Biology (plants and animals)

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

Luha in Philippines is the name of a plant defined with Euphorbia tithymaloides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Plantae Veronenses (1754)
· American Journal of Botany (1937)
· Cytologia (1999)
· Taxon (1980)
· Pedilanthus

If you are looking for specific details regarding Luha, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Lūha (लूह).—adj. (= AMg. id., by the side of lukkha, rukkha; see under lūkha), (1) coarse, poor, of food; (2) poor, inferior, of bodily condition; (3) harsh, severe, of practices; (4) inferior, bad, of inclinations, mental tendencies; (5) coarse, rough, of garments; (6) bad, of more than one of the above, or in a general, unspecified way; adv. lūhena: (1) Mahāvastu ii.208.7; 233.5; iii.14.20; Divyāvadāna 13.27; 425.13; Avadāna-śataka ii.114.12; 115.2; in Avadāna-śataka i.285.4 lūhenābhiramate, he takes pleasure in… (no noun expressed), but perhaps referring to appe- tite for filthy food, or perhaps more general, compare lūhādhi- mukta in next line; Śikṣāsamuccaya 128.16; 129.9 f.; 130.5; 131.4 (Bendall and Rouse, Transl. 128 ff. poor, tacitly with- drawing Bendall's erroneous interpretation in ed. 128 note 4); Kāśyapa Parivarta 123.3; Bodhisattvabhūmi 120.10 (? contrasted with praṇīta, as often when this word is used of food); (2) Lalitavistara 257.7 lūha-nyūna-durbala-kāya; in Lalitavistara 263.22 read lūha-durbala- kāya, with Weller 32, supported by Tibetan (text with mss. lūhaṃ, which could only be adv., = lūhena, 6 below); (3) lūha-vrata Lalitavistara 259.3; °prahāṇa (q.v.) Mahāvastu ii.126.12 etc., repeatedly; °karman Mahāvastu iii.14.20 (? text uncertain); (4) lūhādhimukta Lalitavistara 264.4, 10; Mahāvastu ii.131.5 (followed by lūhābhiprasanna); Avadāna-śataka i.285.5 (see under 1 above); (5) cīvara Divyāvadāna 81.26; 427.14; (6) of the 4 niśraya (q.v.) collectively, Bodhisattvabhūmi 193.5; defined by Tibetan ṅan pa, bad, poor Mahāvyutpatti 2700; this is the ordinary Tibetan rendering (according to Bendall Śikṣāsamuccaya 128 note 4 Tibetan in a couple of Śikṣāsamuccaya passages [Page463-b+ 71] renders by ñuṅ, little, scant); adv. lūhena, poorly, Lalitavistara 271.3.

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

1) Lūha (लूह):—mfn. bad (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Name of a man, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Luha 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Luha (लुह) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Maj.

2) Lūha (लूह) also relates to the Sanskrit words: Mṛj, Rukṣa.

3) Lūha (लूह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Rukṣ.

4) Lūha (लूह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Rūkṣ.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Luhagalanguku, Luhakangue, Luhamalo, Luhana, Luhangi, Luhar, Luhara, Luharamira, Luhari, Luhasudatta.

Ends with (+2): Agaluha, Aligoluha, Aluha, Appikoluha, Balisaluha, Bhaluha, Eluha, Guluha, Idireluha, Iguluha, Jalaluha, Kaikoluha, Kaluha, Keluha, Keykoluha, Koluha, Modalgoluha, Namtugoluha, Suluha, Tuluva.

Full-text: Luhasudatta, Lukha, Maj, Ruksha, Aluha, Ruksh, Aruha, Mrij, Rukshaka, Ruccha, Pradhana.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Luha, Lūha; (plurals include: Luhas, Lūhas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Sutrakritanga (English translation) (by Hermann Jacobi)

Lecture 3: Chapter 1: The Knowledge of Troubles < [Book 1]

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter V - Godhā-jātaka (Jātaka of the Lizard) < [Volume II]

Chapter XXXIV - The story of Śarabhaṅga < [Volume III]

Chapter XIX - Gotama’s early wanderings < [Volume II]

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