Vatingana, Vātiṅgaṇa: 6 definitions

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Vatingana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Vātiṅgaṇa (वातिङ्गण) is another name (synonym) for Vārttākī, which is the Sanskrit word for Solanum melongena (eggplant), a plant from the Solanaceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 7.194-195), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vātiṅgaṇa : (m.) brinjal, the egg plant.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vātiṅgaṇa, (cp. *Sk. vātingaṇa) the egg plant, Solanum melongena J. V, 131; DhsA. 320. (Page 608)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vātiṅgaṇa (वातिङ्गण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) The egg-plant. E. vāti wind, gaṇ to count, aff. khac, curing rheumatism, &c.

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

Vātiṅgaṇa (वातिङ्गण):—[vāti-ṅgaṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. The egg plant.

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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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