Shitashiva, Shita-shiva, Śītaśivā, Śītaśiva, Sitaśiva, Sitashiva, Sita-shiva: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Shitashiva 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 terms Śītaśivā and Śītaśiva and Sitaśiva can be transliterated into English as Sitasiva or Shitashiva or Sitashiva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuŚītaśivā (शीतशिवा) is another name for Miśreyā, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly identified with Foeniculum vulgare (synonym Foeniculum capillaceum) or “fennel”, from the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) or “carrot family” of flowering plants, according to verse 4.14-19 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Also see Śatāhvā. Together with the names Śītaśivā and Miśreyā, there are a total of fifteen 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)Sitasiva in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum camphora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Camphora officinarum var. glaucescens A. Braun (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1864)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Handbuch der Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischen Botanik (1831)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1913)
· Feddes Repertorium (1912)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sitasiva, for example diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, 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 dictionaryŚītaśiva (शीतशिव).—the Śamee tree.
Derivable forms: śītaśivaḥ (शीतशिवः).
Śītaśiva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīta and śiva (शिव).
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Sitaśiva (सितशिव).—rocksalt.
Derivable forms: sitaśivam (सितशिवम्).
Sitaśiva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sita and śiva (शिव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚītaśiva (शीतशिव).—n.
(-vaṃ) 1. A sort of resin, (Storax benzoin.) 2. Rock salt. m.
(-vaḥ) 1. A kind of fennel, (Anethum sowa.) 2. The Sami-tree, (Mimosa suma, Rox.) E. śīta cool, and śiva auspicious.
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Sitaśiva (सितशिव).—n.
(-vaṃ) Rock-salt. E. sita white, śiba auspicious; also sitaśivaṃ, and sitasivaṃ .
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Sitasiva (सितसिव).—n.
(-vaṃ) Rook-salt. E. sita white, siva for śiva auspicious: see sitaśiva .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śītaśiva (शीतशिव):—[=śīta-śiva] [from śīta] m. Anethum Sowa or another kind of anise, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] Mimosa Suma, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] mf. a kind of fennel (= madhurikā, miśreyā), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
4) Śītaśivā (शीतशिवा):—[=śīta-śivā] [from śīta-śiva > śīta] f. dill, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Mimosa Suma, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Śītaśiva (शीतशिव):—[=śīta-śiva] [from śīta] n. bitumen, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] rock-salt, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Sitaśiva (सितशिव):—[=sita-śiva] [from sita] n. rock-salt, [ib.]
9) Sitasiva (सितसिव):—[=sita-siva] [from sita] [varia lectio] for -śiva, [ib.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śītaśiva (शीतशिव):—[śīta-śiva] (vaṃ) 1. n. A sort of resin; rock salt. m. Fennel; a mimosa.
2) Sitaśiva (सितशिव):—[sita-śiva] (vaṃ) 1. n. Rock salt.
3) Sitasiva (सितसिव):—[sita-siva] (vaṃ) 1. n. Rock salt.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚītaśiva (ಶೀತಶಿವ):—
1) [noun] the plant Anethum graveolens ( = Peucedanum graveolens) of Apiaceae family.
2) [noun] any of various classes (esp. Bryopsida) of very small, green bryophytes having stems with leaf-like structures and growing in velvety clusters on rocks; lichen.
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Sitaśiva (ಸಿತಶಿವ):—[noun] common salt, natural sodium chloride, occurring in solid form; rock-salt.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sita, Shiva, Civa.
Full-text: Shitashive, Mishreya.
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