Kshitiruha, Kṣitiruha, Kshiti-ruha: 6 definitions
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Kshitiruha 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.
The Sanskrit term Kṣitiruha can be transliterated into English as Ksitiruha or Kshitiruha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuKṣitiruha (क्षितिरुह) refers to a “tree”, as mentioned in a list of twenty-five synonyms in the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Kṣitiruha] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
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 dictionaryKṣitiruha (क्षितिरुह).—
1) a tree; गिरिप्रकाशान् क्षिति- जान् भञ्जेयमनिलो यथा (giriprakāśān kṣiti- jān bhañjeyamanilo yathā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.197.19.
2) an earth worm.
3) the planet Mars.
4) Name of the demon Naraka killed by Viṣṇu. Śiśupālavadha 8.15.
-jam the horizon.
-jā an epithet of Sītā.
Derivable forms: kṣitiruhaḥ (क्षितिरुहः).
Kṣitiruha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣiti and ruha (रुह). See also (synonyms): kṣitija, kṣitisuta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣitiruha (क्षितिरुह).—m.
(-haḥ) A tree. E. kṣiti the earth, and ruha what mounts.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣitiruha (क्षितिरुह):—[=kṣiti-ruha] [from kṣiti > kṣi] m. idem, [Śiśupāla-vadha vii, 54; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣitiruha (क्षितिरुह):—[kṣiti-ruha] (haḥ) 1. m. A tree.
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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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Partial matches: Ruha, Kshiti.
Full-text: Dharaniruha, Kshitisuta, Kshitija, Kshiti.
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