The Sanskrit term Śivāri can be transliterated into English as Sivari or Shivari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Shivari in India is the name of a plant defined with Vitex negundo in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vitex arborea Fischer (among others).

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

· FBI (1885)
· The Verbenaceae of the Malayan Archipelago (1919)
· Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. (1846)
· Hortus Mauritianus (1837)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1956)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1995)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Shivari, for example extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śivāri (शिवारि):—[from śivā > śiva] (śivār) m. ‘jackal’s enemy’, a dog, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Śīvarī (शीवरी):—[from śīvan] f. an iguana (= godhā), [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shivari in German

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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 corpus

Sīvari (ಸೀವರಿ):—[noun] = ಸೀವರ [sivara]2 - 1.

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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)

Ends with: Pratishivari, Talpashivari, Upashivari, Uttanashivari.

Full-text: Vahyashivan, Shivan.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 7.55.8 < [Sukta 55]

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