Shimbi, Śimbī, Simbī: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Shimbi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit term Śimbī can be transliterated into English as Simbi or Shimbi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
1) Śimbī (शिम्बी) or Simbī is another name for Mudgaparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Vigna radiata (mung bean or green gram) from the Fabaceae, or “pea family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.34-36 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Śimbī and Mudgaparṇī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Śimbī (शिम्बी) is also mentioned as a synonym for Kapikacchu, a medicinal plant identified with Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean or cowhage or cowitch) from the Fabaceae or “bean family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.50-53.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Simbi (सिम्बि) or Simbiparṇa refers to a type of Patra (plant-leaf), which represents 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 vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants, e.g., Leaf (parṇa or patra). [...] Simbi-parṇa refers to A compound leaf with three leaflets which appears like a bird with its spreading wings. Of the three leaflets, the middle one is śrīparṇa type. The two lateral ones appear like the wings of a bird. The petiole is partially bent. Often many pairs of leaflets remain arranged along rachis.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Śimbī (शिम्बी) is a Sanskrit word referring to Lablab purpureus (“Indian bean”). It is a type of legume (śamīdhānya), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The plant Śimbī is part of the Śamīdhānyavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of legumes”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant. Śimbī is rough and astringent in character. It aggravates vāta in bowels, is non-aphrodisiac and non-beneficial for the eyes It digests with wind.
According to the Bhāvaprakāśa it has the following synonyms: Niṣpāva, Rājaśimbi, Vallaka, Śvetaśimbika, Śimba, Pustaśimbī and Paustakaśimbikā. The Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra.
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)
1) Shimbi in India is the name of a plant defined with Lablab purpureus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dolichos bengalensis Jacq. (among others).
2) Shimbi is also identified with Vigna trilobata It has the synonym Phaseolus trilobatus (L.) Baill. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Taxon (1968)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Kew Bulletin (1970)
· Species Plantarum.
· Catálogo ilustrado de las plantas de Cundinamarca (1968)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Shimbi, for example extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, 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
Śimbī (शिम्बी).—
1) A pod, legume.
2) A kind of plant.
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Simbī (सिम्बी).—See शिम्बा, -म्बी (śimbā, -mbī).
See also (synonyms): simbā.
Śimbi (शिम्बि).—f. (-mbiḥ-mbī) 1. A legume, a pod. 2. A kind of grass. E. śam-bi0 ni0 vā ṅīp; also śimbā, and simbā .
Śimbi (शिम्बि) or Śimvī.—śimbī, f. A legume, a pod, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 145, 20.
Śimbi (शिम्बि).—[feminine] = śimba.
1) Śimbi (शिम्बि):—[from śimba] f. (also written simbī) a pod, legume, [Mālatīmādhava; Caraka]
2) Śimbī (शिम्बी):—[from śimba] f. a pod, legume, [Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] Phaseolus Trilobus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Mucuna Pruritus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] = niṣvāpī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Śimbi (शिम्बि):—[(mbiḥ-mbī)] 2. 3. f. A pod.
Śimbi (शिम्बि):—f.
1) = śimbā Hülsenfrucht, Schote [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1131.] [MĀLATĪM. 145, 20.] śimbī f. dass. [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] yūṣa [Suśruta 2, 251, 4. 340, 16. 390, 17.] dhānya [CARAKA 1, 25] (śamīdhānya v. l.). [VĀGBH. 6, 17.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 211.] —
2) śimbi ein best. Gras, = erakā [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] śimbī Phaseolus trilobus und Mucuna pruritus Hook. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. kāka, ku, kola .
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
Siṃbi (ಸಿಂಬಿ):—
1) [noun] a ring (of cloth), a coil of straw, creeper, etc. to be put under a vessel, etc. upon the head or for keeping a concave-bottomed vessel on the ground.
2) [noun] a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.; a coil.
3) [noun] a small ring-type washer used to between the ear-ornament and its screw.
4) [noun] (fig.) any of various styles of headdress worn by men consisting of a length of cloth wound in folds about the head; a turban.
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Siṃbi (ಸಿಂಬಿ):—[noun] a narrow opening, as between boards; a chink; a fissure; a crevice.
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Siṃbi (ಸಿಂಬಿ):—[noun] a woman who is owned as property by, and is absolutely subject to the will of, another; bonded servant; a woman-slave.
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Siṃbi (ಸಿಂಬಿ):—[noun] hulled and polished rice.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Śimbī (शिम्बी):—n. the kidney bean; the bean;
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: Shimbidhanya, Shimbija, Shimbika, Shimbillo, Shimbini, Shimbiparni, Shimbiparnika, Shimbiphala, Simbiparna.
Full-text (+22): Shukashimbi, Kushimbi, Shimbiparni, Kakashimbi, Shimbidhanya, Asishimbi, Shimbiparnika, Krishnashimbi, Kolashimbi, Rajashimbi, Mahashimbi, Khadgashimbi, Sthulashimbi, Shimba, Shimbiphala, Shimbija, Pustashimbi, Shimvi, Dhanyapancaka, Simpu.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 27b - The group of pulses (Shamidhanya—dicotyledons) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Review of masoora (ervum lens linn.) in classical texts < [2022, Issue 08 August]
Review of ahara varga from bruahatrayee with special referenceto shuka varga and shimbi varga < [2017, Issue XII, december,]
Shimbhi dhanya varga (group of legumes and pulses): a preventive and curative perspective < [2014, Issue VI Nov-Dec]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 4.1.29 < [Part 1 - Laughing Ecstasy (hāsya-rasa)]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 2 - The Maṅkhakośa: authorship and date < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Exploring pathya and apathya's roles in skin diseases (kustha). < [2023: Volume 12, December issue 21]
Conceptual study of shook – shimbi dhanya varga for different prakruti < [2022: Volume 11, December special issue 17]
"Know pulses and cereals before eating: a review on shimbi and shuka." < [2021: Volume 10, June special issue 7]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 6 - The Procedure of Listening to the Bhāgavata < [Bhāgavata-Māhātmya: The Glory of Bhāgavata Purāṇa]