Shvetavaha, Śvetavāha, Shveta-vaha: 8 definitions

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Shvetavaha 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 Śvetavāha can be transliterated into English as Svetavaha or Shvetavaha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śvetavāha (श्वेतवाह).—Another name for Arjuna. (See under Arjuna).

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Svetavaha in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia arjuna in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Terminalia glabra (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1981)
· Fl. Austral. (1864)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
· Taxon (1979)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shvetavaha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śvetavāha (श्वेतवाह).—

1) an epithet of Arjuna.

2) of Indra.

Derivable forms: śvetavāhaḥ (श्वेतवाहः).

Śvetavāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and vāha (वाह).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvetavāha (श्वेतवाह).—m.

(-haḥ) 1. Arjuna. 2. Indra. 3. The moon. E. śveta white, vāha a horse.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvetavāha (श्वेतवाह).—[adjective] guiding white horses; [masculine] [Epithet] of Arjuna etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śvetavāha (श्वेतवाह):—[=śveta-vāha] [from śveta > śvit] mfn. driving wh° horses or drawn by wh° h°

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Indra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] of Arjuna, [Mahābhārata]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvetavāha (श्वेतवाह):—[śveta-vāha] (haḥ) 1. m. Arjuna.

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Shvetavaha 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.

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