Himabja, Himābja, Hima-abja: 5 definitions
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Himabja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyHimābja (हिमाब्ज) is another name (synonym) for Utpala, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Nymphaea alba (white water rose). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 10.195), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHimābja (हिमाब्ज).—a lotus.
Derivable forms: himābjam (हिमाब्जम्).
Himābja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hima and abja (अब्ज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryHimābja (हिमाब्ज).—n.
(-bjaṃ) A lotus.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHimābja (हिमाब्ज):—[from hima > him] n. a blue lotus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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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Full-text: Utpala.
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