Plavana, Plava-ga, Plavaga, Plāvana: 28 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Plavan.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Plāvana (प्लावन) (Cf. Saṃplāvana) means “to flood something”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “[...] Once the Self, both manifest and unmanifest, has been aroused by that, this Śāmbhava (state) of subtle being is confined by it. [...] In order to flood it (completely) [i.e., saṃplāvana], the three have been intensified with 4) Emission. The Sun has risen there. He is the lord of the letters. The Lord of the Universe is in the form of a (dimensionless) Point beyond action, time, and the qualities (of Nature). He, radiant with energy, shines intensely and emanates the letters. This fourfold energy (catuṣkala) of the quaternary beginning with the Transmental has arisen (thus). It is disturbed by (this) Krama Yoga and is the pure Śāmbhava body which has sixteen divisions (formed) by (each) group of four individually”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Plavana (प्लवन) refers to “floating” (after being immersed in water), as taught in the Damśarūpa (“aspects of snake-bites”) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—Explaining in a scientific manner, the sage Kāśyapa in his Kāśyapasaṃhitā proceeds to demonstrate the correct methods of ascertaining death. If a snake-bite victim does not have horripilation when sprinkled with water, there are no marks on his person when beaten with a cane, when there is no bleeding despite inflicting a cut in the body and the body does not float (plavana) when immersed in water, one can discern that it is a case of death.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Plavana (प्लवन) refers to the “jumping” (of elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “11. Producing seed upon jumping (the cow) (plavana), stout-limbed, with erect penis, firmly grown teeth, rich in fire and strength, eating with relish, gladdening the herd, in the tenth year he is a vikka”.
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.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Plāvana (प्लावन, “flooding”) refers to one of the seven types of Bimbaśuddhi (purificatory expiations for the idol) (employed for averting impurities), according to the Viṣṇusaṃhitā: an important Tantric work of Kerala authored by Sumati, composed between 11th and 14th century divided in to 30 chapters (paṭalas).—The expiatory rites are elucidated in the 25th chapter. Viṣṇu-saṃhitā suggest seven kinds of purification for averting these impurities. In addition to these another seven types of purificatory expiations for the idol (biṃbaśudhi) are elucidated in this text [e.g., Plāvana (flooding)] [...]. The text further recommended various Mantras to be used for expiations. [...]
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Plavana (प्लवन) refers to the “swaying”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, “Now there lived a Brahmin called Viṣṇudatta in Navanagara. [...] He enchanted an iron stake and placed it on the head of that Nāga. The head of the Nāga burst and it felt great pain. The Nāga became extremely angry with great fury. Then in a moment, an instant, a short time, the Nāga’s body was overcome with great pain by the intensity of swaying (plavana-vega). Then because of this rays came forth from its body and the fields of the Brahmin were burnt. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Biology (plants and animals)
Plavaga in India is the name of a plant defined with Albizia lebbeck in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Inga borbonica Hassk. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Species Plantarum.
If you are looking for specific details regarding Plavaga, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, 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
plavana : (nt.) jumping; floating.
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
Plavana (प्लवन).—[plu-lyuṭ] a. Inclined, stooping down; प्रागुदक्प्लवनां भूमिं कारयेत् यत्नतो नरः (prāgudakplavanāṃ bhūmiṃ kārayet yatnato naraḥ) Matsya. P.
-nam 1 Swimming.
2) Bathing, plunging into; आनन्दमन्दममृतप्लवना- दिवाभूत् (ānandamandamamṛtaplavanā- divābhūt) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.19.
3) Flying.
4) Jumping, leaping.
5) A great flood, deluge.
6) A declivity.
7) One of a horse's paces (capering).
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Plāvana (प्लावन).—[plu ṇic lyuṭ]
1) Bathing, ablution.
2) Overflowing, flooding, inundating.
3) A flood, deluge.
4) Prolation (of a vowel).
Derivable forms: plāvanam (प्लावनम्).
