Svarnamina, Svarṇamīna, Svarna-mina: 1 definition

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Svarnamina means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

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Source: Research Gate: On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD)

Svarṇamīna (स्वर्णमीन) refers to a type of fish identified with Barbus sarana Ham., as mentioned in the 12th-century Mānasollāsa or Abhilaṣitārthachintāmaṇi, an ancient Sanskrit text describing thirty-five kinds of marine and fresh water fishes.—Swarnamina has been described as an inland, scaly, medium-sized fish, which in Sanskrit would mean a golden fish. Names such as sarana (similar to swarna, gold) in Bengal and Orissa and kannuka (kanakam in Sanskrit also means gold) in Andhra help us to identify this barb fish as Barbus sarana Ham. Hora (1951) too has identified this fish as B. sarana.

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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.

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