Pittari, Pittāri, Pitta-ari: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Pittāri (पित्तारि) is another name for Parpaṭa, a medicinal plant identified with various varieties and species, according to verse 5.8-10 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Pittāri and Parpaṭa, there are a total of eighteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Pittāri (पित्तारि).—Name of several plants लाक्षा, वर्वर (lākṣā, varvara) &c.
Derivable forms: pittāriḥ (पित्तारिः).
Pittāri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitta and ari (अरि).
Pittāri (पित्तारि):—[from pitta] m. ‘bile-enemy’, anything antibilious, Name of sub voce plants and vegetable substances (e.g. parpaṭa, takṣā etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Pittāri (पित्तारि):—(pitta + ari) m. der Feind der Galle so v. a. was der Galle entgegenwirkt, Name verschiedener gegen die Galle angewandter Pflanzen und Pflanzenstoffe: = parpaṭa, lākṣā und varvara [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Pittāri (पित्तारि):—m. Bez. verschiedener der Galle entgegenwirkender Pflanzen und Stoffe [Rājan 5,9,6,287.12,23.]
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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