Ravikanta, Ravikānta, Ravi-kanta, Ravikamta: 9 definitions
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Ravikanta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Ravikānta (रविकान्त) or Ravikāntapuṣpa refers to “flowers which bloom during the day”; representing a type of Puṣpa (“flower”); it is a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—The word ‘puṣpa’ denotes the blossomed stage when the parts of the flower such as petals, stamens etc. are opened and manifested. Flowers again may be divided into two types according to the dominating influence of the sun or the moon upon them. Flowers which bloom at night when the moon has its influence, are called candrakānta-puṣpa. Flowers which bloom during the day when the sun dominates are called ravikānta-puṣpa.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
ravikānta (रविकांत).—m (S) The sun-stone, a sort of crystal.
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
Ravikānta (रविकान्त).—the sun-stone (sūryakānta).
Derivable forms: ravikāntaḥ (रविकान्तः).
Ravikānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ravi and kānta (कान्त). See also (synonyms): ravigrāvan.
Ravikānta (रविकान्त).—m.
(-ntaḥ) The sun-stone, a sort of crystal. “sūryakāntamaṇau” E. ravi the sun, kānta in this compound, a mineral.
Ravikānta (रविकान्त):—[=ravi-kānta] [from ravi] m. sun-stone, a sort of crystal (= sūryakānta), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Ravikānta (रविकान्त):—[ravi-kānta] (ntaḥ) 1. m. The sun stone.
Ravikānta (रविकान्त):—m. eine Art Krystall, = sūryakānta [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Ravikānta (रविकान्त):—m. der Sonnenstein ( eine Art Adular ) [Rājan 13,205.]
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
Ravikāṃta (ರವಿಕಾಂತ):—[noun] a reddish varietyof oligoclase fledspar, used as a gem.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Ravikantamaya, Ravikantapushpa.
Full-text: Ravikantamaya, Raviratna, Ravikantapushpa, Ravikamtopala, Ravigravan, Candrakanta.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
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