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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Ghanasāra (घनसार) refers to “camphor” (used in the treatment of Hawks), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the treatment of hawks]: “[...] If the disease is produced by the derangement of the bile, a pill made of camphor (ghanasāra), cloves, khaskhas root, sandal paste, and flesh, is to be given discriminately before a meal, and after that, quail’s flesh in small quantities: water should be given. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ghanasara in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum camphora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cinnamomum nominale (Hayata) Hayata (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 (1906)
· Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (1830)
· Handbuch der Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischen Botanik (1831)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1998)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ghanasara, for example chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, 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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ghanasāra : (m.) camphor.

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ghaṇasara (घणसर).—a (ghaṇa) Thickish, coarsish &c.: also very thick, coarse, stout, substantial, solid &c.

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ghanasara (घनसर).—a See ghaṇasara.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ghaṇasara (घणसर).—a Thickish, coarsish. Thronged.

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

Ghanasāra (घनसार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Camphor. 2. Mercury, or some pecular form of it. 3. Water. 4. A kind of tree. E. ghana firm, &c. and sāra essence. ghanasya mustakasya sāraḥ .

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

Ghanasāra (घनसार).—m. camphor, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 92, 8.

Ghanasāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghana and sāra (सार).

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

Ghanasāra (घनसार).—[adjective] solid, strong; [masculine] camphor.

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

1) Ghanasāra (घनसार):—[=ghana-sāra] [from ghana] mfn. ‘firm’ See ra-bhāva

2) [v.s. ...] m. camphor, [Suśruta; Dhūrtasamāgama ii, 9; Kāvyaprakāśa viii, 2/3]

3) [v.s. ...] (= -rasa) water, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] ‘thick-sapped’, a kind of tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] = dakṣiṇāvarta-pārada (‘mercury or some peculiar form of it’ [Horace H. Wilson]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Ghanasāra (घनसार):—[ghana-sāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Camphor; mercury; water; a tree.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ghanasāra (घनसार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ghaṇasāra.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghanasāra (घनसार)—1) camphor; घनसारनीहारहार (ghanasāranīhārahāra) &c. Daśakumāracarita 1 (mentioned among white substances). 2) mercury. 3) water. 4) a big cloud; घनसारस्तु कर्पूरे महामेघे च चन्दने (ghanasārastu karpūre mahāmeghe ca candane) Nm.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ghanasara 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Ghaṇasāra (घणसार) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ghanasāra.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ghanasāra (ಘನಸಾರ):—[adjective] that is excellent, holy or supreme.

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Ghanasāra (ಘನಸಾರ):—

1) [noun] = ಘನರಸ - [ghanarasa -] 1 & 2.

2) [noun] a kind of fragrant camphor used in coking and in the preparation of medicines.

3) [noun] a kind of sandal tree.

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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)

Partial matches: Ghana, Sara, Cara.

Starts with: Ghanasarabhava, Ghanasaraka, Ghanasaramu.

Full-text: Ghanasarabhava, Upanagarika, Bhutika, Apashri.

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