Pancavalkala, Pamcavalkala, Panca-valkala, Pancan-valkala, Pañcavalkala: 10 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Panchavalkala.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Pañcavalkala (पञ्चवल्कल, “group of five barks”).—The Sanskrit name for an important Ayurvedic drug combination.—The bark of the trees named Udumbara, Aśvattha, Vaṭa, Plakṣa and Pārīṣa are known as the group five barks. The trees themselves are collectively known as Kṣīrivṛkṣapañcaka (five milky trees).
Pañcavalkala (पञ्चवल्कल) ointment is a formulation made up of the bark of five trees viz.
- Vaṭa (Ficus bengalensis Linn),
- Udumbara (Ficus glomerata Roxb.),
- Aśvattha (Ficus religiosa Linn.),
- Pārīṣa/Pāriśa (Thespesia populenoides L.)
- and Plakṣa (Ficus lacor Buch-Ham.),
having properties of śodhana (cleaning) and ropaṇa (healing) of wounds. All five drugs have dominance of kaṣāya-rasa (astringent) which is useful in management of śotha (inflammations) as well as vraṇa (wounds). Pañcavalkala ointment was prepared under expert supervision. The ingredients of Pañcavalkala ointment are Pañcavalkala, siktha (Bee wax), tila tailam (Sesamum indicum oil).
Paṃcavalkala (पंचवल्कल):—Comination of following five stem barks Ficus bengalensis, Ficus glomerata, Ficus religiosa, Ficus lacor, Thespesia populnae;
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Pañcavalkala (पञ्चवल्कल).—a collection of the barks of five kinds of trees; namely न्यग्रोध, उदुम्बर, अश्वत्थ, प्लक्ष (nyagrodha, udumbara, aśvattha, plakṣa) and वेतस (vetasa).
Derivable forms: pañcavalkalam (पञ्चवल्कलम्).
Pañcavalkala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and valkala (वल्कल).
Pañcavalkala (पञ्चवल्कल).—n.
(-laṃ) A collection of the bark of five trees, the Indian and the holy fig, the opposite-leaved fig, the wavy-leaved fig, and a sort of reed; other trees are sometimes taken. E. pañca five, and valkala a bark.
Pañcavalkala (पञ्चवल्कल):—[=pañca-valkala] [from pañca] n. a collection of the bark of 5 kinds of trees (viz. the Indian, glomerous, holy, and waved-leaf fig-tree, and Calamus Rotang id est. Nyag-rodha, Udumbara, Aśvattha, Plakṣa, and Vetasa; but other trees are sometimes substituted), [Rasaratnākara]
Pañcavalkala (पञ्चवल्कल):—[pañca-valkala] (laṃ) 1. n. A collection of the bark of five trees.
Pañcavalkala (पञ्चवल्कल):—(pañcan + va) n. die Rinde von fünf bestimmten Bäumen: nyagrodhodumbarāśvatthaplakṣavetasavalkalaiḥ . sarvairekatra saṃyuktaiḥ pañcavalkalamucyate .. nyagrodhodumbarāśvatthaplakṣapippalapītanāḥ . kṣīrivṛkṣāśca pañcaiṣāṃ valkalaṃ pañcavalkalam .. [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Pañcavalkala (पञ्चवल्कल):—n. Sg. die Rinde von fünf bestimmten Bäumen [Rājan 22,22.] [Rasaratnākara 255.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Paṃcavalkala (ಪಂಚವಲ್ಕಲ):—[noun] the bark of peepul (Ficus religiosa), cluster fig (Ficus racemosa), banyan (Ficus benghalensis), fig (Ficus virens), and Mysore fig (Ficus mysorensis).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Valkala, Panca.
Full-text (+0): Kshirivrikshapancaka.
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