Viratara, Vīratara: 9 definitions

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Viratara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Viratara in India is the name of a plant defined with Vetiveria zizanioides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum squarrosum (L.f.) Lam. (among others).

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

· Weed Biology and Management (2002)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1783)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1925)
· Molecular Ecology (1998)
· Reliquiae Haenkeanae (1830)
· Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (1904)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vīratara (वीरतर).—

1) A great hero.

2) An arrow.

-ram A kind of fragrant grass.

Derivable forms: vīrataraḥ (वीरतरः).

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

Vīratara (वीरतर).—n. (-ra) 1. A fragrant grass, (Andropogon muricatum.) m.

(-raḥ) 1. An arrow. 2. A great hero. E. vīra powerful, tarap aff.

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

Vīratara (वीरतर).—[vīra + tara], m. 1. A distinguished hero, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 48, 11. 2. An arrow.

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

Vīratara (वीरतर).—[masculine] greatest & greater hero.

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

1) Vīratara (वीरतर):—[=vīra-tara] [from vīra > vīr] mfn. (vīra-) stronger, bolder

2) [v.s. ...] m. a great or a greater hero, [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] an arrow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a corpse (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] n. = vīraṇa, Andropogon Muricatus

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

Vīratara (वीरतर):—[vīra-tara] (raṃ) 1. n. A fragrant grass. m. An arrow; a hero; a corpse.

[Sanskrit to German]

Viratara 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vīratara (ವೀರತರ):—

1) [noun] = ವೀರಣ [virana]2.

2) [noun] a man of marked bravery, courage.

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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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