The Sanskrit term Vāḷukā can be transliterated into English as Valuka or Valiuka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vāluka (वालुक) is another name for Elavālu, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Prunus cerasus Linn. (sour cherry) from the Rosaceae or “rose” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.124-126 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Vāluka and Elavālu, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)

Vālukā (वालुका) refers to “sand” and represents one of the various substances used in the process of creating a Canvas, in the ancient Indian art of Painting (citra), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—Canvas is a kind of surface on which a painter can draw a picture. In ancient time walls are seen to be plastered with different substances (i.e., vālukā—sand) and these were prepared for Painting. [...] In the Mānasollāsa also, lime is prescribed to make a canvas. The mixture, thus prepared for canvas is mixed with vālukā i.e., sand and it should be soaked in water having śakala i.e., the scales of a fish and then the mixture should be kept aside for a month for drying. When the paste is completely dried up, it will be ready for use as plaster and the painters can apply this on a wall according to their necessity.

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Vālukā (वालुका) is the name of a solution used in a ceremony to relief oneself from fever, according to the eighth chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā (baroda edition) also known as the Nṛsiṃhakalpa, a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 640 verses and 14 chapters written in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Pārvatī.—Description of the eighth chapter:—Kāmya-rites undertaken in connection with homa-offerings are next taken up as being the means by which humans may obtain ends which even the gods cannot achieve. For examples: if a barren woman wants sons lakṣmīpatra-leaves are to be offered into the fire; if one wants plentiful grain in his house, he should perform homa as outlined a lakh of times; if one wants to paralyze another, turmeric offerings are to be made into the fire; if one wants to attract the admiration of others, honey is to be offered; if one wants relief from fever, a special vālukā-solution is to be offered 1000 times; etc. Dozens of such instructions are given in this chapter. ( 1-43 ),

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Vāluka (वालुक) refers to the “sands” (of a river), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 1.—Accordingly: there are people who think: “The Buddha is just like ordinary people; like them, he is subject to transmigration; he really experiences the pains of hunger, thirst, cold and heat, old age and sickness”. In order to suppress such concepts, the Buddha preaches the Mahāprajñāpāramitāsūtra and says: “My body is inconceivable Brahmā king of the gods, etc., the gods and the ancients, for periods as numerous as the sands (vāluka-upama) of the Ganges have tried to measure my body and find the range of my voice; they were unable to test it and still less, my wisdom and my samādhi”. [...]

Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)

Vālukā (वालुका) (in Chinese: P'o-leou-kia) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Śatabhiṣaj or Śatabhiṣannakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Śatabhiṣaj] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Vālukā] for the sake of protection and prosperity.

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Vālukā (वालुका) refers to “sand”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [after the Bhagavān taught the great heart-dhāraṇī], “[...] If it is otherwise and you neglect the Tathāgata’s authorization and his dignity of speech, then all Nāga residences are ignited and burnt. [...] Let them be deprived of power, and their valour be destroyed. Let them be without water. Let there be the drying up of the residence. Let them have hard bodies. Let them always have the danger of fire-sand (agni-vālukā-bhaya) and be hungry and thirsty. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Vāluka (वालुक) refers to one of the fifteen Paramādhārmīs causing suffering in the hells (naraka), according to Rājasoma’s “Naraka ko coḍhālyo”, which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—No name of any source is given in the text but the three stages followed in the exposition correspond closely to those found in a handbook such as Nemicandrasūri’s Pravacanasāroddhāra, [e.g.,] 3) sufferings inflicted by the fifteen Paramādhārmīs [e.g., Vāluka]. [...] These gods (here Sūra or Deva) form a sub-class of the Asurakumāras and perform their tasks in the first, second and third hells.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Vālukā or Valuka is the name of a river corresponding with Barua, as mentioned in inscriptions from Baṅglā (1281 A.D.). The battle referred to in the inscriptions probably lasted only for a day. A large number of soldiers on Vīravarman’s side must also have lost their lives ; but there is no record of that besides vague claims on behalf of the partisans of Gopāla in the records under study. The battle is stated to have been fought on the banks of the river variously called Valuvā, Volukā, Valuā, Valūbā, Vālukā and Valuka which is no other than the modern Barua.

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Valuka in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Gisekia pharnaceoides L. from the Molluginaceae (Carpetweed) family having the following synonyms: Gisekia linearifolia, Gisekia molluginoides, Gisekia rubella. For the possible medicinal usage of valuka, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Valuka in India is the name of a plant defined with Radermachera xylocarpa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tecoma xylocarpa G. Don (among others).

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

· Ethnobotany (2004)
· The forest flora of North-West and Central India (1874)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1838)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1895)
· Flora Indica (1832)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Valuka, for example extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, 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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vālukā : (f.) sand.

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

Vālukā, (f.) (cp. Vedic & Epic Sk. vālukā) sand. In compⁿ usually vāluka°.—S. IV, 376; Vv 39¹; 44¹; Ap. 23; Nd² p. 72 (Gaṅgāya v.); J. II, 258; IV, 16; Pv. II, 12¹; Mhvs 23, 86; DhA. III, 243, 445; VvA. 31, 177; Sdhp. 244. See also vālika. (Page 610)

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) vālukā (ဝါလုကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[vala+ṇvu．a- u-pru．ṭī．663．vālikā-．]
[ဝလ+ဏွု။ အ-ကို ဥ-ပြု။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၆၆၃။ဝါလိကာ-ကြည့်။]

2) vāḷukā (ဝါဠုကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[vala+ṇvu]
[ဝလ+ဏွု]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

1) vālukā—

(Burmese text): (၁) သဲ။ (၂) သဲကြိုး၊ (သဲဖြင့်ပြုအပ်သောကြိုး)။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Sand. (2) Sand rope (a rope made of sand).

