Picchila, Picchilā: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Picchila means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Pichchhila.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Picchilā (पिच्छिला).—A river of Purāṇic fame which runs through Uttara Bhārata. (Śloka 29, Chapter 9, Bhīṣma Parva).
Picchila (पिच्छिल) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.52.5, I.57) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Picchila) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
Picchilā also refers to the name of a River mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.28).
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)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Picchilā (पिच्छिला) is another name for Kokilākṣa, a medicinal plant identified with Astercantha longifolia Nees., a synonym of synonym of Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine from the Acanthaceae or “acanthus” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.191-193 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Picchilā and Kokilākṣa, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
1) Picchila (पिच्छिल):—Slimy touch, gummy, Sticky, Slyminess,
2) [picchilaḥ] The property of the substance which causes Slimness and stickyness
Picchila (पिच्छिल, “cloudy”) and Viśada (“clear”) refers to one of the ten counterpart-couples of the twenty Śārīraguṇa (or Gurvādiguṇa), which refers to the “twenty qualities of the body”—where guṇa (property) represents one of the six divisions of dravya (drugs).—Śārīraka-guṇas are twenty in number. There are ten guṇas with their opposite guṇas. [...] Sūkṣma (“clear”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of fire, air, ether (space) and the associated actions of “cleansing/kṣālana”; while Picchila (“cloudy”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of earth, water and is associated with the action “adhering/lepana”.
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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Picchila (पिच्छिल) refers to “(highly) resinous wood” and hence suitable for the construction of the Play-house (nāṭyaśala).—In the third chapter of Saṅgītanārāyaṇa, Puruṣottama Miśra says that the theatre-house (nāṭyaśālā) should be constructed in the manner that has been prescribed by Kohala and others. [...] The following description of the construction of the play-house (nāṭyaśālā) is also found verbatim in Saṅgītārṇavacandrika of Nīlakaṇṭha: “[...] The pillars are to be made from the khadira, sarja, panasa (jackwood) or rakta-candana (red sandal) trees. The wood chosen for the pillars should not be knotted or hollow, should have sufficient girth in the top part also and be highly resinous (ati-picchila)”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
India history and geography
Picchilā (पिच्छिला) or Picchilātantra is the name of a Tantra categorized as “Rathakrānta”, and is mentioned in a (further unknown) book in the possession of Kamlesh Punyark [=Śrī Kamaleśa Puṇyārka or श्री कमलेश पुण्यार्क].—This book contains a detailed discussion of the basics of Tantra and opens with a list of three times sixty-four Tantras. One such text is the पिच्छिला-तन्त्रम् [picchilā-tantram] or पिच्छिला [picchilā].
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Picchila in India is the name of a plant defined with Bombax ceiba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gossampinus malabarica Merr. (among others).
2) Picchila is also identified with Cordia obliqua It has the synonym Cordia obliqua B. Heyne ex DC., nom. inval. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Flora Peruviana (1799)
· Florae Fluminensis (1829)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Taxon (1979)
· Systema Vegetabilium ed. 15 (1819)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Picchila, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, pregnancy safety, 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
Pali-English dictionary
picchila : (adj.) slippery.
Picchila, (adj.) (cp. Class. Sk. picchila) slippery Vism. 264; VbhA. 247 (lasikā=p-kuṇapaṃ); DhA. III, 4 (°magga). (Page 457)
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Picchila (पिच्छिल).—a. [picch bā° ila]
1) Slimy, lubricous, slippery, smeary; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.184.34; तरुणं सर्षपशाकं नवौदनं पिच्छिलानि च दधीनि (taruṇaṃ sarṣapaśākaṃ navaudanaṃ picchilāni ca dadhīni) Chand. M.1.
2) Having a tail.
-laḥ, -lā, -lam 1 The scum of boiled rice (bhaktamaṇḍa).
2) Sauce mixed with rice-gruel.
3) Curds with cream on the surface.
4) Broth, soup.
5) Moist split pulse.
Picchila (पिच्छिल).—mfn. subst.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. Sauce mixed with rice gruel. 2. Sauce, gravy, or condiments with water or Ghee. 3. Broth, soup. 4. Moist, and split pulse. f.
(-lā) 1. The silk cotton tree, (Bombax heptaphyllum.) 2. A potherb, (Basella rubra and lucida.) 5. A timber tree, (Dalbergia Sisu.) 4. The name of a river. 5. An esculent root, (Arum Indicum.) 6. Lubricous, slippery, smeary. m.
(-laḥ) The tamarisk, (Tamarix Indica.) mfn. adj.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Having a tail. E. picchā rice water, scum, &c. and ilac aff.
Picchila (पिच्छिल).—I. adj., f. lā, Slimy, lubricous, Mārk. P. 10, 9. Ii. f. lā, The name of several plants.
— Cf. [Latin] pix.
Picchila (पिच्छिल).—[adjective] slimy, slippery.
1) Picchila (पिच्छिल):—[from pich] mf(ā)n. slimy, lubricous, slippery, smeary (opp. to viśada), [Mahābhārata; Suśruta] (-tva n.), etc.
