Janiya: 4 definitions

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Janiya 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)

Janiya in India is the name of a plant defined with Blumea balsamifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Conyza appendiculata Blume (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1786)
· Compos. Ind. (1876)
· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. (1826)
· Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. (Boerlage) (1891)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Janiya, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, pregnancy safety, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Janiya (जनिय):—[from jananīya] [Nominal verb] (3. [plural] yanti) to wish for a wife, [Atharva-veda iv, 2, 72.]

2) Janīya (जनीय):—1. janīya [Nominal verb] (p. yat) = niya, [Ṛg-veda iv, 17, 16; vii, 96, 4] (cf. [Pāṇini 7-4, 35; Siddhānta-kaumudī]), [Atharva-veda vi, 82, 3.]

3) 2. janīya mfn. See nyīya.

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Janiya 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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