Uruvuka, Uruvūka: 6 definitions

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Uruvuka 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Uruvuka (उरुवुक) is another name (synonym) for Raktairaṇḍa: one of the three varieties of Eraṇḍa, which is a Sanskrit name representing Ricinus communis (castor-oil-plant). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 8.55-57), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. Certain plant parts of Eraṇḍa are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), and it is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Uruvuka (उरुवुक) or Uruvūka (उरुवूक).—The plant Ricinus Communis. (Mar. eraṇḍa).

Derivable forms: uruvukaḥ (उरुवुकः), uruvūkaḥ (उरुवूकः).

See also (synonyms): uruvu.

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

Uruvuka (उरुवुक).—m.

(-kaḥ) The castor-oil tree, (Palma christi or Ricinus communis.) E. uru great or much, (disease,) vai to wither or dry, affix uka deriv. irr. or with ūka affix uruvūka.

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Uruvūka (उरुवूक).—m.

(-kaḥ) See the preceding.

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

1) Uruvuka (उरुवुक):—[from uru] m. Ricinus Communis, [Suśruta]

2) Uruvūka (उरुवूक):—[from uru] m. Ricinus Communis, [Suśruta]

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

1) Uruvuka (उरुवुक):—[uru-vuka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Castor-oil tree.

2) Uruvūka (उरुवूक):—[uru-vūka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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Uruvuka 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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