Plavaga (प्लवग).—
1) a monkey; स सेतुं बन्धयामास प्लवगैर्लवणाम्भसि (sa setuṃ bandhayāmāsa plavagairlavaṇāmbhasi) R.12.7.
2) a frog.
3) an aquatic bird, the diver.
4) the शिरीष (śirīṣa) tree.
5) Name of the sun's charioteer. °इन्द्रः (indraḥ) Hanumat; Bhāg. °राजः (rājaḥ) The monkey chief Sugrīva; राघवप्लवगराजयोरिव प्रेम युक्तमितरे- तराश्रयम् (rāghavaplavagarājayoriva prema yuktamitare- tarāśrayam) Kirātārjunīya 13.57.
-gā the sign of the zodiac called Virqo.
Derivable forms: plavagaḥ (प्लवगः).
Plavaga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms plava and ga (ग).
Plavaga (प्लवग).—m.
(-gaḥ) 1. A monkey, an ape. 2. A frog. 3. The charioteer of the sun. 4. A sort of bird, the diver. 3. A frog. E. plav leaping, and ga who goes, from gam with ḍa aff. “śirīṣavṛkṣe” .
Plavana (प्लवन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Jumping, leaping. 2. A deluge, an inundation. 3. Swimming, plunging into. E. plu to go, lyuṭ aff.
Plavaga (प्लवग).—[plava-ga] (vb. gam), m. 1. A monkey, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 58, 13. 2. A frog.
Plavana (प्लवन).—i. e. plu + ana, n. 1. Jumping. 2. Swimming. 3. Inclining, Mahābhārata 12, 1454.
Plavaga (प्लवग).—[masculine] frog or ape (lit. going by leaps).
Plavana (प्लवन).—[adjective] sloping towards (—°); [neuter] swimming, bathing in (—°), flying, jumping over (—°).
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Plāvana (प्लावन).—[neuter] bathing, ablution.
1) Plavaga (प्लवग):—[=plava-ga] [from plava > plu] mfn. = plava mfn. (in [astrology]), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘going by leaps or plunges’, a frog, [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] a monkey, [Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
4) [v.s. ...] a sort of aquatic bird, the diver, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Acacia Sirissa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of the charioteer of the Sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] of a son of the Sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Plavagā (प्लवगा):—[=plava-gā] [from plava-ga > plava > plu] f. the sign of the zodiac Virgo, [Varāha-mihira]
1) Plavana (प्लवन):—[from plu] mf(ā)n. inclined, stooping down towards (cf. prāg-udak-pl)
2) [v.s. ...] m. a monkey, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. swimming, plunging into or bathing in ([compound]), [Mahābhārata; Gīta-govinda; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Suśruta]
4) [v.s. ...] flying, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] leaping, jumping over ([compound]), [Rāmāyaṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] capering (one of a horse’s paces), [Sāṃkhyakārikā [Scholiast or Commentator]]
7) [v.s. ...] a kind of water Cyperus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Plāvana (प्लावन):—[from plu] n. ([from] [Causal]) bathing, immersion, ablution, [Mahābhārata]
9) [v.s. ...] filling a vessel to overflowing (for the purification of fluids), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] inundation, flood, deluge (cf. jala-pl)
11) [v.s. ...] prolation (of a vowel), [Āpastamba]
Plavaga (प्लवग):—[plava-ga] (gaḥ) 1. m. A monkey, an ape; a frog; the charioteer of the sun; a diving bird.
Plavana (प्लवन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Jumping; swimming; a deluge, inundation.
Plavaga (प्लवग):—(plava Sprung + 1. ga) [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 61.]
1) m. a) Frosch [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1354.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 124.] [Medinīkoṣa g. 40.] [Halāyudha 3, 40.] [Harivaṃśa 3910.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 25, 16] (nach dem Schol. Affe). — b) Affe [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 3. 3, 4, 3, 25.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1292. 47.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 76.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 109, 57.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 70.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 29, 61.] plavagendra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 10, 12.] — c) ein best. Schwimmvogel, = plava [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Acacia Sirissa (śirīṣa) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — e) Nomen proprium des Wagenlenkers des Sonnengottes [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] der Sohn des Sonnengottes [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 103.] —
2) f. ā die Jungfrau im Thierkreise [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1, 5.]
