Mahashatavari, Mahāśatāvarī, Maha-shatavari: 3 definitions
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Mahashatavari 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 Mahāśatāvarī can be transliterated into English as Mahasatavari or Mahashatavari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuMahāśatāvarī (महाशतावरी) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with either Asparagus gonocladus Baker. or Asparagus sarmentosus Linn., both from the Asparagaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.120-123 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Notes: Mahāśatāvarī is the bigger variety of Śatāvarī, identified with Asparagus racemosus Willed. (or “buttermilk root”).
Mahāśatāvarī is mentioned as having twelve synonyms: Vīrā, Tuṅginī, Bahupatrikā, Sahasravīryā, Surasā, Mahāpuruṣadantikā, Ūrdhvakaṇṭā, Mahāvīryā, Phaṇijihvā, Mahāśatā, Śatavīryā and Suvīryā.
Properties and characteristics: “Both [Mahāśatāvarī and] Śatāvarī are cold, sweet, aphrodisiac and quell pitta, kapha and vāta-doṣas. These are bitter and considered very good rasāyana (rejuvenator). Both the Śatāvarīs are aphrodisiac, cold, sweet and control pitta-doṣa. The bigger variety controls kapha and vāta-doṣa, is better and excellent rejuvenating agent. Its new shoots quell vitiated kapha and pitta and are bitter”.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśatāvarī (महाशतावरी):—[=mahā-śatāvarī] [from mahā > mah] f. a species of plant, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
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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: Shatavari, Maha.
Full-text: Phanijihva, Bahupattrika, Sahasravirya, Mahavirya, Mahashata, Mahapurushadantika, Urdhvakantha, Suvirya, Aheru, Tungini, Urdhvakanta, Ahijihva, Bahuputrika, Shatavirya, Surasa, Tungin, Bahupatrika, Shatavari, Vira.
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