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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Vidara (विदर) refers to “cavity” or “slit”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 8.38.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vidara in India is the name of a plant defined with Opuntia stricta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cactus strictus Haw. (among others).

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

· Synopsis plantarum succulentarum (1812)
· American Journal of Botany (1946)
· Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum (1819)
· Flora of Ecuador (1989)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1828)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Vidara, for example health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vidara (विदर).—

1) Breaking, bursting, rending.

2) A cavity, a slit; अदूरजाग्रद्विदरप्रणालीरेखा (adūrajāgradvidarapraṇālīrekhā) N.8.38.

-ram the prickly pear.

Derivable forms: vidaraḥ (विदरः).

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Vidāra (विदार).—1 Rending or cutting asunder, splitting.

2) War, battle.

3) An inundation, overflowing (of a tank, river &c.).

-rī 1 A swelling in the groin.

2) A species of medicinal plant (sālavaṇa); विदारी वातपित्तघ्नी वल्या वृष्या रसायनी (vidārī vātapittaghnī valyā vṛṣyā rasāyanī) Rājavallabha.

Derivable forms: vidāraḥ (विदारः).

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

Vidara (विदर).—m.

(-raḥ) Tearing, rending. n.

(-raṃ) The Indian prickly-pear, (Cactus Indicus.) “phaṇimanasā”. E. vi before, dṛ to tear, aff. ap or ac.

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Vidāra (विदार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Tearing, rending. 2. War, battle. 3. An inundation, an overflow, the rising of a river or pond above its banks. f. (-rī) 1. A plant, (Hedysarum gangeticum.) 2. A climbing palnt, (Ipomœa paniculata.) 3. Bubo, swelling in the groin, &c. E. vi before, dṛ to tear, to divide, aff. ghañ .

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

Vidara (विदर).—i. e. vi-dṛ10 + a, I. m. Tearing, rending. Ii. n. A plant, Cactus indicus.

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Vidāra (विदार).—i. e. vi-dṛ10 + a, I. m. 1. Tearing. 2. Cutting, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 23. 3. War, battle. 4. The rising of a river above its banks, inundation. Ii. f. rī, The name of two plants.

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

Vidāra (विदार).—[masculine] rending, tearing, or cutting asunder.

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

1) Vidara (विदर):—[=vi-dara] [from vi] 1. vi-dara mf(ā)n. (for 2. See under vi-√dṝ) free from cracks or holes, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

2) [=vi-dara] a vi-daraṇa See under vi√dṝ, p. 966, col. 1.

3) Vidāra (विदार):—[=vi-dāra] a raka, raṇa See under vi-√dṝ, p. 966, col. 1.

4) Vidara (विदर):—[=vi-dara] [from vi-dṝ] 2. vi-dara m. (for 1. See p. 950, col. 3) tearing asunder, rending, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a crevice, fissure, [Naiṣadha-carita]

6) [v.s. ...] n. Cactus Indicus ([probably] the flower), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) Vidāra (विदार):—[=vi-dāra] [from vi-dṝ] b m. tearing or rending asunder, cutting, splitting, [Kāvya literature; Vopadeva]

8) [v.s. ...] war, battle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] an inundation, overflow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Vidara (विदर):—[vi-dara] (raḥ) 1. m. Tearing. n. Prickly pear.

2) Vidāra (विदार):—[vi-dāra] (raḥ) 1. m. An inundation; a tearing; war. f. Hedysarum plant; a Convolvulus; a bubo.

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

Vidāra (विदार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viāra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vidara 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.

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Partial matches: Dara, Vi.

Starts with: Vidara-vishvasaraka, Vidaraga, Vidaraka, Vidaran, Vidarana, Vidaranamgey, Vidarananarasimha, Vidarananrisimha, Vidaranem, Vidarani, Vidaraniya, Vidaranya, Vidaraya, Vidarayat, Vitarakan, Vitaranam, Vitarani, Vitaranikan.

Ends with: Arividara, Giravidara, Karikovidara, Kavidara, Kovidara, Manavidara, Pravidara, Raktakovidara, Raktapushpakovidara, Sovidara.

Full-text: Vidari, Pravidara, Kauvidarya, Vishvasaraka, Vidarigandhika, Vidarigandha, Vidarita, Nirdarana, Skhadana, Vidarin, Vidara-vishvasaraka, Kovidara, Vidarana, Vidarika, Vidaraka, Viara, Pradara.

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