Sapheda, Saphēda: 4 definitions
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Sapheda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Sapheda Jīrā in the Hindi language refers to Jīraka, also identified with Cuminum cyminum Linn.; from the Apiaceae or “celery” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.56-57 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Other than the Hindi word Sapheda Jīrā, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which nine are in Sanskrit.
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
saphēda (सफेद).—See the four words preceding. This form of spelling, although etymologically more correct, is rather less common.
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saphēdā (सफेदा).—See the four words preceding. This form of spelling, although etymologically more correct, is rather less common.
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.
Hindi dictionary
1) Sapheda (सफेद):—(a) white; clean; blank; —[jhūṭha] blatant lie; total lie; —[dāga] leucoderma; ~[pośa] white-collared; dressed in white; •[varga] white-collar class; hence ~[pośī] (nf); —[bāla] grey hair; •[honā] to be richly experienced/seasoned; —[siyāha/syāha] good and/or bad, right and/or wrong; doing and/or undoing; •[karanā] to make or mar; [hāthī] a white elephant; an expensive do-nothing brand (of man); —[karanā] to whiten; to cleanse; —[paḍa jānā] to be rendered pallid, to be anaemic; —[honā, khūna]to lose all sense of self-respect, to be lost to shame, to be timidly passionless; to be inhumane.
2) Saphedā (सफेदा):—(nm) white lead.
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Nepali dictionary
Sapheda (सफेद):—adj. 1. white; gray; 2. pale-colored; 3. clean; blank;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Sapheda-candana, Sapheda-citraka, Saphedamusali.
Full-text: Sapheda-candana, Sapheda-citraka, Safed, Syaha, Syah, Dhupa, Dhup, Cehara, Jiraka, Lahu, Chehara, Khuna, Baal, Bala.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 225 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 3]
Page 649 < [Hindi-Gujarati-English Volume 1]
Page 581 < [Gujarati-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
Preksha meditation: History and Methods (by Samani Pratibha Pragya)
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
5. Short biography of Bhoja < [Chapter 5 - Contemporary Generative Situation]
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Critical review on ratio of ingredients in malahara kalpana (ayurvedic ointments) < [Volume 1, issue 8 (2013)]
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