Val: 11 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Vyakarana
India history
Biology
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
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Introduction:

Val means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, biology. 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

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Val (वल्).—Short term (प्रत्याहार (pratyāhāra)) for consonants excepting य् (y); cf. लोपो व्योर्वलि (lopo vyorvali) P. VI. 1.66; आर्धधातुकस्येड् वलादेः (ārdhadhātukasyeḍ valādeḥ) P. VII.2.35.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Val.—sometimes regarded as (1/20) of a gadyāṇa. Note: val is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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) Val in India is the name of a plant defined with Adenanthera pavonina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Adenanthera polita Miq. (among others).

2) Val is also identified with Celastrus paniculatus It has the synonym Diosma serrata Blanco (etc.).

3) Val is also identified with Cocculus hirsutus It has the synonym Menispermum hirsutum L. (etc.).

4) Val is also identified with Lablab purpureus It has the synonym Vigna aristata Piper (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Formosan trees indigenous to the Island (revised) (1936)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Cytologia (1991)
· amaltheum botanicum (1705)
· Contrib. Bot. (1867)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1915)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Val, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Val (वल्).—1 Ā. (valate; but sometimes valati also; valita)

1) To go, approach, hasten; अन्योन्यं शरवृष्टिरेव वलते (anyonyaṃ śaravṛṣṭireva valate) Mv.6. 41; प्रणयिनः परिरब्धुमथाङ्गना ववलिरे वलिरेचितमध्यमाः (praṇayinaḥ parirabdhumathāṅganā vavalire valirecitamadhyamāḥ) Śiśupālavadha 6.38; 6.11;19.42; त्वदभिसरणरभसेन वलन्ती पतति पदानि कियन्ति चलन्ती (tvadabhisaraṇarabhasena valantī patati padāni kiyanti calantī) Gītagovinda 6.

2) To move, turn, move or turn round; वलितकन्धर (valitakandhara) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.29; Mv.6.41; दृष्टिरन्यतो न वलति (dṛṣṭiranyato na valati) K.

3) To turn to, be drawn or attracted towards, be attached to; हृदय- मदये तस्मिन्नेवं पुनर्वलते बलात् (hṛdaya- madaye tasminnevaṃ punarvalate balāt) Gītagovinda 7; Nalod.3.5.

4) To increase; वलन्नूपुरनिस्वना (valannūpuranisvanā) S. D.116; अमन्दं कन्दर्पज्वरजनितचिन्ताकुलतया वलद्बाधां राधां सरसमिदमूचे सहचरी (amandaṃ kandarpajvarajanitacintākulatayā valadbādhāṃ rādhāṃ sarasamidamūce sahacarī) Gītagovinda 1.

5) To cover, enclose.

6) To be covered, enclosed or surrounded.

7) To return. -With वि (vi) to move to and fro, roll about; स्विद्यति कूणति वेल्लति विवलति निमिषति विलोकयति तिर्यक् (svidyati kūṇati vellati vivalati nimiṣati vilokayati tiryak) K. P. 1.

-sam 1 to mix, blend.

2) to connect, unite with (mostly in p. p.; see saṃvalita)

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

Val (वल्).—r. 1st cl. (valate) 1. To cover. 2. To move. 3. To surround or enclose. 4. To go, to hasten. 5. To be attached to. 6. To grow, to increase. With vi, To move to and fro. r. 10th cl. (vālayati-te) To cherish or maintain.

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

Val (वल्).— (cf. vṛ), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To cover. 2. To be attached to, [Nala] 3, 5. 3. To hasten, [Śiśupālavadha] 6, 38; [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 6, 3. 4. To move to and fro, [Śiśupālavadha] 6, 11; [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 59, 20. 5. To increase, [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 1, 26. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. valita. 1. Surroundea. 2. Moved, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 360; 481; moving, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 16, 9; turned, 16, 19; [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 83. 3. Constrained. [Causal.] To cause to move, [Śiśupālavadha] 6, 3. Cf. s. v.

— With the prep. ati ati, an-ativalita, see s. v. valita.

— With vi vi, vivalita, Turned away, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 44.

— With sam sam, saṃvalita, 1. Encompassed, [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 48. 2. United, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 73, 4. 3. Mixed [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 38. 4. Possessed of.

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

Val (वल्).—valati valate [participle] valita (q.v.) turn ([intransitive]), return; break forth, appear. [Causative] valayati or vālayati cause to turn or roll.

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

Val (वल्):—(cf. √bal, vall, and vṛ) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha xiv, 20]) valate (oftener [Parasmaipada] valati; cf. [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti v, 2, 3]; [perfect tense] vavale; [indeclinable participle] valitvā, [Kāvya literature]; [Aorist] avaliṣṭa; [future] valitā etc. [grammar]),

—to turn, turn round, turn to (with abhimukham and [accusative], or [locative case]), [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to be drawn or attached towards, be attached to ([locative case]), [Nalôd.; Gīta-govinda];

—to move to and fro, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi];

—to go, approach, hasten, [Mahāvīra-caritra; Śiśupāla-vadha];

—to return id est. come back or home, [Uttamacaritra-kathānaka, prose version];

—to return id est. depart or go away again, [ib.; Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan];

—to break forth, appear, [Gīta-govinda];

—to increase, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa];

—to cover or enclose or to be covered (cf. √1. vṛ), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] :—[Causal] valayati or vālayati ([Dhātupāṭha xix, 58]; [Aorist] avīvalat),

—to cause to move or turn or roll, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan; Naiṣadha-carita [Scholiast or Commentator]];

—to cherish etc., [Horace H. Wilson] (rather bālayati; See √2. bal) :—[Desiderative] of [Causal] in vivālayiṣu q.v.

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

Val (वल्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vaṃpha, Vala.

[Sanskrit to German]

Val 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vāl (ವಾಲ್):—[noun] = ವಾಲು [valu]3.

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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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