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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci

Tejani (तेजनि) is the name of an unidentified medicinal plant mentioned in the 10th century Yogaśataka written by Pandita Vararuci.—The Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci is an example of this category. This book attracts reader by its very easy language and formulations which can be easily prepared and have small number of herbs (viz., Tejani). It describes only those formulations which are the most common and can be used in majority conditions of diseases.

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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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Tejanī (तेजनी) denotes in the later Saṃhitās and Brāhmaṇas a bundle of reeds, and in some cases such a bundle twisted into a rope, for the two ends of the Tejanī are mentioned.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Tejani in India is the name of a plant defined with Clematis gouriana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Clematis vitalba L. subsp. gouriana (Roxb. ex DC.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Tejani is also identified with Clematis triloba It has the synonym Clematis triloba B. Heyne.

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

· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1885)
· Bulletin de l’Académie Internationale de Géographie, Botanique (1902)
· Botaniska Notiser (1979)
· Novae Plantarum Species (1821)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1903)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Tejani, for example diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, 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) Tejanī (तेजनी):—[from tejana > teja] f. ([gana] gaurādi) a whetstone, touchstone, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a number of reeds or straw etc. twisted or matted together, tuft, mat, [Kāṭhaka xxii f.; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Kauśika-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] Sanseviera Roxburghiana (also jinī, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] = ja-valkala, [Bhāvaprakāśa v, 1, 170]

5) [v.s. ...] See also jo-hvā

6) [v.s. ...] cf. taij.

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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

Tējani (ತೇಜನಿ):—

1) [noun] the plant Sansevieria roxhurghiana of Liliaceae family; Indian bow-string hemp.

2) [noun] the grass Saccharum sara (= S. munja) of Poaceae family.

3) [noun] the vine Cardiospermum halicacabum of Sapindaceae family.

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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)

Starts with: Tejanidanta, Tejanin.

Ends with: Atitejani, Uttejani.

Full-text: Trinapulaka, Taijana, Tejanidanta, Taijanitvac, Tejana, Sita.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Tejani, Tejanī, Tējani; (plurals include: Tejanis, Tejanīs, Tējanis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Chapter 24 - Symptoms and treatment of Apasmara (epilepsy)

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 2.41 < [Section XIII - Initiation (upanayana)]

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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 27 - The description of the Jaya ablution < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]

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