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Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Vadhana (वधन) (or Badhana) refers to the “arresting (of fragrance)” which represents one of the bio-organic agricultural methods described in the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Several special processes with reference to the plants will be described hereunder. They are: [e.g., arresting of fragrance (gandha-vadhana);] and so on. [...]”.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Vādhana (वाधन):—[vādhanaṃ] Substances having immediate adverse effects for short duration

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vāḍhaṇa (वाढण).—n (vāḍhaṇēṃ) Serving food around (at a meal). 2 The food taken to be served. 3 A dish of food sent out to a woman under her first menstruation. 4 Victuals given (as to one of a lower caste, as to or for a laborer engaged at work) to be eaten elsewhere.

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vādhaṇā (वाधणा).—m An indolent and sympathetic tumor.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vāḍhaṇa (वाढण).—n The food taken to be served.

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vādhaṇā (वाधणा).—m An indolent and sympathetic tumour.

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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 dictionary

Vadhanā (वधना).—Ved. A deadly weapon.

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Vādhana (वाधन) or Vādhanā (वाधना).—See वाध्, बाध, बाधक, बाधन-ना, बाधा (vādh, bādha, bādhaka, bādhana-nā, bādhā).

See also (synonyms): vādh, vādha, vādhaka.

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

Vadhanā (वधना).—[feminine] deadly weapon.

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

Vadhanā (वधना):—[from vadh] f. a deadly weapon, [Ṛg-veda]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vadhana (वधन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vahaṇa, Vahaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vadhana 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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Starts with: Vatanacanam, Vatanacavam, Vatanai, Vatanarayanam, Vatanati.

Ends with (+21): Agnyanvadhana, Anavadhana, Anvadhana, Asavadhana, Ashtavadhana, Atisavadhana, Avadhana, Avyavadhana, Bhattacaryashatavadhana, Cittavadhana, Dattavadhana, Dharmavirvadhana, Gandhabadhana, Gauravadhana, Jivadhana, Karnavadhana, Kritavadhana, Lavadhana, Layavadhana, Navyavadhana.

Full-text: Vahana, Vadhalem, Vadana, Vadh, Vadhaka, Badhana, Vadha, Vadhanem.

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