Indravaruni, Indravāruṇī, Indravārūṇi, Indra-varuni: 8 definitions

Introduction

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Rasashastra
2. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
See also

Introduction:

Indravaruni means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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

Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Indravārūṇi (इन्द्रवारूणि):—One of the sixty-seven Mahauṣadhi, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs are useful for processing mercury (rasa), such as the alchemical processes known as sūta-bandhana and māraṇa.

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Rasashastra (रसशास्त्र, rasaśāstra) is an important branch of Ayurveda, specialising in chemical interactions with herbs, metals and minerals. Some texts combine yogic and tantric practices with various alchemical operations. The ultimate goal of Rasashastra is not only to preserve and prolong life, but also to bestow wealth upon humankind.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Indravāruṇī (इन्द्रवारुणी) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Citrullus colocynthis (colocynth, bitter apple or desert gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.70-72 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Indravāruṇī is commonly known in Hindi and Marathi as Indrāyan; in Bengali as Mākal; in Gujurati as Indra-vana; in Telugu as Etipuchchhā; and in Tamil as Peyttummattī.

Indravāruṇī is mentioned as having twenty-nine synonyms: Aindrī, Aruṇā, Mṛgādanī, Gavādanī, Sūryā, Viṣaghnī, Guṇakarṇikā, Amrā, Mātā, Suvarṇā, Suphalā, Tārakā, Vṛṣabhākṣī, Gavākṣī, Pītapuṣpī, Indravallarī, Hemapuṣpī, Kṣudraphalā, Vāruṇī, Bālakapriyā, Raktervāru, Viṣalatā, Śakravallī, Viṣāpahā, Amṛtā and Viṣavallī.

Properties and characteristics: “Indravāruṇī is bitter (tikta) and pungent (kaṭu) in rasa an cold in potency (śīta). It is a purgative and useful in abdominal distentions and other associated ailments specially pittaja ailments of abdomen and gulma (false abdominal lumps due to wind), diseases due to kapha-doṣā, worms, fevers and leprosy and allied skin disorders”.

Source: Namah Journal: An overview of certain Āyurvedic herbs in the management of viral hepatitis

Indravaruṇi (इन्द्रवरुणि) refers to the medicinal plant known as Citrullus colocynthis, Schard., and is employed in the treatment of Kāmala.—Among the single and compound preparations described in Āyurveda for the treatment of kāmala, some of the drugs have been found to be effective. A scientific study of the drugs [viz., Indravaruṇi] was carried out and significant response observed.

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Indravāruṇī (इन्द्रवारुणी) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Cucumis trigonus Roxb.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning indravāruṇī] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

indravāruṇī (इंद्रवारुणी).—f S Bitter gourd-plant, Cucumis colocynthis.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Indravāruṇī (इन्द्रवारुणी).—Colocynth, a wild bitter gourd cucumis colocynthis. (Mar. moṭhī kaṃvaḍaḷa) किमिन्द्रवारुणी राम सितया कटुकीयते (kimindravāruṇī rāma sitayā kaṭukīyate) Laghu Yogavāsiṣṭha-sāra X. सौवर्चलं हरिद्रा च पिप्पली चेन्द्रवारुणिः । मूत्र- कृच्छ्रे प्रशंसन्ति पिण्डोऽयं वाजिनां हितः ॥ शालिहोत्र (sauvarcalaṃ haridrā ca pippalī cendravāruṇiḥ | mūtra- kṛcchre praśaṃsanti piṇḍo'yaṃ vājināṃ hitaḥ || śālihotra) of भोज (bhoja) 33.

Indravāruṇī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and vāruṇī (वारुणी). See also (synonyms): indravāruṇikā.

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

Indravāruṇī (इन्द्रवारुणी).—f. (-ṇī) See the preceding. E. indra and varuṇa the two deities so called, affixes aṇ and ṅīp; the favourite plant of Indra and Varuna.

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

1) Indravāruṇī (इन्द्रवारुणी):—[=indra-vāruṇī] [from indra] f. Colocynth, a wild bitter gourd, Cucumis Colocynthis

2) [v.s. ...] the favourite plant of Indra and Varuṇa [commentator or commentary] on [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; 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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