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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Vanajā (वनजा) is another name for Mudgaparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Vigna radiata (mung bean or green gram) from the Fabaceae, or “pea family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.34-36 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Vanajā and Mudgaparṇī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Vanajā (वनजा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Miśreyā, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly identified with Foeniculum vulgare (synonym Foeniculum capillaceum) or “fennel”, from the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) or “carrot family” of flowering plants, according to verse 4.14-19. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Also see Śatāhvā. Together with the names Vanajā and Miśreyā, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

3) Vanajā (वनजा) is also mentioned as a synonym forAraṇyakārpāsī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.190. Together with the names Vanajā and Araṇyakārpāsī, there are a total of four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Also see Kārpāsī.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Vanaja in India is the name of a plant defined with Justicia gendarussa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Justicia gendarussa J. Macrae ex Nees (among others).

2) Vanaja is also identified with Zanthoxylum armatum It has the synonym Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb..

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

· Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft (1976)
· Notulae Systematicae. (1947)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1847)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)
· Flora Indica (1768)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Vanaja, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vaṇaja (वणज).—f ē (vāṇijya S) A mercantile excursion or sojourning abroad; the traveling on business of a trader; a commercial traveler's tour.

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

vaṇaja (वणज).—f A mercantile excursion.

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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

Vanāja (वनाज).—the wild goat.

Derivable forms: vanājaḥ (वनाजः).

Vanāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and aja (अज).

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Vanaja (वनज).—

1) an elephant.

2) a kind of fragrant grass.

3) the wild citron tree.

4) a woodman.

-jam a blue lotus-flower.

Derivable forms: vanajaḥ (वनजः).

Vanaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and ja (ज).

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Vanajā (वनजा).—

1) wild ginger.

2) the wild cotton tree.

Vanajā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and jā (जा).

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

Vanaja (वनज).—mfn.

(-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) Wild, forest, born or produced in a wood. n.

(-jaṃ) A lotus. m.

(-jaḥ) 1. A fragrant grass, (Cyperus rotundus.) 2. An elephant. f.

(-jā) 1. A sort of pulse, (Phaseolus trilobus.) 2. The wild cotton tree. 3. Wild ginger. E. vana wood, and ja born.

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Vanāja (वनाज).—m.

(-jaḥ) A wild goat. E. vana a wood, and aja a goat.

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

Vanaja (वनज).—[vana-ja], I. adj. Wild. Ii. m. 1. An elephant. 2. A fragrant grass, Cyperus rotundus. Iii. f. jā, A sort of pulse. Iv. n. A lotus, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 5, 73.

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Vanāja (वनाज).—m. a wild goat.

— Cf. of which the base is

Vanāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and aja (अज).

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

Vanaja (वनज).—[adjective] born or produced in a forest, sylvan. wild.

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

1) Vanaja (वनज):—[=vana-ja] [from vana > van] mfn. f°-born, sylvan, wild, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a woodman, forester, [Rāmāyaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) an elephant

4) [v.s. ...] Cyperus Rotundus

5) [v.s. ...] the wild citron tree

6) [v.s. ...] a [particular] bulbous plant (= vana-śūraṇa)

7) [v.s. ...] coriander

8) Vanajā (वनजा):—[=vana-jā] [from vana-ja > vana > van] f. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) Phaseolus Trilobus

9) [v.s. ...] the wild cotton tree

10) [v.s. ...] wild ginger

11) [v.s. ...] Physalis Flexuosa

12) [v.s. ...] a kind of Curcuma

13) [v.s. ...] Anethum Panmori

14) [v.s. ...] a species of creeper

15) Vanaja (वनज):—[=vana-ja] [from vana > van] n. ‘water-born’, a blue lotus-flower, [Harivaṃśa]

16) Vanāja (वनाज):—[from vana > van] m. the wild goat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Vanaja (वनज):—[vana-ja] (jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) a. Wild, of the wood. 1. n. A lotus. m. Fragrant grass; elephant. f. Sort of pulse.

2) Vanāja (वनाज):—[vanā+ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. A wild goat.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vanaja 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

Vanaja (ವನಜ):—

1) [noun] any of various water-plants as water-lily, lotus, etc.

2) [noun] a flower of any of these plants, esp. of lotus.

3) [noun] an elephant.

4) [noun] the grass Cyperus rotundus ( = C. hexastachyus) of Cyperaceae family; sedge.

5) [noun] (pros.) a prosidical verse having four lines, each of which having three groups of three syllables each (-u-, uu-, uu-).

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vanaja (वनज):—adj. wild; found in the forest (of products);

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vana, Ja, Aja.

Starts with: Vanajabhava, Vanajabhavamda, Vanajai, Vanajaja, Vanajaksha, Vanajakshi, Vanajanabha, Vanajangalako-vinasha, Vanajangalama-adharita-udyoga, Vanajangalma-aadhaarit-udyog, Vanajantu, Vanajapattraksha, Vanajara, Vanajaraka, Vanajaringini, Vanajasambhava, Vanajata, Vanajavalli, Vanajavriksha, Vanajayata.

Ends with: Bhuvanaja, Jambuvanaja, Pavanaja, Sauravanaja.

Full-text: Jambuvanaja, Vanajapattraksha, Vanaruha, Vanajaksha, Vanajayata, Kakajambu, Vanacam, Aranyakarpasi, Vanatimira, Mishreya, Mudgaparni, Vapra.

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