Pliha, Plīhā: 18 definitions
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Pliha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Plīhā (प्लीहा, “spleen”) is the seat of blood where red blood cells etc., are produced. It enlarges in the diseases causing loss of blood.
Plīha (प्लीह) refers to “splenomegaly”, as mentioned in verse 5.33-34 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Buttermilk (is) light, astringent, sour, (and) digestive; (it is) destructive of phlegm and wind (and) destroys cutaneous and abdominal swellings, hemorrhoids, dysentery, retention of urine, anorexia, splenomegaly [viz., plīha], visceral induration, ghee(-caused) diseases, factitious poison, and jaundice”.
Note: Plīha (“splenomegaly”) has been reproduced by mcher-pa, which is its usual correspondent, the equation in Mahāvyutpatti 4020/21 of yakṛt (“liver”) with mcher-pa and of plīha “milt” with mchin-pa being due to a confusion.
Plīhā (प्लीहा) refers to “splenic disorders”. Vatsanābha (Aconitum ferox), although categorized as sthāvara-viṣa (vegetable poisons), has been extensively used in ayurvedic pharmacopoeia.
Plīha (प्लीह) refers to “splenic disorders”, and is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 6) written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease (viz., plīha) manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.
Plīhā (प्लीहा):—Spleen
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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Marathi-English dictionary
plīhā (प्लीहा).—m S The spleen,--the organ, or the disease of it, as in English. The term is applied also to express Enlargement of the mesenteric glands.
plīhā (प्लीहा).—m The spleen. The enlargement of the spleen.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Plīhā (प्लीहा).—The spleen.
Plīha (प्लीह).—m. (= Sanskrit plīhan), spleen: °haḥ Mahāvyutpatti 4021 = Tibetan mchin pa, according to Jäschke (Tibetan-English Dictionary) liver; Chin. also liver.
Plihā (प्लिहा).—f.
(-hā) The spleen: see plīhan .
1) Plīha (प्लीह):—[from plih] in [compound] for plīhan.
2) Plīhā (प्लीहा):—[from plih] f. = plīhan, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Plihā (प्लिहा):—(hā) 1. f. Idem.
Plīhā (प्लीहा):—f. = plīhan Milz: yakṛtplīhe saṃbaddhe [BĀLAKĀSYA] bei [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa] [Śabdakalpadruma]
Plīhā (प्लीहा):—f. Milz.
Plīhā (प्लीहा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pilihā.
Plihā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 肝 [gān]: “liver”.
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
Plīhā (प्लीहा):—(nm) the spleen; enlargement of the spleen.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Plīha (ಪ್ಲೀಹ):—
1) [noun] a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, that modifies the structure of the blood; the spleen.
2) [noun] a disease of the spleen.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with (+6): Plihagajakeshari, Plihaghna, Plihagna, Plihahantri, Plihaka, Plihakananda, Plihakarna, Plihan, Plihantaka, Plihantakarasa, Plihapahe, Plihapusha, Plihari, Pliharnava, Pliharoga, Pliharogacikitsa, Plihashardula, Plihashatru, Plihasudana, Plihaudara.
Full-text (+16): Plihashatru, Plihaghna, Plihodara, Plihakarna, Plihapusha, Plihahantri, Plihan, Plihari, Pliharoga, Mutrapliha, Plihantaka, Plihagajakeshari, Piha, Plihashardula, Gan, Yakritpliha, Plihodare, Plihavajrini, Plihodarin, Piliha.
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