2) [v.s. ...] having a tail, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] m. Cordia Latifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Tamarix Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Picchilā (पिच्छिला):—[from picchila > pich] f. Name of a river, [Mahābhārata] ([varia lectio] picchalā)
6) [v.s. ...] of sub voce trees and other plants (Dalbergia Sissoo, Bombax Heptaphyllum, Basella Lucida or Rubra, a kind of grass etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Picchila (पिच्छिल):—[(laḥ-lā-laṃ)] 1. m. f. n. Sauce mixed with the rice gruel; sauce; broth; moist split pulse. m. Tamarisk tree. f. (lā) Silk cotton tree, a potherb; a Sisu tree; esculent root; name of a river. a. Having a tail; slippery.
Picchila (पिच्छिल):—(von picchā Schleim von Reis u.s.w.)
1) adj. f. ā schleimig, schlüpfrig, schmierig [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 100.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 32. 33.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 46.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 414.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 669. fg.] [Halāyudha 3, 56.] Gegens. viśada [Suśruta 1, 148, 9.] karkaśa [Sânkhya Philosophy 12. -] [Mahābhārata 12, 6854.] [Suśruta 1, 32, 20. 33, 12.] anna [35, 17. 45, 5. 84, 6. 132, 10.] rudhira [260, 9. 2, 298, 10. 2, 3. 8, 18.] vasti [201, 12. 226, 3. 5.] jala [258, 12.] yoni [397, 10.] mahāpūyavasāsnāyu [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 8, 217.] viṇmūtrapicchile strīṇāṃ tathā koṣṭhe mayoṣitam [10, 9.] adrikulyāḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 372.] dadhīni [?(Scholiast] = sasnigdhāni) [KEDĀRA 1, 7] [?(bei AUFRECHT, Halāyudha).] pramehiṇo yadā mūtramanāvilamapicchilam [MĀDHAVAKĀRA im Śabdakalpadruma] u. apicchila. picchilatva n. nom. abstr. [Suśruta 1, 78, 20.] picchila = bhaktamaṇḍayukta [RĀYAM.], = sarasavyañjanādi [BHARATA], = sūpādi [Ramānātha], = snigdhasūpādi [Bhānudīkṣita], = maṇḍayuktabhakta und jalayuktavyañjana [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Amarakoṣa] [Śabdakalpadruma] Daher die verschiedenen Bedd. für ein angebliches subst. trium generum bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] —
2) m. Cordia latifolia und Myxa (śleṣmāntaka) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] Tamarix indica [Dharaṇīkoṣa] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] —
3) f. ā a) Name verschiedener Pflanzen: Dalbergia Sissoo Roxb. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 43.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 398.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] Bombax heptaphyllum [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 27.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] Basella lucida oder rubra [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] Linum usitatissimum (atasī), Asteracantha longifolia Nees (kokilākṣa), = vṛścikākṣupa und śūlītṛṇa [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] = kaṭvī [Śabdacandrikā] ebend. — b) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha -] [Hārāvalī 230] werden dem Worte folgende Bedd. zugetheilt: sphoṭikāvātyārāmāvātākhupāṃśavaḥ . — Vgl. picchala .
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Picchila (पिच्छिल):—
1) panthāḥ [Sāhityadarpana 288, 6.] śatruśoṇita (asidhārāpatha) [Spr. 3651.] visra (kūrma) [Kathāsaritsāgara 82, 7.]
Picchila (पिच्छिल):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) schleimig , schlüpfrig , schmierig Nom.abstr. tva n. —
2) *m. — a) Cordia latifolia [Rājan 11,205.] — b) Tamarix indica. —
3) f. ā — a) *Dalbergia Sissoo. — b) Bombax heptaphyllum [Rājan 8,8.] — c) *Basella lucida_oder_rubra. — d) *Linum usitatissimum [Rājan 16,74.] — e) *Asteracantha longifolia. — f) *Boerhavia procumbens. — g) *eine best. Grasart [Rājan 8,150.] — h) * = kaṭvī — i) — Nach [Hārāvali. ] ist picchalā = sphoṭikāvātyārāmāvātākhupāṃsavaḥ.
Picchila (पिच्छिल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Picchila.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Picchila (पिच्छिल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Picchila.
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
Picchila (ಪಿಚ್ಛಿಲ):—[adjective] = ಪಿಚ್ಛಲ [picchala]1.
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Picchila (ಪಿಚ್ಛಿಲ):—
1) [noun] = ಪಿಚ್ಛಲ [picchala]2.
2) [noun] coagulated milk; curds.
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)
Starts with: Picchilabija, Picchilacchada, Picchilaka, Picchilasara, Picchilata, Picchilatantra, Picchilatva, Picchilatvac.
Full-text (+18): Picchilatvac, Apicchila, Picchilatantra, Picchilacchada, Picchilasara, Picchilabija, Laghupicchila, Paicchilya, Picchala, Udakapicchila, Vijapila, Picchilatva, Ojas, Gurvadiguna, Piccha, Picchitika, Picchilaka, Udakapicchilla, Picchilata, Lindu.
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