Magadhodbhava, Magadhodbhavā, Magadha-udbhava: 5 definitions

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Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Magadhodbhavā (मगधोद्भवा) is another name for Pippalī, a medicinal plant identified with Piper longum Linn. or “Indian long pepper” from the Piperaceae or ‘pepper’ family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.11-13 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Magadhodbhavā and Pippalī, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

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

Magadhodbhavā (मगधोद्भवा).—long pepper; फलं बृहत्या मगधोद्भवानाम् (phalaṃ bṛhatyā magadhodbhavānām) Suśruta.

Magadhodbhavā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms magadha and udbhavā (उद्भवा).

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

1) Magadhodbhava (मगधोद्भव):—[from magadha] mf(ā)n. born or grown in M°

2) Magadhodbhavā (मगधोद्भवा):—[from magadhodbhava > magadha] f. long pepper, [Suśruta]

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Magadhodbhava 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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