Hed, Heḍ: 8 definitions

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Hed 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Hed in India is the name of a plant defined with Haldina cordifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nauclea sterculiifolia A. Rich. ex DC.) (Adina Salisb., from the Greek adinos ‘clustered, plentiful, crowded’, referring to the clustered flowers. (among others).

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

· Blumea (1978)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· The Paradisus Londinensis (1807)
· Genera Plantarum (1873)
· Forest Fl. N.W. India (1874)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Heḍ (हेड्).—I. 1. Ā. (heḍate) To disregard, slight, neglect; अहेडमानास्त्वरया स्म दूता रात्र्यां तु ते तत्पुरमेव याताः (aheḍamānāstvarayā sma dūtā rātryāṃ tu te tatpurameva yātāḥ) Rām.2.68. 22. -II. 1 P. (heḍati)

1) To surround.

2) To attire.

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

Heḍ (हेड्).—r. 1st cl. (heḍati) To surround, to encompass. (ṛ) heḍa r. 1st cl. (heḍate) To disregard, to neglect.

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

Heḍ (हेड्).— (hel Hel), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] To disregard; a-heḍamāna, adj. Careful, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 68, 22. † i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To surround, to attire.

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

Heḍ (हेड्).—v. hīḍ.

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

Heḍ (हेड्):—or heL (cf.hel and √hīḍ) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] heḍate, heLate, helate, to be or make angry or hostile (krudhyati-karman, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 14]; only occurring in a-heLat, lamāna, and Layat, qq.vv.);

—to act or treat carelessly or frivolously (anādare, [Dhātupāṭha viii, 32]; only in heḍamāna, [Rāmāyaṇa]; helamāna, [Mahābhārata]; and [Causal] helayati, te cf. vi-√hel [perfect tense] helayām-āsa, [ib.]);

— [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] heḍati ([perfect tense] jiheḍa etc. [grammar]), to surround, clothe, attire, [Dhātupāṭha xix, 16] :—[Causal] heḍayati ([Aorist] ajiheḍat or ajīhiḍat; cf. under √hīḍ) [grammar]

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

Heḍ (हेड्):—heḍati 1. a. To surround. (ṛ) heḍate 1. d. To disregard.

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Hed 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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