Shatavirya, Śatavīryā, Shata-virya: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śatavīryā can be transliterated into English as Satavirya or Shatavirya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu1) Śatavīryā (शतवीर्या) is another name for Śatāvarī, a medicinal plant identified with Asparagus racemosus Willed. (or “buttermilk root”) from the Asparagaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.116-119 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 Śatavīryā and Śatāvarī, there are a total of thirty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Śatavīryā (शतवीर्या) is also mentioned as a synonym for Mahāśatāvarī, identified with either Asparagus gonocladus Baker. or Asparagus sarmentosus Linn., both from the Asparagaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.120-123. Notes: Mahāśatāvarī is the bigger variety of Śatāvarī. Together with the names Śatavīryā and Mahāśatāvarī, there are a total of eleven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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)Satavirya in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis abyssinica Kunth (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1829)
· Tent. Fl. Abyss. (1850)
· Enum. Pl. (1850)
· Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris (1834)
· Linnaea (1841)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Satavirya, for example chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, 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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚatavīryā (शतवीर्या).—
1) white flowering Dūrvā.
2) the plant Śatāvarī.
Śatavīryā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and vīryā (वीर्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatavīryā (शतवीर्या) or Śatavīryyā.—f.
(-ryā) White Durba grass, (Panicum dactylon with white blossoms) E. śata a hundred, vīrya seed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatavīrya (शतवीर्य).—[adjective] containing a hundred forces.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śatavīrya (शतवीर्य):—[=śata-vīrya] [from śata] mfn. (śata-) having a h° energies, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka; Brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] Samādhi, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
3) Śatavīryā (शतवीर्या):—[=śata-vīryā] [from śata-vīrya > śata] f. white. flowering Dūrvā grass, [Suśruta; Caraka; Pañcarātra]
4) [v.s. ...] a vine with reddish grapes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Asparagus Racemosus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatavīryā (शतवीर्या):—[śata-vīryā] (ryyā) 1. f. White grass.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Virya, Shata.
Starts with: Shataviryamandura.
Full-text: Cataviriyam, Shataviryya, Shatasharada, Prajasthapana, Shataviryamandura, Mahashatavari, Shatavari.
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