Pravrishya, Prāvṛṣya: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prāvṛṣya can be transliterated into English as Pravrsya or Pravrishya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyPrāvṛṣya (प्रावृष्य) is another name (synonym) for Dhārākadamba: one of the three varieties of Kadamba, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Neolamarckia cadamba (burflower-tree). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 9.97), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrāvṛṣya (प्रावृष्य).—
1) A kind of Kadamba tree.
2) The Kuṭaja tree.
-ṣyam Lapis lazuli.
Derivable forms: prāvṛṣyaḥ (प्रावृष्यः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prāvṛṣya (प्रावृष्य):—[from prāvṛṣika > prā-vṛṣ] m. Nauclea Cordifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Wrightia Antidysenterica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Asteracantha Longifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] n. a cat’s eye (gem), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPrāvṛṣya (ಪ್ರಾವೃಷ್ಯ):—[noun] the tree Anthocephalus indicus ( = A. cadamba, = Nauclea cadamba) of Rubiaceae family; cadamba tree; (?) 2.an azure-blue, opaque semiprecious stone, a mixture of various minerals, used mainly as a gem or as a pigment; lapis lazuli.
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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Full-text: Dharakadamba, Pravrishenya.
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