Samanga, Samaṃgā, Samaṅgā, Samaṅga, Samamga, Shamanga: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Samanga means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Samang.
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Samaṃgā (समंगा):—One of the sixty-eight Rasauṣadhi, very powerful drugs known to be useful in alchemical processes related to mercury (rasa), according to Rasaprakāśa-sudhākara (chapter 9).
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
1) Samaṅgā (समङ्गा) is another name for Balā, a medicinal plant identified with Sida cordifolia Linn. (“country mellow” or “flannel weed”) from the Malvaceae or mallows family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.88-91 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Samaṅgā and Balā, there are a total of twenty-three Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Samaṅgā (समङ्गा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Lajjālu, a medicinal plant identified with Mimosa pudica Linn. or “sensitive plant” from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.103-106. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Samaṅgā and Lajjālu, there are a total of twenty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Samaṅgā (समङ्गा) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Mimosa pudica 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 and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes.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 samaṅgā] 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).
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Samāṅga (समाङ्ग) refers to “having regular limbs” (representing a characteristic of elephants with a balanced nature), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “41. With honey (-colored) eyes and tusks, regular (samāṅga) and well-formed limbs [samasusthitāṅgaḥ], heroic, not lean, of abundant must-fluid, of regular (digestive) fire, of conformable sensitivity, with well-arched backbone, this elephant is even (balanced, as to the three bodily humors, i.e., healthy) in nature”.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Samāṅga (समाङ्ग) refers to “flower where the calyx, corolla, stamens and carpels members are present”; 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. A flower is called samāṅga when calyx (jālaka), corolla (dala), stamens (keśara) and carpels, all four sets of members are present. A flower is called hīnāṅga when any of the floral is missing. The hīnāṅga-puṣpa may be of two types, viz., mañju-puṣpa or keśara-puṣpa and raṇḍa-puṣpa or śrīpuṣpa.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Samaṅga (समङ्ग).—A cowherd who had been looking after the cattle of Duryodhana. (Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 289, Verse 2).
2) Samaṅga (समङ्ग).—An ancient hermit. Once this hermit talked to Nārada, about his comfortable life. (Mahābhārata Śānti Parva, Chapter 286, Verse 5).
3) Samaṅgā (समङ्गा).—A river. Because Aṣṭāvakra bathed in this river, his bents were straightened. (See under Aṣṭāvakra).
4) Samaṅga (समङ्ग).—A country in South India. Mention is made about this country in Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 60.
Samaṅga (समङ्ग) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.59) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Samaṅga) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
1. The constant attendant of Tissa Buddha. Bu.xviii.21; BuA (p. 191) calls him Samata.
2. See Samagga.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Biology (plants and animals)
Samanga in Ivory Coast is the name of a plant defined with Tamarindus indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tamarindus erythraeus Mattei (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Botanical Magazine (4563)
· Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo (1908)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Plant Sciences (1990)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Samanga, for example side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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
Samaṅgā (समङ्गा).—Bengal madder (mañjiṣṭhā).
Samaṅgā (समङ्गा).—f.
(-ṅgā) 1. Bengal madder, (Rubia manjith.) 2. A sort of fern, (Lycopodium imbricatum.) 3. A sort of sensitive plant. E. sam together, agi to go or grow, aff. ac .
Samaṅga (समङ्ग).—[adjective] having all limbs complete.
1) Śamāṅga (शमाङ्ग):—[from śama > śam] Name of two places, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) Samaṅga (समङ्ग):—[=sam-aṅga] mf(ā)n. (See 2. sam) having all the limbs, complete, [Atharva-veda] (in, [Mahābhārata] applied to the mythical cow Bahulā)
3) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of game, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of two men, [Mahābhārata]
5) [v.s. ...] ([plural]) of a people, [ib.]
6) Samaṅgā (समङ्गा):—[=sam-aṅgā] [from sam-aṅga] f. Name of various plants ([according to] to [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ‘Rubia Munjista and Cordifolia, Mimosa Pudica, Aloe Indica, etc.’), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Suśruta]
7) [v.s. ...] of a river, [Mahābhārata]
8) Sāmāṅga (सामाङ्ग):—[from sāma > sāman] n. an Aṅga or part of the S°-v°, [Nṛsiṃha-tāpanīya-upaniṣad]
Samaṅgā (समङ्गा):—[sama-ṅgā] (ṅgā) 1. f. Bengal madder; sort of fern; sensitive plant.
Samaṅga (समङ्ग):—(2. sam + aṅga)
1) adj. (f. ā) mit allen Gliedern versehen, vollständig [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 18, 4, 8.] als Beiw. der mythischen Kuh Bahulā [Mahābhārata 13, 3670. 6042.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium a) pl. eines Volkes [Mahābhārata 6, 368] [?(Viṣṇupurāṇa 193).] — b) zweier Männer [Mahābhārata 3, 14821. 12, 10533. fgg.] —
3) f. ā a) Bez. verschiedener Pflanzen: Krapp (mañjiṣṭhā), Rubia cordifolia [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 3, 9.] [Bhāvaprakāśa 5.] = khadirī [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 7.] Mimosa pudica [Ratnamālā 244.] Lycopodium imbricatum (ein Moos) [Hindu System of Medicine 154.] = bālā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — [Suśruta 1, 59, 19. 133, 17. 141, 7. 2, 62, 13. 440, 6. 540, 7] (neben mañjiṣṭhā). [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 44, 9. 48, 39.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Mahābhārata 3, 10689. fgg.] — Vgl. mahāsamaṅgā .
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Sāmāṅga (सामाङ्ग):—(2. sāman + 3. aṅga) n. Theil eines Sāman [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 86.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Samāṃga (समांग) [Also spelled samang]:—(a) homogeneous; sound; ~[tā] homogeneity; soundness.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sam, Cam, Anga, Anka, Sama.
Starts with: Camankai, Samamgan, Samangapushpa, Sanmangala, Shamangasa.
Full-text (+8): Mahasamanga, Madhuvila, Samangapushpa, Samata, Samang, Cumankai, Kardamilakshetra, Samangin, Samangini, Camankai, Phanijihva, Citsamanga, Angasama, Samagga, Shitabala, Ashtavakra, Pulinathupiya, Rasaushadhi, Shambhava, Hinanga.
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