ပြင်းထန်သော။ ဂရုကာဗာဓ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) To be respected - to deserve respect - to be worthy of respect. (a) The act of respecting, showing respect. (2) (a) Heavy. (b) Large. (c) Slow, sluggish. (3) Difficult, challenging to carry out. (4) Attention to details. (5) Intense. Focus on the details.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGaruka (ಗರುಕ):—[noun] the tree Celtis tetrandra of Ulmaceae family; lotus tree.
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)
Starts with (+7): Garuka Kamma, Garukabadha, Garukabhanda, Garukabhava, Garukabhavadipaka, Garukabhavahetu, Garukabhavana, Garukaduka, Garukagaruka, Garukalahukabhavabheda, Garukalahukaniddesa, Garukalahukapattivada, Garukalapana, Garukamanta, Garukamissaka, Garukamma, Garukapatti, Garukapattibhaya, Garukapattihetu, Garukapattipannapana.
Full-text (+35): Nahanagaruka, Garukapatti, Rasagaruka, Pannagaruka, Garukagaruka, Garuka Kamma, Abyapadagaruka, Cetanagaruka, Garukalapana, Patisallanagaruka, Ruparammanagaruka, Brahmanagaruka, Alokasannagaruka, Garukamanta, Apattigarukalahukabhava, Garukabhavana, Udakagaruka, Rupagaruka, Brahmagaruka, Pattagaruka.
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Search found 8 books and stories containing Garuka, Garu-ka; (plurals include: Garukas, kas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
What Kamma is (by Sayadaw U Thittila)
Kamma And Its Fruit (by Nyanaponika Thera)
The Buddha and His Teachings (by Narada Thera)
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Procedure with Regard to Decease and Rebirth < [Chapter V - Process Freed Section]
Fourfold Kamma < [Chapter V - Process Freed Section]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter IX - The second Bhūmi < [Volume I]