Trivrit, Tri-vrit, Trivṛt, Trivṛṭ: 16 definitions
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Trivrit 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 terms Trivṛt and Trivṛṭ can be transliterated into English as Trivrt or Trivrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraTṛvṛt (तृवृत्):—One of the sixty-seven Mahauṣadhi, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs are useful for processing mercury (rasa), such as the alchemical processes known as sūta-bandhana and māraṇa.
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: CikitsaTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्) or Trivṛtā (त्रिवृता):—A Sanskrit word referring to the “Turpeth plant” and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā. Its official botanical name is Operculina turpethum (synonym: Ipomoea turpethum) and is commonly referred to in english as “turpeth root”, “Indian Jalap”, “transparent wood rose” and “white day glory”. It is native to India and is commonly found in the North Circars and Deccan regions. A solution of this plant is called Ālodaṇa. The literal translation of Trivṛt is “threefold” or “consisting of 3 parts” and is composed of the words Tri (‘three’) and Vṛt (‘enclosing’ or ‘obstructing’).
This plant (Trivṛt) is also mentioned as a medicine used for the treatment of all major fevers (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which forms the first chapter of the Sanskrit work called Mādhavacikitsā. In this work, the plant is also known by the name Śyāmā.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaTrivṛṭ (त्रिवृट्) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Operculina turpethum (Linn.) Silva Manso” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning trivṛṭ] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha ChikitsaTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्) refers to an herbal ingredient which is included in a (snake) poison antidote recipe, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—In the Añjana or Collyrium segment of the eighth Adhyāya, Kāśyapa prescribes eight types of permutation and combination of herbs that effectively arrest poison. According to Kāśyapasaṃhitā (verse VIII.37)—“A combination of Śiriṣa, Elā, Niśā, Lac, Māṃsī, Yaṣṭhi, Mustard, salt, Trivṛt, Yaṣṭhi, Viśālā, Trikaṭu, two varieties of Niśā, with Madhu and Māñjiṣṭhā placed in the cow’s horn form a formidable drug to eliminate venom”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Namah Journal: An overview of certain Āyurvedic herbs in the management of viral hepatitisTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्) refers to the medicinal plant known as Operculina turpethum, Linn.Silva Manso, and is employed in the treatment of Kāmala.—Among the single and compound preparations described in Āyurveda for the treatment of kāmala, some of the drugs have been found to be effective. A scientific study of the drugs [viz., Trivṛt] was carried out and significant response observed.

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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्).—A Sāma;1 created from Brahmā's face.2

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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्, ‘threefold’) is the designation of an amulet in the Atharvaveda
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Trivrit in India is the name of a plant defined with Merremia turpethum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Convolvulus turpethus L. (among others).
2) Trivrit is also identified with Operculina turpethum It has the synonym Ipomoea altissima Mart. ex Choisy (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Economic Botany (1982)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1845)
· Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1893)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1893)
· Flora Brasiliensis (Martius) (1869)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Trivrit, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्).—a.
1) threefold; मौञ्जी त्रिवृत्समा श्लक्ष्णा कार्या विप्रस्य मेखला (mauñjī trivṛtsamā ślakṣṇā kāryā viprasya mekhalā) Manusmṛti 2.42.
2) consisting of three parts (as three guṇas, vidyās); Bhāgavata 3.24.33;1.23.39; (consisting of three lettersoṅkāra); हिरण्यगर्भो वेदानां मन्त्राणां प्रणवस्त्रिवृत् (hiraṇyagarbho vedānāṃ mantrāṇāṃ praṇavastrivṛt) Bhāgavata 11.16.12. (-m.)
1) a sacrifice.
2) a girdle of three strings; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.47.44.
3) an amulet of three strings. (-f.) a plant possessing valuable purgative properties. °करण (karaṇa) combining three things, i. e. earth, water, and fire.
Trivṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and vṛt (वृत्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्).—mfn. (-vṛt) Triple, tri-form, three-fold. m. (-vṛt) 1. A plant of valuable purgative properties, commonly called Teori, and distinguished into two species, white and black, (Convolvulus turpethum.) 2. Combining any thing by three. 3. A triple cord, a girdle, &c. of three strings. 4. A kind of sacrifice. E. tri three, (three seed vessels,) vṛ to cherish, affix kvip, and tuk added: also with ṭāp added trivṛtā f. (-tā.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्).—[tri-vṛt], I. adj. Triple, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 263. 2. A peculiar mode of reciting the eleventh hymn of the ninth maṇ- ḍala of the [Rigveda.], [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 74. Ii. m. A triple string, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 43. Iii. f. Ipomœa turpethum R. [Brockhaus.], [Suśruta] 2, 35, 9.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्).—[adjective] threefold; [masculine] a kind of recitation, a cord or amulet of three strings.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tṛvṛt (तृवृत्):—See tri-v.
2) Trivṛt (त्रिवृत्):—[=tri-vṛt] [from tri] mfn. threefold, triple, triform, consisting of 3 parts or folds etc., [Ṛg-veda] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] connected with the Tri-vṛt Stoma, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
4) [v.s. ...] (n. [plural] -vṛnti), [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
5) [v.s. ...] m. (with or without stoma) a threefold Stoma (in which first the three 1st verses of each Tṛca of Rv. ix, Ii are sung together, then the 2nd verses, and lastly the 3rd), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] a triple cord, [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti iii, 43]
7) [v.s. ...] an amulet of 3 strings, [Atharva-veda v, 28]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of a Vyāsa (See -vṛṣa)
9) [v.s. ...] f. = tā, [Suśruta] (generally written tṛ-v)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTrivṛt (त्रिवृत्):—[tri-vṛt] (t) 5. m. A plant, Teori; a triple cord; a sacrifice. a. Threeformed; threefold.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 7 - The Pharmaceutics of Turpeth (trivrit-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]
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Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
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