Gojihva, Gojihvā, Go-jihva: 10 definitions
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Gojihva 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
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraGojihvā (गोजिह्वा):—One of the sixty-eight Rasauṣadhi, very powerful drugs known to be useful in alchemical processes related to mercury (rasa), according to Rasaprakāśa-sudhākara (chapter 9).
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuGojihvā (गोजिह्वा) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Onosma bracteatum Wall. (“true indigo”) from the Boraginaceae or “borage” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.86-87 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Gojihvā is known in the Hindi language as Gojihvā; in the Marathi and Gujarati language as Gāvajavān. Note: Though a much used famous plant, Gojihvā remained controversial since the times of commentators of Saṃhitas.
Gojihvā is mentioned as having six synonyms: Kharapatrī, Pratanā, Dārvikā, Adhomukhā, Dhenujihvā and Adhaḥpuṣpī.
Properties and characteristics: “Gojihvā is pungent and quick acting (tīvrā) cooling and alleviates pitta-doṣa. It accelerates wound healing. The specific use of Gojihvā is in the affections of the teeth”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyGojihvā (गोजिह्वा) is a Sanskrit word [probably] referring to Onosma bracteatum, from the Boraginaceae family. Certain plant parts of Gojihvā are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The plant is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”.
According to the Bhāvaprakāśa it has the following synonyms: Gojikā, Gobhī, Dārvikā and Kharaparṇinī. The Bhāvaprakāśa is a 16th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra.
Other sources identify Gojihvā with Launea asplenifolia, Elephantopus scaber or Leucas aspera.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Gojihva in India is the name of a plant defined with Anchusa strigosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Anchusa strigosa Labill..
2) Gojihva is also identified with Arnebia benthamii It has the synonym Lithospermum benthamii (Wall. ex G. Don) I.M. Johnst. (etc.).
3) Gojihva is also identified with Coix lacryma-jobi It has the synonym Sphaerium lacryma Kuntze (etc.).
4) Gojihva is also identified with Elephantopus mollis It has the synonym Scabiosa cochinchinensis Lour. (etc.).
5) Gojihva is also identified with Onosma bracteata.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum… . (1788)
· Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium. (1796)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1954)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1989)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1792)
· Cytologia (1993)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Gojihva, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGojihvā (गोजिह्वा).—Name of a plant (Mar. pātharī).
Gojihvā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and jihvā (जिह्वा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGojihvā (गोजिह्वा).—f.
(-hvā) A potherb growing wild. (Elephantophus scaber.) E. go a cow, and jihvā a tongue: the leaves being so compared; also with kan added gojihvakā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGojihvā (गोजिह्वा):—[=go-jihvā] [from go] f. Name of a plant (Phlomis or Premna esculenta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]; Elephantopus scaber, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]; Coix barbata or a kind of Hieracium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]), [Caraka i, 27, 86; Suśruta i, 46, 4, 51.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGojihvā (गोजिह्वा):—[go-jihvā] (hvā) 1. f. A potherb.
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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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Ends with: Kshudragojihva.
Full-text (+8): Darvika, Anadugjihva, Adhomukha, Gojika, Samahva, Kurasa, Adhahpushpi, Gojihvika, Vithya, Pratana, Darvipattrika, Vatona, Pratani, Gobhi, Kharaparnini, Anaduhjihva, Darvaka, Dhenujihva, Kharapatri, Darvvika.
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