The Sanskrit term Virāḷi can be transliterated into English as Virali or Viralii, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Jaina Yoga

Virālī (विराली) in Prakrit or Virālī in Sanskrit refers an unknown plant species. This plant is classifed as ananta-kāya, or “plants that are inhabited by an infinite number of living organisms”, and therefore are abhakṣya (forbidden to consume) according to Nemicandra (in his Pravacana-sāroddhāra v245-246). Those plants which are classified as ananta-kāyas (e.g., virālī) seem to be chosen because of certain morphological peculiarities such as the possession of bulbs or rhizomes orthe habit of periodically shedding their leaves; and in general theyare characterized by possibilities of vegetative reproduction.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Virali in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. from the Sapindaceae (Soapberry) family. For the possible medicinal usage of virali, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Virali in India is the name of a plant defined with Hymenodictyon orixense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Exostema philippicum Blanco (among others).

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Fam. Pl. (Adanson) (1763)

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

viralī (विरली).—& viralēṃ Commonly iralī & iralēṃ.

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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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Viralī (विरली).—= prec.: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.20.16 f.; 23.15; Tibetan seṅ ras.

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

Virālī (विराली) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Birālī.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Virali (விரலி) noun probably from idem.

1. See விரலிமஞ்சள். [viralimanchal.] Colloq.

2. cf. விரவி. [viravi.] Cucumber; வெள்ளரி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [vellari. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Virāli (விராலி) noun Jamaica switch sorrel, 1. shrub, Dodonoea viscosa; செடிவகை. [sedivagai.] (W.)

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Virāḷi (விராளி) noun perhaps from virala. Separation; பிரிவு. [pirivu.] (W.)

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Viṟali (விறலி) noun < idem.

1. Female dancer who exhibits the various emotions and sentiments in her dance; உள்ளக்குறிப்புப் புறத்து வெளிப்பட ஆடுபவள். [ullakkurippup purathu velippada adupaval.] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 91.)

2. Woman of the pāṇ caste; பாண்சாதிப் பெண். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [pansathip pen. (pingalagandu)]

3. Girl who is 16 years old; பதினாறு வயதுப்பெண். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [pathinaru vayathuppen. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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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: Virali-arrupatai, Virali-vitututu, Viralia, Viralika, Viralikarisu, Viralikri, Viralikrita, Viralila, Viralimancal, Viralippaccai, Viralisu, Viralita, Viraliyar, Viraliyatal.

Ends with: Aivirali, Ancuvirali, Ayvirali, Iyvirali.

Full-text: Viralimancal, I-virali kovai, Viralika, Virali-arrupatai, Birali, Viralippaccai, Viralikri, Virali-vitututu, Cuppira-tipa-kavirayar, Viraliyatal, Viranem, Kuttar.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Virali, Viralī, Virālī, Virāli, Virāḷi, Viṟali, Viraali; (plurals include: Viralis, Viralīs, Virālīs, Virālis, Virāḷis, Viṟalis, Viraalis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

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