Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Vana-Gaja [वन गाजा] in the Nepali language is the name of a plant identified with Neohymenopogon parasiticus (Wall.) Bennet from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Mussaenda cuneifolia, Hymenopogon parasiticus. For the possible medicinal usage of vana-gaja, 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.

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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

Vanagaja (वनगज).—a wild elephant.

Derivable forms: vanagajaḥ (वनगजः).

Vanagaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and gaja (गज). See also (synonyms): vanakuñjara.

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

Vanagaja (वनगज).—m.

(-jaḥ) A wild elephant. E. vana, and gaja an elephant.

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

Vanagaja (वनगज).—m. a wild elephant, [Pañcatantra] 80, 6.

Vanagaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and gaja (गज).

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

Vanagaja (वनगज).—[masculine] wild elephant.

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

Vanagaja (वनगज):—[=vana-gaja] [from vana > van] m. a wild elephant, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

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

Vanagaja (वनगज):—[vana-gaja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Wild elephant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vanagaja 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gaja, Vana.

Starts with: Vanagajamada.

Full-text: Vanagajamada, Vanakunjara, Vini.

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