Keshavalaya, Keśavālaya, Keshava-alaya: 7 definitions

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Keshavalaya 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.

The Sanskrit term Keśavālaya can be transliterated into English as Kesavalaya or Keshavalaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Keshavalaya in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus religiosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Urostigma religiosum (Linnaeus) Gasparrini (among others).

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

· Ric. Caprifico (1845)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Numer. List (4493)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
· Species Plantarum
· Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. (1822)

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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

[«previous next»] — Keshavalaya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Keśavālaya (केशवालय).—the Aśvattha tree.

Derivable forms: keśavālayaḥ (केशवालयः).

Keśavālaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms keśava and ālaya (आलय). See also (synonyms): keśavāvāsa.

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

Keśavālaya (केशवालय).—m.

(-yaḥ) The holy fig tree, (Ficus religiosa.) E. keśava Krishna, and ālaya abode.

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

Keśavālaya (केशवालय):—[from keśava > keśa] m. ‘Keśava’s abode’, the holy fig-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Keśavālaya (केशवालय):—[keśavā+laya] (yaḥ) 1. m. The holy fig-tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Keshavalaya 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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