Vanaspatya, Vānaspatya: 12 definitions
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Vanaspatya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vanaspaty.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य) refers to “trees giving fruit through flowers” and represents one of the five kinds of aṅkura or “substances (dravya) produced (ja) through a sprout (aṅkura)”, as defined in the first chapter (ānūpādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Anūpādi-varga covers some 16 major topics regarding land and vegetations (e.g., Vānaspatya) .
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य, “tree, shrub”).—One the classifications of plants according to their stature. Vānaspatyas are trees that bear first flowers and then fruits. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhitā. The word is derived from Vanaspati (“forest-tree”).
Vānaspatya is listed as a classification for plants in the following sources:
The Carakasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna I.36-37) by Caraka.
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य):—One among 4 categories of medicinal plants; big trees having both fruits and flowers; eg: Mango tree
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य).—A tree the fruit of which is produced from flowers; e. g. the mango. -a.
1) Wooden; यच्चापि द्रव्य- मुपयुज्यते ह वानस्पत्यमायसं पार्थिवं वा (yaccāpi dravya- mupayujyate ha vānaspatyamāyasaṃ pārthivaṃ vā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.186.25.
2) Performed under trees (a sacrifice).
Derivable forms: vānaspatyaḥ (वानस्पत्यः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य).—m.
(-tyaḥ) A tree bearing fruits from blossoms, as the mango, eugenia, &c. E. vanaspati a tree, bearing fruits without blossoms, and ṇya aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य).—i. e. vanaspati + ya, I. adj. Belonging to a tree, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 339. Ii. m. and n. ([Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 96, 13), A tree bearing fruits from blossoms, as the mango.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य).—[adjective] relating to trees or woods, wooden; [masculine] tree, bush, plant i.[grammar]; [neuter] fruit of a tree.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vānaspatya (वानस्पत्य):—[from vāna] mf(ā)n. ([from] vanas-pati) coming from a tree, wooden, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] prepared from trees (as Soma), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] performed under trees (as a sacrifice), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] living under trees or in woods (said of Śiva), [Rāmāyaṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] belonging to a sacrificial post
6) [v.s. ...] m. a tree or shrub or any plant, [Atharva-veda] ([according to] to [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] any flowering fruit-tree, such as the Mango, Eugenia etc.)
7) [v.s. ...] n. the fruit of a tree, [Brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti viii, 2, 39]
8) [v.s. ...] a multitude or group of trees, [Pāṇini 4-1, 85], [vArttika] 10, [Patañjali]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य):—(tyaḥ) 1. m. A tree bearing fruits from blossoms, as the mango, &c.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVānaspatya (वानस्पत्य) [Also spelled vanaspaty]:—(a) vegetal; (nm) vegetation; arboriculture.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVanaspatya (ವನಸ್ಪತ್ಯ):—[noun] any of several trees that bear blossoms preceding bearing fruits (as mango trees, unlike fig trees which bear fruit without apparent blossoms).
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Vānaspatya (ವಾನಸ್ಪತ್ಯ):—[noun] any of several trees that bear blossoms preceding bearing fruits (as mango trees, unlike fig trees which bear fruit without apparent blossoms).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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