Ushnavirya, Uṣṇavīrya, Ushna-virya: 7 definitions
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Ushnavirya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 term Uṣṇavīrya can be transliterated into English as Usnavirya or Ushnavirya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryuṣṇavīrya (उष्णवीर्य).—a (S) Of heating virtue--a medicine &c.
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 dictionaryUṣṇavīrya (उष्णवीर्य).—Delphinus Gangeticus (śapharī matsya).
Derivable forms: uṣṇavīryaḥ (उष्णवीर्यः).
Uṣṇavīrya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uṣṇa and vīrya (वीर्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṇavīrya (उष्णवीर्य) or Uṣṇavīryya.—m.
(-ryaḥ) 1. The gangetic porpoise. 2. Any hot or pungent substance. E. uṣṇa heat, vīrya power, strength.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Uṣṇavīrya (उष्णवीर्य):—[=uṣṇa-vīrya] [from uṣṇa > uṣ] mfn. possessing warming power, [Caraka]
2) [v.s. ...] Delphinus Gangeticus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṇavīrya (उष्णवीर्य):—[uṣṇa-vīrya] (ryyaḥ) 1. m. The gangetic porpoise; any thing pungent.
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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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Partial matches: Ushna, Virya.
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