Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Vandara [वन्दारः] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Vanda coerulea Griff. ex Lindl. from the Orchidaceae (Orchid) family. For the possible medicinal usage of vandara, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vāndara (वांदर).—&c. Vulgar corruptions of vānara &c.

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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

Vaṇḍara (वण्डर).—

1) A miser, stingy person.

2) A eunuch; an attendant on the women's apartments.

Derivable forms: vaṇḍaraḥ (वण्डरः).

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Vandāra (वन्दार).—A parasitical plant.

Derivable forms: vandāraḥ (वन्दारः).

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

Vaṇḍara (वण्डर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. A niggard, a miser. 2. An eunuch or attendant on the woman’s apartments.

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Vandāra (वन्दार).—m.

(-raḥ) A parasite plant. E. vandā the same, ṛ to go, or be, aff. ac .

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

1) Vaṇḍara (वण्डर):—m. (cf. baṇḍa) a niggard, miser, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) a eunuch or attendant on the women’s apartments, [ib.]

3) Vandāra (वन्दार):—[from vand] m. a parasitical plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Vaṇḍara (वण्डर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A niggard; a eunuch.

2) Vandāra (वन्दार):—(raḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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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: Vamdaraya, Vandarakhata, Vandaratela, Vantaram, Vantaran.

Ends with: Balvamdara, Talirvamdara.

Full-text: Vantaran, Vanda.

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