Pithana: 5 definitions

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Pithana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pithana in India is the name of a plant defined with Pueraria tuberosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hedysarum tuberosum Willd. (among others).

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

· A Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara and Delhi. (1973)
· Species Plantarum.
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1825)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pithana (पिथन).—(°-) or °nā- (n. act. to prec., suffix -ana, -anā), the shutting off, blocking: pithanārthāya apāyabhūmināṃ Lalitavistara 178.7 (verse; Tibetan lam ni bcad pa, blocking the way); vitathagrāha-pithanā-su-pīthitam Gaṇḍavyūha 55.1 (verse; °nā could be m.c., as pīth° certainly is); sarvākṣaṇagati-dvāra- pithanārthena Gaṇḍavyūha 98.1 (prose).

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

Piṭhana (पिठन):—[from piṭh] n. = anu-śāsana (?), [Lalita-vistara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pithana in German

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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.

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