Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Parivana in India is the name of a plant defined with Erythrina variegata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chirocalyx divaricatus Walp. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Herbarium Amboinense (1754)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1832)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Plantes à feuillage ornamental (1874)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Parivana, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parivāṇa (परिवाण):—[=pari-vāṇa] [from parinirvāṇa > parinir-vā] n. complete extinction of individuality, entire cessation of re-births, [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 50; 122 etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a place where Buddha disappeared, [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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Parivāṇa (ಪರಿವಾಣ):—[noun] = ಪರಿಯಾಣ [pariyana]1.

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Pārivāṇa (ಪಾರಿವಾಣ):—[noun] = ಪಾರಿವಾಳ [parivala]1.

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Pārivāṇa (ಪಾರಿವಾಣ):—[noun] = ಪಾರಿವಾಳ [parivala]2.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vana, Pari.

Starts with: Parivanavaipulyasutra.

Ends with: Digama-parivana.

Full-text: Parivanavaipulyasutra, Apavana.

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