Pandura, Pamdura, Pandu-ra, Pāṇḍura, Pāṇḍurā: 28 definitions
Introduction:
Pandura means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—Name of a minor mountain (kṣudraparvata) situated in Bhārata, a region south of mount Meru, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 85. In the settlements (janapada) along these mountains dwell Āryas and Mlecchas who drink water from the rivers flowing there. Meru is one of the seven mountains located in Jambūdvīpa, which is ruled over by Āgnīdhra, a grandson of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—On the Pāṇḍura mountain is situated the city of the Vidyādharas.
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—A soldier of Subrahmaṇya. (Śloka 73, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva).
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—A mountain in the Bhāratavarṣa;1 residence of the Vīdyādharas.2
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.68) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Pāṇḍura) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर, “whitish”) is a sanskrit technical term used throughout Rasaśāstra literature, such as the Rasaprakāśasudhākara.
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Pāṇḍurā (पाण्डुरा) is another name for Māṣaparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Teramnus labialis from the Fabaceae, or “pea family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.30-33 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Pāṇḍurā and Māṣaparṇī, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—Pale colour
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर) refers to “yellow” colour of the eastern face of Kubjikā, according to the Agnipurāṇa chapter 144.—Accordingly, while describing the visualization of Kubjikā: “[...] The upper (-most) face of the goddess is white (śveta). The other upper (face) is also white (śveta). The eastern face is yellow (pāṇḍura) and angry. The southern one is black (kṛṣṇa). The northern one (is white) like snow, a jasmine flower and the moon. Brahmā is on the soles of (her) feet. Viṣṇu is on the shanks (of her legs). Rudra is in (her) heart and Īśvara in (her) throat. Sadāśiva is on her forehead and Śiva is located above him. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर) refers to one of the four kinds of “bricks” (iṣṭakā) which represents one of the most important building materials in the construction of a Temple, which used to make walls, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy. In ancient time bricks (iṣṭakā) used to be made of clay which were of four kinds, e.g., pāṇḍura. The procedure of making bricks is very nicely explained in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa. [...]
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Pāṇḍurā (पाण्डुरा) refers to the “white goddess” and represents one of the “four Goddesses” (caturdevī) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 4). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., caturdevī and Pāṇḍurā). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Biology (plants and animals)
Pandura in India is the name of a plant defined with Teramnus labialis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Kennedya arabica Hochst. ex Benth. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Kew Bulletin (1970)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1826)
· Flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1855)
· Philippine Journal of Science (1912)
· Journal of the Linnean Society Bot. (1865)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1992)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Pandura, for example health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—a. [pāṇḍuvarṇo'syāsti ra] Whitish, pale, palewhite, yellowish-white; पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि । शुशुभे तारकाराजः सितमभ्रमिव स्थितः (pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani | śuśubhe tārakārājaḥ sitamabhramiva sthitaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.41.14. छविः पाण्डुरा (chaviḥ pāṇḍurā) Ś.3.9; R.14.26; Kumārasambhava 3.33.
-ram The white leprosy.
Pāṇḍurā (पाण्डुरा).—see Pāṇḍarā.
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Of a yellowish white colour. m.
(-raḥ) 1. A pale or yellowish white. 2. The jaundice. 3. A tree: see maruvaka. n.
(-raṃ) The white leprosy, vitiligo. E. pāṇḍu pale, and ra added.
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—[pāṇḍu + ra], I. adj., f. rā, Of a yellowish white colour, white, pale, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 8, 8. Ii. m. a proper name.
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—[adjective] whitish, pale.
1) Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—[from pāṇḍu] mf(ā)n. whitish, white, pale, yellow, [Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira; Suśruta] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. a form of jaundice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Anogeissus Latifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] an Andropogon with white flowers, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of one of the attendants of Skanda, [Mahābhārata]
6) Pāṇḍurā (पाण्डुरा):—[from pāṇḍura > pāṇḍu] f. Glycine Debilis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] of a Buddhist deity, [Dharmasaṃgraha iv] (cf. pāṇḍarā)
8) Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—[from pāṇḍu] n. the white leprosy, vitiligo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—[(raḥ-rā-raṃ) a.] Pale or yellowish white. m. White colour; the jaundice; a tree. n. Leprosy.
