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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Punarnavā in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal herb “Boerhavia diffusa L.”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Dried, whole plant”.

Source: Namah Journal: An overview of certain Āyurvedic herbs in the management of viral hepatitis

Punarnavā (पुनर्नवा) refers to the medicinal plant known as Boerhaavia diffusa, Linn., and is employed in the treatment of Kāmala.—Among the single and compound preparations described in Āyurveda for the treatment of kāmala, some of the drugs have been found to be effective. A scientific study of the drugs [viz., Punarnavā] was carried out and significant response observed.

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Evaluation of Cyavanaprāśa on Health and Immunity related Parameters in Healthy Children

Punarnavā (पुनर्नवा) refers to the medicinal plant known as Boerhavia diffusa, Rt., and is used in the Ayurvedic formulation known as Cyavanaprāśa: an Ayurvedic health product that helps in boosting immunity.—Cyavanaprāśa has been found to be effective as an immunity booster, vitalizer and a preventer of day to day infections and allergies such as common cold and cough etc. It is a classical Ayurvedic formulation comprising ingredients such as Punarnavā. [...] Cyavanaprāśa can be consumed in all seasons as it contains weather friendly ingredients which nullify unpleasant effects due to extreme environmental and climatic conditions.

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Punarnava (पुनर्नव) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Boerhaavia diffusa Linn.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning punarnava] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Punarnavā (पुनर्नवा) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. or “desert horsepurslane” from the Aizoaceae or “fig-marigold” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.115-116 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Note: Punarnavā is known as Śvetapunarnavā or the “white-flowered variety”. Punarnavā is known as Varṣābhū, Vṛścīra or Viskhaprā (visakhaparā) in Hindi. Cf, Raktapunarnavā (of which Punarnava is a synonym) and Nīlapunarnavā.

Punarnavā is mentioned as having seven synonyms: Viśākha, Kaṭhilla, Śaśivāṭikā, Pṛthvī, Sitavarṣābhū, Dīrghapatra and Kaṭhillaka.

Properties and characteristics: “The white-flowered variety of Punarnavā is hot (uṣṇa), bitter (titka), anti-kapha and an antidote to poisons. It is indicated in cough, heart diseases, colics, blood diseases, anaemia, oedema and pains due to vāta-doṣa”.

Source: eJournal of Indian Medicine: Jajjaṭa’s Nirantarapadavyākhyā and Other Commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā

Punarnavā (पुनर्नवा) is a synonym of Śophaghnī, which refers to “Hogweed” or “Pigweed”: Boerhavia diffusa Linn., and is a medicinal plant mentioned in the 7th-century Nirantarapadavyākhyā by Jejjaṭa (or Jajjaṭa): one of the earliest extant and, therefore, one of the most important commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā.—(Cf. Indian Medicinal Plants 1:253, Arya Vaidya Sala, 1993-96.).—Note: “Two kinds of Punarnavā have been mentioned and used. They are called as śveta (white) and rakta (red). As regards the rakta variety, any of the red-flowered species of Boerhaavia i.e., Boerhaavia diffusa Linn., Boerhaavia repens Linn., and Boerhaavia repanda Willd. may be used and in practice the first these is being used. But there is difference of opinion with regard to the śveta (white) variety. White flowered species i.e., Boerhaavia verticillata or any of the Trianthema species, i.e., Trianthema decandra Linn., Trianthema pentandra Linn. or Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. are generally believed to be śveta-punarnavā…”.—(Cf. Glossary of Vegetable Drugs in Bṛhattrayī 253-254, Singh and Chunekar, 1999)

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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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Punarnavā (पुनर्नवा) refers to one of the various Nakṣatras mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Punarnavā).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

punarnavā (पुनर्नवा).—f S Hogweed, Boerhaavia alata diffusa.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

punarnavā (पुनर्नवा).—f A plant.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Punarṇava (पुनर्णव) or Punarnava (पुनर्नव).—'growing again and again', a finger-nail.

Derivable forms: punarṇavaḥ (पुनर्णवः), punarnavaḥ (पुनर्नवः).

