Ambiguity: Although Parayan has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Parayana.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Parayan in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Streblus asper Lour. from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family. For the possible medicinal usage of parayan, 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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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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Parayan in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) attached to; devoted to; used as a suffix meaning attached/devoted/dedicated to (e.g. [dharmaparayana, nitiparayana], etc.); hence ~[ta] (nf)..—parayan (परायण) is alternatively transliterated as Parāyaṇa.

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Starts with: Parayana, Parayana Vagga, Parayanakrama, Parayanamahatmya, Parayanastotra, Parayanata, Parayanate, Parayanatva, Parayanavagga, Parayanavant, Parayanavat, Parayanavidhi, Parayanavratabandha, Parayanavratabandhavisarga, Parayani, Parayanika, Parayanikabrahmana, Parayaniya, Parayantra.

Full-text: Parayana.

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