Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vavara in Colombia is the name of a plant defined with Geonoma deversa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gynestum deversum Poit. (among others).

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

· Palm Trees of the Amazon (1853)
· Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale (1847)
· Fl. Bras. (Martius) (1882)
· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1906)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1876)
· Index Palmarum (1878)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vavara (ववर).—n (Better vahavara) A married couple.

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vāvara (वावर).—n A tract of planted, sown, or meadow land; a field, a meadow. vāvarānta ṭākalā tara disāyācā nāhīṃ Used of an exceedingly black man.

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vāvara (वावर).—m C (vyāpāra or vyavahāra) Bustle, stir, lively and active proceeding of business. 2 C Domestic business and bother; viz. sweeping, cowdungsmearing, scouring, washing, arranging, setting.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vāvara (वावर).—n A field. m Bustle; domestic business and bother.

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

Vāvara (वावर):—m. a [particular] Pañca-rātra, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

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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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Vāvara (वावर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vyāpṛ.

2) Vāvāra (वावार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vyāpāra.

3) Vāvāra (वावार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vyāpāra.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vavaraci, Vavarana, Vavaranem, Vavaravala.

Full-text: Vyapara, Vyapri, Koradavava, Koradavahu, Koradavahi, Saramadi, Dusota, Saramada, Lagana, Babara, Bharakatanem, Bharakadanem, Thanakavinem, Vavaranem, Bharakandanem.

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