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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Vaṅgasena (वङ्गसेन).—A grammarian who wrote a grammatical work on verbs named आख्यातप्रकरण (ākhyātaprakaraṇa).

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vangasena in India is the name of a plant defined with Sesbania grandiflora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Emerus grandiflorus (L.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Synopsis Plantarum (1807)
· Cell Chromosome Res. (1992)
· Species Plantarum.
· Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l’Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts (1813)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vaṅgasena (वङ्गसेन).—m.

(-naḥ) The Sesbana grandiflora. “vakphulera gācha .” E. vaṅga Bengal, si to sew, aff. lyuṭ; also with kan added, vaṅgasenaka .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Vaṅgasena (वङ्गसेन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Dhāturūpa or Ākhyātavyākaraṇa.

2) Vaṅgasena (वङ्गसेन):—son of Gadādhara: Cikitsāsārasaṃgraha. He is mentioned instead of his work. K. 218. Ben. 64. Kāṭm. 13. Pheh. 2. Oudh. Xv, 140. See Vaṅgadattavaidyaka. He is quoted in Lauhapradīpa W. p. 301, by Bhāvamiśra Oxf. 311^b.
—[commentary] by Vaidyanātha. B. 4, 228.

3) Vaṅgasena (वङ्गसेन):—son of Gadādhara: Cikitsāmahārṇava.

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

1) Vaṅgasena (वङ्गसेन):—[=vaṅga-sena] [from vaṅga] m. a kind of tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. vaṅka-s)

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a medical writer (author of the Cikitsā-sāra-saṃgraha), [Bhāvaprakāśa]

3) [v.s. ...] of a grammarian, [Catalogue(s)]

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

Vaṅgasena (वङ्गसेन):—[vaṅga-sena] (naḥ) 1. m. A plant (Sesbana grandiflora).

[Sanskrit to German]

Vangasena 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: Sena, Vanga, Vanka, Cena.

Starts with: Vangasenah, Vangasenaka, Vankacenakam.

Full-text: Akhyatavyakarana, Vangadattavaidyaka, Cikitsasarasangraha, Vankasena, Vangasenaka, Dhatuvyakarana, Dhaturupa, Cikitsamaharnava, Sharngeshtha, Agasti.

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