In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇa

Triparṇa (त्रिपर्ण).—One of the five mountains situated near Bhadrāśva, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 82. The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, a type of Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, instructions for religious ceremonies and a whole range of topics concerning the various arts and sciences. The original text is said to have been composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century.

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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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Triparṇā (त्रिपर्णा) refers to one of the female Śrāvakas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Triparṇā).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Triparna in India is the name of a plant defined with Pueraria tuberosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hedysarum tuberosum Willd. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum.
· A Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara and Delhi. (1973)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1825)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Triparna, for example health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

triparṇa (त्रिपर्ण).—a (S) Three-leaved, trifoliate.

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triparṇa (त्रिपर्ण).—m n (S) Three-leaved trefoil.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Triparṇa (त्रिपर्ण).—Kiṃśuka tree.

Derivable forms: triparṇaḥ (त्रिपर्णः).

Triparṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and parṇa (पर्ण).

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

Triparṇa (त्रिपर्ण).—mfn.

(-rṇaḥ-rṇī-rṇaṃ) Three leaved trefoil. f. (-rṇī) Wild cotton. E. tri three, and parṇa a leaf.

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

1) Triparṇa (त्रिपर्ण):—[=tri-parṇa] [from tri] m. = -pakṣaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Triparṇā (त्रिपर्णा):—[=tri-parṇā] [from tri-parṇa > tri] f. wild hemp, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]

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

Triparṇa (त्रिपर्ण):—[tri-parṇa] (rṇaḥ-rṇī-rṇaṃ) 1. m. f. n. Threeleaved, trefoil. 3. f. Wild cotton.

[Sanskrit to German]

Triparṇa 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

Triparṇa (ತ್ರಿಪರ್ಣ):—[noun] = ತ್ರಿಪತ್ರ - [tripatra -] 1 & 2.

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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)

Partial matches: Tri, Parna.

Full-text (+17): Trivritparni, Tivana, Triparni, Tripana, Tarpya, Hamsa, Hamsavati, Manivapra, Shatahrada, Pancaganga, Vilasini, Angaravahini, Shaivalini, Indravati, Subrahmabhaga, Suparṇa, Mahavaktra, Akhyavati, Nagavati, Kaveri.

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