Indravaruni, aka: Indravāruṇī, Indravārūṇi, Indra-varuni; 5 Definition(s)
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In Hinduism
Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy)
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.
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra
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)
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: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu
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
indravāruṇī (इंद्रवारुणी).—f S Bitter gourd-plant, Cucumis colocynthis.
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionaryMarathi 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-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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndravāruṇī (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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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Partial matches: Indra, Varuni.
Starts with: Indravarunika.
Full-text (+33): Shakravalli, Indravallari, Indravarunika, Indravana, Indravaruna, Mrigadana, Taraka, Vrishabhakshi, Mahaphala, Urukala, Surya, Balakapriya, Raktervaru, Asthishrinkhala, Amra, Gavakshi, Vishapaha, Vishavalli, Suphala, Indravalli.
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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCXIII - Other Medicinal Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CCVII - Various other medicinal Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CXCVII - Preparations of medicinal oils and Ghritas < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 5 - Incineration of Yellow Diamonds < [Chapter XIII - Gems (1): Vajra or Hiraka (diamond)]
Part 4 - Incineration of Vaikranta < [Chapter XX - Gems (8): Vaikranta (garnet)]
Part 3 - Extraction of oil from seeds of Ankota and Bakuchi < [Chapter XXXII - Extraction of oil from seeds]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XI - Treatment of Shleshma Ophthalmia < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter LXII - Symptoms and Treatment of Insanity (Unmada) < [Canto IV - Bhuta-vidya-tantra (psychology and psychiatry)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Chapter 15 - Symptoms and treatment of Chardi (vomiting)
Chapter 4 - Symptoms and treatment of Asthma (shvasa) and Cough (hikka)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 5: Kalpasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)