Manjarika, Mañjarikā, Mañjarīka, Māñjarika: 7 definitions
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Manjarika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuMāñjarika (माञ्जरिक) is another name for Apāmārga, a medicinal plant identified with Achyranthes aspera Linn. (“prickly chaff-flower”) from the Amaranthaceae or “amaranth” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.88-91 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Māñjarika and Apāmārga, there are a total of twenty-three Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Manjarika in India is the name of a plant defined with Digera alternifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Amaranthus arvensis (Forssk.) K. Krause (among others).
2) Manjarika is also identified with Ocimum tenuiflorum It has the synonym Lumnitzera tenuiflora (L.) Spreng. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora of the British India (1885)
· Linnaea (1837)
· Philippine Journal of Science (1921)
· Edwards’s Botanical Register
· Fragm. (Mueller) (1863)
· Numer. List (2717)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Manjarika, for example side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMañjarikā, (f.)=mañjari, Vin. III, 180. (Page 515)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMañjarīka (मञ्जरीक).—A species of fragrant Tulasī.
Derivable forms: mañjarīkaḥ (मञ्जरीकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mañjarikā (मञ्जरिका):—[from mañj] f. = mañjarī (See kaṭu-m and puṣpa-m)
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a princess, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
3) Mañjarīka (मञ्जरीक):—[from mañj] m. a species of fragrant Tulasī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Dvadashamanjarika, Katumanjarika, Pushpamanjarika, Ragamanjarika, Shodashamanjarika.
Full-text: Pushpamanjarika, Katumanjarika, Mancilikkan, Ragamanjarika, Dvadashamanjarika, Apamarga.
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