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—(von pāṇḍu) [Kāśikīvṛtti] und [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 107.]
1) adj. f. ā weisslich, weiss, bleich [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 22. 23.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1393.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 577.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 183.] [Halāyudha 4, 47. 52.] [Suśruta 1, 286, 9. 2, 168, 17.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 33, 2. 53, 7.] nakha [67, 3.] kaca [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 571.] [Halāyudha 2, 377.] candra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 8, 3.] mukhena śarapāṇḍunā [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 26.] kṛśa [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 34. 32, 155.] ātapatra, chattra [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 2, 5. 98, 26.] gṛha [57, 22.] [Spr. 91.] pāṇḍurāruṇavarṇāni srotāṃsi [Daśaratha’s Tod 1, 18.] chavi [Śākuntala 58.] ā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 35, 4. 53, 106.] kapota [87, 13.] āpāṇḍurībhūtamukhacchavi [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 33.] Vgl. pāṇḍara . —
2) m. a) eine Form der Gelbsucht (kāmalāroga) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) eine best. Pflanze, = maruvaka [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge des Skanda [Mahābhārata 9, 2575.] —
3) f. ā = māṣaparṇī Glycine debilis Ait. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) n. der weisse Aussatz [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 466.] [Halāyudha 2, 449.]
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Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—
1) [Kathāsaritsāgara 71, 2.] —
5) f. ā Nomen proprium einer buddh. Göttin, = tārā [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 36.] pāṇḍarā (sic) Gattin Amitābha’s (während Tārā die Gattin Amoghasiddha's genannt wird) 12.
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) weisslich , weiss , bleich. —
2) m. — a) *eine Form der Gelbsucht — b) *Anogeissus latifolia [Rājan 9,112.] — c) *eine weiss blühender Andropogon [Rājan 16,26.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's. —
3) f. ā — a) *Glycine debilis [Rājan 3,19.] — b) Nomen proprium einer buddh. Göttin. —
4) *n. der weisse Aussatz.
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṃḍura.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Pāṃḍura (पांडुर) [Also spelled pandur]:—(a) yellow; yellowish white; pallidus; ~[tā] etiolation, pallor.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Paṃḍura (पंडुर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pāṇḍura.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Pāṃḍura (ಪಾಂಡುರ):—[adjective] of the colour of pure snow or milk; white or somewhat white; white; whitish.
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Pāṃḍura (ಪಾಂಡುರ):—
1) [noun] the white colour.
2) [noun] a disorder in which there is a loss of pigment resulting in white patches of skin; vitiligo.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—n. 1. white leprosy; 2. white color; 3. yellow color; adj. whitish; pale-white; yellowish-white;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
paṇḍura (ပဏ္ဍုရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[paṇḍu+ra．hari pāṇḍu amara．5．13．(paṃḍura-prā)]
[ပဏ္ဍု+ရ။ ဟရိဏး ပါဏ္ဍုရး အမရ။ ၅။ ၁၃။ (ပံဍုရ-ပြာ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
paṇḍura—
(Burmese text): (၁) အဖြူ,အဝါ ရောသော အဆင်း၊ ဖျော့တော့သော အဆင်း။ (န) (၂) ပဏ္ဍုရမည်သော ရွာ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The color that is a mix of white and yellow, a soft color. (2) A village that must be maintained.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pandu, Pantu, Ra.
Starts with (+6): Pamdurakushtha, Pamduramgavitthala, Pamdurate, Panduradruma, Panduraga, Panduraja, Pandurajagotta, Pandurajaputta, Panduraka, Pandurakta, Panduranga, Pandurangamahatmya, Pandurangashtaka, Pandurangavilasacampu, Pandurangavitthalastotra, Panduraphali, Panduraprishtha, Pandurashirish, Pandurashtra, Pandurata.
Full-text (+41): Apandura, Vipandura, Paripandura, Pandurata, Panduradruma, Pandurekshu, Panduraprishtha, Krishnapandura, Panduraphali, Bilvapandura, Panduravasin, Stokapandura, Prapandura, Pandara, Pamdurakushtha, Panduravrishtha, Candrapandura, Lavaliphalapandura, Panturam, Pandaravasin.
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