The Sanskrit term Śāvān can be transliterated into English as Savan or Shavan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Śāvān (शावान्).—The name of Mahimān Agni.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 29. 37.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Shavan in India is the name of a plant defined with Panicum sumatrense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum albidulum Steud. (among others).

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

· Systema Vegetabilium ed. 15 (1817)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, …
· De Graminibus Paniceis (1826)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici … (1794)
· The Flora of British India (1896)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Shavan, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, diet and recipes, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Savan (सवन्).—[Causative] make well-disposed.

Savan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and van (वन्).

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Savan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) the fifth month of the Hindu calendar; ~[ni] pertaining to the month of [savana] of [savana; —ke andhe ko hara hi hara dikhata/sujhata hai] see through coloured glasses and all you see will be coloured..—savan (सावन) is alternatively transliterated as Sāvana.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Van, Sha, Ca.

Starts with: Savanta, Savanti, Shavamtige, Shavanabhya, Shavanalomapaha, Shavanna.

Ends with: Ashavan, Kushavan, Nashavan, Pakshavan, Parikshakshavan, Parikshavan, Prekshavan, Rikshavan, Vrikshavan, Yashavan, Yeshavan.

Full-text (+20): Sanicula rubriflora, Ajuga ciliata, Lagochilus inebrians, Savana, Surya, Sedum sarmentosum, Adenocaulon himalaicum, Ajuga multiflora, Pseudostellaria sylvatica, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Potentilla chinensis, Sanicula chinensis, Syneilesis aconitifolia, Fallopia sachalinensis, Ephedra gerardiana, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Maharoga, Schisandra chinensis, Bolbostemma paniculatum, Cavam.

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