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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vandāla in the Hindi language is another name for Jīmūtaka, a medicinal plant identified with Luffa echinata (bitter sponge gourd or bitter luffa) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.58-60 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Other than the Hindi word Vandāla, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which nineteen are in Sanskrit.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaṇḍāla (वण्डाल).—

1) A contest of heroes.

2) A shovel, hoe.

3) A boat.

Derivable forms: vaṇḍālaḥ (वण्डालः).

See also (synonyms): vaṇṭāla.

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Vaṇḍāla (वण्डाल).—See वण्टाल (vaṇṭāla).

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

Vaṇḍāla (वण्डाल).—m.

(-laḥ) 1. A description of conflict, the contest of heroes. 2. A boat. 3. A spade, a hoe. E. vaḍi to divide, ālac aff.; also vaṇṭāla .

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

1) Vaṇḍāla (वण्डाल):—m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a spade, shovel, hoe

2) a boat

3) a kind of contest or [particular] mode of fighting.

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

Vaṇḍāla (वण्डाल):—(laḥ) 1. m. A description of conflict; a boat; a spade, a hoe.

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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: Vandalai, Vantalam, Vantalayam.

Ends with: Davandala, Kavandala, Kujakakavandala.

Full-text: Vantala, Jimutaka.

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