Vaman, Vāman, Vāmaṉ, Vāmāṉ: 5 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāman (वामन्):—([gana] pāmādi), [probably] invented to explain vāmana.
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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 dictionary1) Vaman in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) vomiting, puke; —[karana] to vomit, to puke; —[karane ki iccha] nausea, qualm..—vaman (वमन) is alternatively transliterated as Vamana.
2) Vaman in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a dwarf, dwarfish/short-statured person; a pigmy; the name of the fifth incarnation of Vishnu wherein he assumed the form of a dwarf; (a) dwarfish, short-statured..—vaman (वामन) is alternatively transliterated as Vāmana.
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Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVāmaṉ (வாமன்) noun < vāma.
1. Arhat; அருகன். வார்தளிர்ப் பிண்டி வாம [arugan. varthalirp pindi vama] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 3018).
2. Buddha; புத்தன். காமற்கடந்த வாமன்பாதம் [puthan. kamarkadantha vamanpatham] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 5, 77). (பிங்கலகண்டு [pingalagandu])
3. Śiva; சிவபிரான். கங்கை சூடும் வாமனை [sivapiran. kangai sudum vamanai] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 1050, 4).
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Vāmaṉ (வாமன்) noun See வாமனன். (பிங்கலகண்டு) வாமன் திருமருவு தாள்மருவு சென்னியரே [vamanan. (pingalagandu) vaman thirumaruvu thalmaruvu senniyare] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் இயற். [nalayira thivyappirapandam iyar.] 2, 21).
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Vāmāṉ (வாமான்) [vā-māṉ] noun < வாவு- [vavu-] + மான்¹. [man¹.] Horse; குதிரை. வாமானது வகையுரைத்தன்று [kuthirai. vamanathu vagaiyuraithanru] (புறப்பொருள்வெண்பாமாலை [purapporulvenpamalai] 5, 5, கொளு [kolu]).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVaman is another spelling for वमन [vamana].—n. vomiting;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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"Study to standardize pradhan karma of vaman vidhi for shuddhi." < [2017: Volume 6, March issue 3]
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AYU (Journal of Research in Ayurveda)
Effect of Vasantic Vaman and other Panchakarma procedures on disorders of various systems < [Volume 31 (3); 2010 (Jul-Sep)]
Physiological and biochemical changes with Vamana procedure < [Volume 33 (3); 2012 (Jul-Sep)]
Efficacy of leech therapy in the management of osteoarthritis (Sandhivata) < [Volume 32 (2); 2011 (Apr-Jun)]
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Conceptual study of the holistic health effects of vamana karma (emesis therapy) in amlapitta by nimba (azadirachta indica) kwath < [Volume 5, issue 2 (2017)]
Scientific review on vamana dravya (emetic drugs) of ashtang hridaya samhita < [Volume 10, issue 1 (2022)]
Literary study of the holistic health effects of virechana karma in eka-kushtha < [Volume 5, issue 1 (2017)]
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