Mavalanga, Mavalamga, Māvaḷaṅga, Māvalaṅga: 4 definitions

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Mavalanga means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, 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 Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Māvaḷaṅga (मावऌअङ्ग) (Marathi; in Sanskrit: Mātuliṅga) refers to a kind of “citron tree”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. II, P. 135, ll. 6 & 18]—‘Mātuliṅga’ (Marathi: Mahāḷuṅga or Māvaḷaṅga) is the name of a kind of citron tree and that of its fruit as well ‘Bījapūraka’ is its synonym, and this may remind a Gujarati of ‘Bījorum’. The word ‘mātuliṅga’ occurs in Mālatīmadhava (VI, v 19), and its Pāiya (Prakrit) equivalent ‘māuliṅga’ in Rāyappasenaijja (...). ‘Biyaūraya’ occurs in Mālavikāgnimitra (III, p 37). This fruit is used in a ceremony known as ‘grahaśānti’. It is considered auspicious like the cocoanut and fit to be presented to a great personage at a visit. In some Jaina temples a silver piece having the shape of a citron elongated both ways and usually gilt with gold is placed on the palm of the mam idol of a Jaina Tīrthaṅkara.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Mavalanga [मावळंग] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle from the Rutaceae (Lemon) family. For the possible medicinal usage of mavalanga, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mavalanga in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

māvaḷaṅga (मावळंग).—f (mātuluṅga S) Common citron-tree, Citrus medica; and n The fruit of it.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mavalanga in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mavalaṃga (ಮವಲಂಗ):—[noun] the tree Crataeva roxburghii of Capparaceae family.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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