2) vāḷukā—

(Burmese text): ဝါလုကာ-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): Walu Ka - Look.

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vālukā (वालुका).—f S Sand.

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vāḷūka (वाळूक).—n A wen, Sarcoma. 2 A sort of melon or cucumber. Pr. vāḷakāñcī cōrī bukyāñcā māra For slight offences slight punishment. Pr. vāḷakā- vara surī paḍalī tarīṃ vāḷakācā nāśa surīvara vāḷūka paḍalēṃ tarīṃ vāḷakācā nāśa Conflict betwixt unequals surely issues in the destruction or detriment of the inferior party. See a similar proverb under sāsū.

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

vālukā (वालुका).—f Sand.

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vāḷūka (वाळूक).—n A wen, Sarcoma. A sort of cucumber.

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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

Valūka (वलूक).—[val-īkan Uṇādi-sūtra 4.42] A kind of bird.

-kam The root of lotus.

Derivable forms: valūkaḥ (वलूकः).

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Vālukā (वालुका).—[Uṇādi-sūtra 2.29]

1) Sand, gravel; भूमि-पाषाणसिकता-शर्करा-वालुका-भस्मशायिनः (bhūmi-pāṣāṇasikatā-śarkarā-vālukā-bhasmaśāyinaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.192.1; अकृतज्ञस्योप- कृतं वालुकास्विव मूत्रितम् (akṛtajñasyopa- kṛtaṃ vālukāsviva mūtritam).

2) Powder

3) Camphor in general.

-kā, -kī A kind of cucumber.

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

Valūka (वलूक).—n.

(-kaṃ) The root of the lotus. m.

(-kaḥ) A bird. E. val to surround, Unadi aff. ūka .

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

Valūka (वलूक).—m. 1. A bird. 2. (n.), The root of a lotus.

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

Vāluka (वालुक).—[adjective] made of sand; [feminine] ā sgl. & [plural] sand.

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

1) Valūka (वलूक):—[from val] mfn. ([Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 40]) red or black, [Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa; ???] ([Scholiast or Commentator])

2) [v.s. ...] m. a bird, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] m. n. the root of a lotus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Vāluka (वालुक):—[from vālu] mfn. ([from] next)

5) [v.s. ...] containing or resembling sand, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] made of salt, [Rāmāyaṇa]

7) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of poison, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [from vālu] camphor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] Cucumis Utilissimus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) Vālukā (वालुका):—[from vālu] f. sg. and [plural] (more commonly written bālukā; of doubtful derivation) sand, gravel, [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]

11) Vālūka (वालूक):—[from vālu] m. a kind of poison, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. vāluka)

12) Vālūkā (वालूका):—[from vālūka > vālu] f. = vālukā, sand, [Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Valūka (वलूक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. The root of the lotus. m. A bird.

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

Vāluka (वालुक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vālua, Vāluā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Valuka 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vālukā (वालुका):—(nf) sand; ~[maya] sandy.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Valuka (ವಲುಕ):—[noun] the tree Radermachera xylocarpa ( = Stereospermum xylocarpum) of Bignoniaceae family.

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Vāluka (ವಾಲುಕ):—

1) [noun] the vine Cucumis melo ( = C. aromaticus, = C. utilissimus) of Cucurbitaceae family.

2) [noun] its edible fruit.

3) [noun] loose, gritty particles of worn or disintegrated rock, varying in size from about 0.5 mm to 2 mm in diameter, usu. deposited along the shores of bodies of water, in river beds or in deserts; sand.

4) [noun] a variety in cardamom plant.

5) [noun] its seed capsule; black cardamom.

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Vāḷuka (ವಾಳುಕ):—

1) [noun] the vine Cucumis melo ( = C. aromaticus, = C. utilissimus) of Cucurbitaceae family.

2) [noun] its edible fruit.

3) [noun] loose, gritty particles of worn or disintegrated rock, varying in size from about 0.5 mm to 2 mm in diameter, usu. deposited along the shores of bodies of water, in river beds or in deserts; sand.

4) [noun] a kind of medicinal plant.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vala.

Starts with (+23): Valiya, Valukabdhi, Valukabhaya, Valukacaityakrida, Valukadi, Valukadikhipanakamma, Valukadivassa, Valukagada, Valukagama, Valukaghata, Valukai, Valukakantara, Valukakinna, Valukakuta, Valukamagga, Valukamaya, Valukambhas, Valukambudhi, Valukapamsu, Valukapittha.

Full-text (+98): Valiya, Himavaluka, Valukayantra, Taptavaluka, Raktavaluka, Elavaluka, Harivaluka, Karambhavaluka, Valukaprabha, Brahmavaluka, Pitavaluka, Ghoravaluka, Svacchavaluka, Valukatmika, Sthulavaluka, Suvaluka, Rukshavaluka, Valukambudhi, Jalavaluka, Valukakinna.

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