Plavana (प्लवन):—(von plu) n.
1) das Schwimmen [DHĀTUP. 22, 73.] [Suśruta 1, 79, 18. 98, 11. 244, 8.] śilānām [Mahābhārata 8, 2620.] gaṅgāmbhaḥ das Baden in [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 302.] prāleya [Gītagovinda 1, 47.] —
2) das Springen [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 4, 75. 4, 40, 32] (neben plava). [5, 3, 46. 57, 2.] sāgara über das Meer [1, 25. 33.] von einem best. Gange der Pferde: laṅghanaplavanadhāvanasamarthairaśvaiḥ [GAUḌAP.] zu [SĀṂKHYAK. 17.] das Fliegen [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 62, 6.] —
3) = pravaṇa (das wohl auf pru zurückzuführen ist) abschüssige Lage, Neigung, proclivitas, oder adj. geneigt: prāgudakplavana adj. nach Nordost geneigt [Mahābhārata 12, 1454.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 49, 44.] prāgudakplavanā (bhūmi) [Matsyapurāṇa im Tithyāditattva] [Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. plava 2,s. — Vgl. kuśa .
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Plāvana (प्लावन):—(vom caus. von plu) n.
1) das Baden, Abwaschen: salilena [Mahābhārata 3, 9962.] —
2) das Vollgiessen bis zum Ueberfliessen (als Reinigungsmittel von Flüssigkeiten) [ŚUDDHIT. im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. jala .
Plavaga (प्लवग):——
1) Adj. = plava 1)d) [Sārāvali] bei [UTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1,20.] —
2) m. — a) Frosch. — b) Affe. — c) *ein best. Schwimmvogel. — d) *Acacia Sirissa. — e) *Nomen proprium — α) des Wagenlenkers des Sonnengottes. — β) eines Sohns des Sonnengottes. —
3) f. ā die Jungfrau im Thierkreise.
Plavana (प्लवन):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) am Ende eines Comp. geneigt — , abschüssig nach. —
2) *m. Affe [Rājan 19,48.] —
3) n. — a) das Schwimmen. — b) das Baden , in (im Comp. vorangehend). — c) das Fliegen [81,25.] — d) das Springen , — über (im Comp. vorangehend). — e) ein best. Gang der Pferde.
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Plāvana (प्लावन):—n. —
1) das Baden , Abwaschen. —
2) das Vollgiessen bis zum Ueberfliessen (als Reinigungsmittel von Flüssigkeiten). —
3) das gezogene Aussprechen eines Vocals [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra]
Plavaṇa (प्लवण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Palavaṇa, Pavaṇa, Pavvālaṇa, Pāvaṇa.
Plavaga (प्लवग) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pavaya.
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.
Hindi dictionary
1) Plavana (प्लवन) [Also spelled plavan]:—(nm) floating; swimming; ~[śīla] floating; hence ~[śīlatā] (nf).
2) Plāvana (प्लावन) [Also spelled plavan]:—(nm) inundation, flood; deluge; plunging.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Plavaga (ಪ್ಲವಗ):—
1) [noun] = ಪ್ಲವಂಗ [plavamga]–1 & 2.
2) [noun] a variety of water-fowl.
3) [noun] (myth.) Aruaṇa, the charioteer of the Sun.
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Plavana (ಪ್ಲವನ):—
1) [noun] the act of swimming in or floating on water.
2) [noun] a bathing.
3) [noun] a moving by leaping or springing on both feet at once; hopping.
4) [noun] a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usu. submerged; flood.
5) [noun] a stretch of land that inclined downward; a slope.
6) [noun] a particular gain of a horse.
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Plāvana (ಪ್ಲಾವನ):—
1) [noun] ಪ್ಲವನ - [plavana -] 2 & 4.
2) [noun] (masc.) one who swims or floats.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Plavana (प्लवन):—n. 1. swimming; 2. jumping; 3. drowning;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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