Uva, Uvā: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Uva means something in the history of ancient India, Jainism, Prakrit, biology, Tamil. 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.
India history and geography
Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the ŚilāhārasUva (उव) is the name of a merchant mentioned in the “Ciñcaṇī plate of the reign of Cittarāja”. Accordingly, “Now, while the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, the illustrious Cāmuṇḍarāja, who, by his religious merit, has obtained the right to the five mahāśabdas... is governing Saṃyāna, he addresses all persons, whether connected with himself or others (such as Uva)...”.
This plate (mentioning Uva) was found together with eight others at Chincaṇī in the Ḍahāṇu tāluka of the Ṭhāṇā District, North Koṅkaṇ, in 1955. The object of the inscription is to record the grant, by Cāmuṇḍarāja, of a ghāṇaka (oil-mill) in favour of the temple Kautuka-maṭhikā of the goddess Bhagavatī at Saṃyāna. The gift was made by pouring out water on the hand of the Svādhyāyika (scholar) Vīhaḍa, on the fifteenth tithi of the dark fortnight (i.e. amāvāsyā) of Bhādrapada in the śaka year 956.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Uva in India is the name of a plant defined with Dillenia indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dillenia speciosa Gilg (among others).
2) Uva in Mexico is also identified with Coccoloba uvifera It has the synonym Coccoloba uvifera (L.) Jacq. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Systema Naturae
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 2 (1845)
· Taxon (1979)
· Hortus Malabaricus
· Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1893)
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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
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryUva (उव) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Uda.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconUva (உவ) [uvattal] 12 intransitive verb [Malayalam: uva.]
1. To be glad, to rejoice, to be delighted; மகிழ்தல். [magizhthal.] (பத்துப்பாட்டு [pathuppattu] 1.)
2. To be pleasing, agreeable; பிரி யமாதல். அவருக் குவந்த செய்கை. [piri yamathal. avarug kuvantha seykai.] Colloq. — transitive To be pleased with, to approve of, like; விரும்புதல். உறுவ துலகுவப்பச் செய்து [virumbuthal. uruva thulaguvappas seythu] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 74).
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Uvā (உவா) noun < உவ-. [uva-.] [Malayalam: uvā.]
1. Full moon; பௌர்ணிமை. உவாமதி கிடக்குங் குண்டுகடல் [paurnimai. uvamathi kidakkung kundugadal] (கல்லாடம் [kalladam] 41, 25).
2. New moon; அமாவாசை. பூரணை யுவாவென் றளவுசேர்திதி [amavasai. puranai yuvaven ralavuserthithi] (பிரமோத்தரகாண்டம் [piramotharagandam] 18, 18).
3. Sea; கடல். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [kadal. (pingalagandu)]
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Uvā (உவா) noun < yuvā. nominative of yuvan.
1. Young man, youth, lad; இளையோன். (பிங்கலகண்டு [ilaiyon. (pingalagandu]
2. Youthfulness, juvenility; இளமை. வந்தன வெண்ணரை போயிற் றுவா [ilamai. vanthana vennarai poyir ruva] (திருநூற்றந்தாதி [thirunurrandathi] 95).
3. Elephant that is 60 years old; யானை. உவாவணி யூர்ந் தாயுமானசுவாமிகள் பாடல் நீ [yanai. uvavani yurn thayumanasuvamigal padal ni] (கலித்தொகை [kalithogai] 97).
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Uvā (உவா) noun < உகா. [uga.] Sandpaper-tree, large tree, Dillenia indica; உகாமரம். [ugamaram.] (L.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with (+24): Uvaamtha, Uvabhoa, Uvabhoga, Uvabhogga, Uvabhojja, Uvabhumja, Uvabhumjana, Uvabhutta, Uvabuha, Uvabuhana, Uvabuhira, Uvacara, Uvacaraya, Uvacariya, Uvacaya, Uvacayana, Uvacca-kkani, Uvacca-vari, Uvaccaya, Uvaci.
Full-text (+52): Uvattekku, Kataiyuva, Uvamati, Velluva, Talaiyuva, Iruluva, Uvavaruti, Itaiyuva, Uva-de-cao, Uva-ursi, Uva-manilam, Uva caimarona, Uva ver, Uva de perro, Uvakkan, Uva-da-serra, Uva de mar, Uva de playa, Uva-do-mato, Uvarakam.
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Sunscreen and anti-oxidant activity of herbal gel of cucumber extract < [2016: Volume 5, July issue 7]
Phototherapy in psoriasis < [2016: Volume 5, August issue 8]
Fasting unto death according to the Jaina tradition < [Volume 38 (1977)]
The pronoun and adverbial systems in Ceylon Tamil: A grammatical study < [Volume 38 (1977)]
Linguistic observations in Tarim Basin oasis towns, 1st millennium CE. < [Volume 80 (2020)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology
Chronic periodontitis affects quality of life and blood markers. < [Volume 19 (issue 2), Mar-Apr 2015]
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Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
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