Ranti: 8 definitions

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Ranti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Ranti (रन्ति).—A son of Nandana.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 192.

1b) A son of Riveyu, his wife was Sarasvatī.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 128, 129.
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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ranti in Indonesia is the name of a plant defined with Solanum nigrum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Solanum nigrum var. atriplicifolium G. Meyer (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Cytologia (1985)
· Current Science (1980)
· Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science (1980)
· Can. J. Plant Sci., (1985)
· Journal of the Indian Botanical Society (1986)
· Watsonia (1981)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Ranti (रन्ति).—f.

(-ntiḥ) 1. Pleasure, sport. 2. Cessation, stop. E. ram to sport, ktic aff.

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

Ranti (रन्ति).—[feminine] delight in ([locative]).

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

1) Ranti (रन्ति):—1. ranti m. (√1. raṇ) a fighter, warrior (?), [Ṛg-veda vii, 18, 10; ix, 102, 5.]

2) [from ram] 2. ranti f. (for 1. See p. 866, col. 3) loving to stay, abiding gladly with ([locative case]), [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

3) [v.s. ...] pleasure, delight (used as a term of endearment for a cow), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a lexicographer (= ranti-deva), [Śiśupāla-vadha [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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

Ranti (रन्ति):—(ntiḥ) 2. f. Sport; stopping.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ranti in German

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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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