Punarṇava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms punar and ṇava (णव).

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Punarnavā (पुनर्नवा).—hog-weed, Boerhavia Procumbens (Mar. gheṭuḷī).

Punarnavā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms punar and navā (नवा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Punarnava (पुनर्नव).—m.

(-vaḥ) A finger-nail. f.

(-vā) Hog weed. (Boerhavia diffusa alata.) E. punar again, and nava new.

Punarnava can also be spelled as Punarṇava (पुनर्णव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Punarnava (पुनर्नव).—m. a finger-nail.

— Cf. [Latin] novus; [Gothic.] nivjis; A. S. niwe, neow, niwa.

Punarnava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms punar and nava (नव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Punarṇava (पुनर्णव).—[adjective] new again, renewed.

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Punarnava (पुनर्नव).—[adjective] = punarṇava.

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

1) Punarṇava (पुनर्णव):—[=punar-ṇava] [from punar] (punar.) mf(ā)n. renewed, restored to life or youth, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Mānava-śrauta-sūtra] (also punarṇava; cf. -nava).

2) Punarnava (पुनर्नव):—[=punar-nava] [from punar] mf(ā)n. (punar-.) becoming new or young ag°, renewed, [Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa] etc. (also punar-nava; cf. punar-ṇ)

3) [v.s. ...] m. a finger-nail (cf. -bhava), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Punarnavā (पुनर्नवा):—[=punar-navā] [from punar-nava > punar] f. hog-weed, Boerhavia Procumbens, [Suśruta]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Punarnava (पुनर्नव):—[punar-nava] (vaḥ) 1. m. A finger nail. f. (vā) Hog-weed (Boerhavia).

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Punarṇava (पुनर्णव):—s. punarnava .

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Punarnava (पुनर्नव):—(pu + nava) und punarṇava [?(Atharvavedasaṃhitā The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa), in Taittirīyasaṃhitā] oxyt.

1) adj. f. ā sich erneuernd, sich verjüngend [Ṛgveda 10, 161, 5.] (oṣadhīḥ) yā rohanti.punarṇavāḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 7, 8.] candramāḥ [10, 7, 33. 8, 23.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 7, 1, 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 17, 13.] im Wortspiel mit navan neun: triṇavasya vai brāhmaṇeneme lokāstriṣpunarnavā bhavanti [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 6, 2, 3.] —

2) m. Fingernagel [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 594.] [Halāyudha 2, 356.] Vgl. punarbhava . —

3) f. ā Boerhavia procumbens Roxb., ein lästiges Unkraut, engl. hogweed, [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 14.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 290.] [Ratnamālā 25.] [Suśruta 1, 137, 5. 145, 17. 157, 16. 220, 9.] [BHAṬṬOTP.] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 47, 42. 59, 3.] Vgl. nīla .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Punarṇava (पुनर्णव):—Adj. (f. ā) sich erneuernd , sich verjüngend , aufgefrischt , wieder zurecht gemacht [Maitrāyaṇi 1,7,2.] [Mānavaśrautasūtra 1,6,5.] Vgl. punarnava.

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Punarnava (पुनर्नव):——

1) Adj (f. ā) sich erneuernd , sich erzeugend. Vgl. punarṇava. —

2) *m. Fingernagel. —

3) f. punarnavā Boerhavia procumbens.

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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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Partial matches: Punar, Nava.

Starts with: Punarnavadi, Punarnavaghrita, Punarnavamandura, Punarnavarkadi, Punarnavashtakakvatha.

Ends with: Nilapunarnava, Pandhari-punarnava, Raktapunarnava, Shvetapunarnava.

Full-text (+38): Nilapunarnava, Punarnavamandura, Vrishcira, Raktapunarnava, Varshaketu, Shophaghni, Mandalapattrika, Paunarnava, Dirghavarshabhu, Vrishciva, Punarbhava, Shvetapunarnava, Shashivatika, Varshabhava, Kathilla, Bhauma, Raktakanda, Raktavarshabhu, Raktashpa, Madhyamapancamula.

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