Vanjula, Vañjula, Vañjulā, Vamjula: 20 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Vañjula (वञ्जुल) is the name of a tree (Vetasa) that is associated with the Nakṣatra (celestial star) named Pūrvāṣāḍhā, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). Accordingly, “these [trees] are propounded in Śāstras, the secret scriptures (śāstrāgama). These pious trees [viz, Vañjula], if grown and protected, promote long life”. These twenty-seven trees related to the twenty-seven Nakṣatras are supposed to be Deva-vṛkṣas or Nakṣatra-vṛkṣas.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Vañjula (वञ्जुल) is another name (synonym) for Vetasa, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Salix caprea (goat willow). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 9.106), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. Certain plant parts of Vetasa are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), and it is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”.
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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Vañjula (वञ्जुल) is the Sanskrit name of one of Bharata’s sons, mentioned in the Nāṭyaśāstra 1.26-33. After Brahmā created the Nāṭyaveda (nāṭyaśāstra), he ordered Bharata to teach the science to his (one hundred) sons. Bharata thus learned the Nāṭyaveda from Brahmā, and then made his sons study and learn its proper application. After their study, Bharata assigned his sons (eg., Vañjula) various roles suitable to them.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vañjulā (वञ्जुला).—Name of a river originating from Sahya, a holy mountain (kulaparvata) in Bhārata, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 85. There are settlements (janapada) where Āryas and Mlecchas dwell who drink water from these rivers.
Bhārata is a region south of Hemādri, once ruled over by Bharata (son of Ṛṣabha), whose ancestral lineage can be traced back to Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and Sūta is the main narrator.
Vañjula (वञ्जुल).—See under Vidura II.
Vañjulā (वञ्जुला).—A river from the Sahya hills of the Dakṣiṇāpatha.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 114. 29; Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 104.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Vanjula in India is the name of a plant defined with Calamus rotang in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Palmijuncus monoecus Kuntze (among others).
2) Vanjula is also identified with Desmodium oojeinense It has the synonym Ougeinia oojeinensis (Roxb.) Hochr. (etc.).
3) Vanjula is also identified with Salix caprea.
4) Vanjula is also identified with Salix tetrasperma It has the synonym Pleiarina tetrasperma (Roxb.) N. Chao & G.T. Gong (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Genève (1909)
· Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. (1845)
· Species Plantarum
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1985)
· Plantae Junghuhnianae (1852)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Vanjula, for example health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Vañjula, see vajuḷa. (Page 593)
vañjula (ဝဉ္ဇုလ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vaja+ula．vaja gamane,ulo．ṭī．553,573．(bañcala)=vañjula-saṃ．vaṃjula-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝဇ+ဥလ။ ဝဇ ဂမနေ၊ ဥလော။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၅၅၃၊ ၅၇၃။ (ဗဉ္စလ)=ဝဉ္ဇုလ-သံ။ ဝံဇုလ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vañjula—
(Burmese text): (၁) ထင်းရဲ (ကုန်းကြိမ်)ပင်။ (၂) သော်က-(အသောက,ပန်းသုံး)ပင်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Thin Yay (Kone Kyin) plant. (2) Thawka (a type of flower, used as a decoration) plant.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vañjula (वञ्जुल).—a. Crooked.
-laḥ [vañc-ulac vṛṣo° casya jaḥ Uṇādi-sūtra 1.93]
1) The common cane or reed; आमञ्जुवञ्जुललतानि च तान्यमूनि नीरन्ध्रनीलनिचुलानि सरित्तटानि (āmañjuvañjulalatāni ca tānyamūni nīrandhranīlaniculāni sarittaṭāni) Uttararāmacarita 2.23; or मञ्जुल- वञ्जुलकुञ्जगतं विचकर्ष करेण दुकूले (mañjula- vañjulakuñjagataṃ vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle) Gītagovinda 1.
2) A kind of flower.
3) The Aśoka tree; नीवारान् पनसान् सालान् वञ्जुलां- स्तिनिशांस्तथा (nīvārān panasān sālān vañjulāṃ- stiniśāṃstathā) Rām.3.11.74.
4) A kind of bird.
-lā A cow that yields much milk.
Vañjula (वञ्जुल).—m.
(-laḥ) 1. A tree, (Dalbergia Ougeinensis.) 2. Another tree, (Jonesia Asoca.) 3. Common cane, (Calamus rotang.) 4. A flower, (Hibiscus mutabilis.) 5. A sort of bird. f.
(-lā) A cow that yields abundance of milk. E. vañca to go, aff. ulac, ca changed to ja .
Vañjula (वञ्जुल).—I. m. 1. The name of several plants, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 46, 1; Sāh. [distich] 19, 19. 2. A sort of bird. Ii. f. lā, A cow that yields abundance of milk.
Vañjula (वञ्जुल).—[masculine] [Name] of [several] plants.
1) Vañjula (वञ्जुल):—m. Name of various trees and other plants ([according to] to [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] Dalbergia Ougeinensis, Jonesia Asoka, Calamus Rotang or Hibiscus Mutabilis), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) a sort of bird, [Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
3) Name of a river (written bañjula), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
4) Vañjulā (वञ्जुला):—[from vañjula] f. a cow that yields abundance of milk, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Vañjula (वञ्जुल):—(laḥ) 1. m. A tree (Dalbergia ougeinensis); cane; sort of bird. f. Cow giving much milk.
Vañjula (वञ्जुल):—
1) m. a) Name verschiedener Pflanzen: Dalbergia ougeinensis Roxb. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 7.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 682.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 129.] Calamus Rotang Lin. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 10.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1137.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 46.] Jonesia Asoca Roxb. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 45.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Rājanirghaṇṭa] (druma) im [Śabdakalpadruma -] [Mahābhārata 13, 2830.] [Harivaṃśa 12674.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 79, 34. 4, 1, 12. 5, 39, 2.] [Suśruta 1, 141, 14. 2, 39, 11. 284, 7. 297, 9. 378, 16.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 54, 50. 55, 11. 95, 16.] [UTTARAR. 34, 14 (46, 1).] [Gītagovinda 1, 42. 7, 11. 11, 2.] [Sāhityadarpana 19, 19. 329, 18.] — b) ein best. Vogel [Halāyudha 2, 99.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 68, 7. 4, 13, 8.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 48, 6. 86, 20. 88, 1.] —
2) f. ā a) eine Kuh, die viel Milch giebt, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1269.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 57, 22.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 185,] [Nalopākhyāna 80.]
Vañjula (वञ्जुल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vaṃjula.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Vaṃjula (वंजुल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vañjula.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vaṃjula (ವಂಜುಲ):—[adjective] not straight; crooked; bent.
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Vaṃjula (ವಂಜುಲ):—
1) [noun] the rattan, Calamus polygamus ( = C. flagellum) of Arecaceae family, the slender, long stems which are used in making furniture.
2) [noun] another rattan, Calamus rotang of the same family.
3) [noun] the tree Ougeinia oojeinensis ( = O. dalbergioides, = Dalbergia ougeinensis) of Papilionaceae family.
4) [noun] the tree Jonesia asoca ( = Saraca indica) of Caesalpiniaceae family; Ashoka tree.
5) [noun] a kind of bird.
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Vaṃjuḷa (ವಂಜುಳ):—[adjective] = ವಂಜುಲ [vamjula]1.
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Vaṃjuḷa (ವಂಜುಳ):—[noun] = ವಂಜುಲ [vamjula]2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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