Alternative spellings of this word include Vanchh.

Ambiguity: Although Vanch has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Vanc. It further has the optional forms Vañch.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vanch in India is the name of a plant defined with Martynia annua in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Disteira angulosa (Lam.) Raf. (among others).

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

· Fieldiana, Botany (1974)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Observationes Botanicae (1785)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Telluriana (1838)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāñch (वाञ्छ्).—1 P. (vāñchati, vāñchita)

1) To wish, desire; न संहतास्तस्य न भिन्नवृत्तयः प्रियाणि वाञ्छन्त्यसुभिः समीहितुम् (na saṃhatāstasya na bhinnavṛttayaḥ priyāṇi vāñchantyasubhiḥ samīhitum) Kirātārjunīya 1.19.

2) To seek for, pursue. -With अभि, -सम् (abhi, -sam) to wish, desire or long for; समवाञ्छन्नथाऽऽशिषः (samavāñchannathā''śiṣaḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 17.53.

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

Vāñch (वाञ्छ्).— (a form of vāṅkṣ, with ch for kṣ), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (also [Ātmanepada.], [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 186, M.M.). 1. To wish, to desire, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 18. 2. To pursue(?), [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 421. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. vāñchita, n. Wish, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 28; [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 42.

— With the prep. abhi abhi, 1. To wish, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 161; [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 134. 2. To long after, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 165, M.M.

— With sam sam, To wish, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 17, 53.

— Cf. vāṅkṣ.

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

Vāñch (वाञ्छ्).—vāñchati [participle] vāñchita (q.v.) desire, wish.

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

1) Vāñch (वाञ्छ्):—(cf. √van) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha vii, 28]) vāñchati (occurring only in forms from the present stem, and in [present participle] [Passive voice] vāñchyamāna [Kathāsaritsāgara]; but [according to] to [grammar] also [perfect tense] vavāñcha; [Aorist] avāñchīt; [future] vāñchita, vañchiṣyati etc.),

—to desire, wish, ask for, strive after, pursue, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to state, assert, assume, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] :—[Causal] -vāñchayati (See abhi-√vāñch), [Mahābhārata]

2) cf. [German] wunsc, Wunsch, wönschen; [Anglo-Saxon] wŷscan; [English] wish.

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

Vāñch (वाञ्छ्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Cāha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vanch 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)

Starts with (+74): Vamcaki, Vamchalya, Vamche, Vamchisu, Vancaikkalam, Vancakaccol, Vancakacuram, Vancakam, Vancakamuti, Vancalam, Vancamvai, Vancan, Vancanai, Vancanaippunarppu, Vancani, Vancantir, Vancapavam, Vancappalippu, Vancappen, Vancappukalcci.

Ends with (+17): Abhisamvanch, Abhivanch, Anavanch, Anvanch, Avanch, Avanci, Kattalaivanci, Kayavanci, Koncivanci, Kotaivanci, Kovanci, Kulavanci, Kuravanci, Kuruvanci, Malapulavanci, Marayavanci, Muruvanci, Mutalvanci, Mutu-molivanci, Nal-icaivanci.

Full-text (+8): Vanchana, Abhivancha, Vancha, Vanchini, Vanchin, Abhivanch, Samabhivanch, Abhisamvanch, Vanchaka, Vanchoddhara, Abhivanchita, Vanchakalpalata, Vanchakalpa, Vanksh, Vanchaniya, Vanchya, Vanchanatha, Caha, Samvanch, Vanchanathiyasutra.

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