In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Ruvuka (रुवुक) is another name (synonym) for Śvetairaṇḍa: one of the three varieties of Eraṇḍa, which is a Sanskrit name representing Ricinus communis (castor-oil-plant). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 8.55-57), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. It can also be spelled as Rubuka. Certain plant parts of Eraṇḍa are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), and it is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ruvuka in India is the name of a plant defined with Ricinus communis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Croton spinosus L. (among others).

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

· Kew Bulletin (1984)
· Catalogus Plantarum Madagascariensium (1906)
· Journal of Palynology (1980)
· Species Plantarum
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1981)
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ruvuka, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ruvuka (रुवुक).—The castor-oil tree.

Derivable forms: ruvukaḥ (रुवुकः).

See also (synonyms): ruvu, rubu, rubuka.

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Rūvuka (रूवुक).—The castor-oil tree.

Derivable forms: rūvukaḥ (रूवुकः).

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

Rūvuka (रूवुक).—m.

(-kaḥ) The castor-oil tree, (Ricinus communis:) see ruvu; also rūvūka, and ruvuka, &c.

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

1) Ruvuka (रुवुक):—[from ruvu] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. rūvuka, uruvuka, uruvūka).

2) Ruvūka (रुवूक):—[from ruvu] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. rūvuka, uruvuka, uruvūka).

3) Rūvuka (रूवुक):—m. the castor-oil tree, Ricinus Communis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. ruvuka).

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

Rūvuka (रूवुक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. The castor oil tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ruvuka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rūvuka (ರೂವುಕ):—[noun] the small tree or bushy plant Ricinus communis of Euphorbiaceae family, whose seeds yield oil; castor oil plant.

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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)

Ends with: Uruvuka.

Full-text: Ruvu, Rubuka, Rubu, Shvetairanda, Eranda.

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