Varmi: 9 definitions
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Varmi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyVarmi (वर्मि) refers to a type fish, also known as varmimatsya, according to the Dhanvantari-nighaṇṭu. In the science of Āyurveda (ancient Indian healthcare), the meat of a fish (matsya) is used and prepared in balanced diets. Varmi fish is the spiral fish, light in weight, tasty and it reduces the gases. The Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu is a 10th-century medicinal thesaurus (nighaṇṭu) containing characteristics and synonyms of various herbal plants and minerals.
Varmi (वर्मि)—Sanskrit word for a fish (commonly called vāmi). This animal is from the group called Nādeya-matsya (‘fresh water fish’). Nādeya-matsya itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Ānupa (those that frequent marshy places).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvarmī (वर्मी).—a (varma q. v.) Poignant, piercing, pricking, cutting, stinging, probing--speech &c. 2 That is acquainted with the secret foibles, faults, trippings, dishonorable points of. 3 That is familiar or intimate with the turnings and windings, the mysteries and intricacies, the art or trick (of a process or business, of a machine or contrivance). 4 That pierces into or discerns the latent meaning or purpose (of a passage in a book, of a speech &c.); that apprehends or knows the point, sting, bearing, aim, drift. 5 That has tender or touchy places. Ex. varmī puruṣāsa caighāmadhyēṃ sabhākampa suṭatō.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvarmī (वर्मी).—a Piercing, cutting; that is ac- quainted with the secret foibles.
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 dictionaryVarmi (वर्मि).—A kind of fish (vāmi).
Derivable forms: varmiḥ (वर्मिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarmi (वर्मि).—[masculine] a kind of fish.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarmi (वर्मि):—m. a kind of fish (commonly called vāmi), [Suśruta]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVarmi (வர்மி) noun < வர்மம்¹. [varmam¹.] Malicious person; வன்மமுள்ளவன். [vanmamullavan.]
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Varmi (வர்மி) [varmittal] 11 transitive verb < idem. To hate; பகைத்தல். [pagaithal.] (W.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Varmiga, Varmik, Varmika, Varmikayani, Varmikya, Varmila, Varmimatsya, Varmin, Varmina, Varmita, Varmitanga.
Full-text: Varmimatsya, Varmusha, Pitankasha, Nadeya-matsya.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
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Soma in Vedic Mythology and Ritual (study) (by Anjana Chakraborty)
Chapter 4 - The Synchronization of Rituals and Myths of Soma
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)