Vitapin, Viṭapin, Vitapi, Viṭapī: 18 definitions
Introduction:
Vitapin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, biology, 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)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Viṭapi (विटपि) refers to a “tree”, as mentioned in a list of twenty-five synonyms in the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Viṭapi] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Viṭapī (विटपी) refers to “trees” which were commonly manipulated according to a recipe for producing fragrance (gandha-samutpatti), according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly: “An ordinary mango tree (cūta-viṭapī) gets the good quality of a high class mango tree and puts forth fragrant blossom attracting the bees if it is smeared with the thick paste of Syzygium cumini, coral, Cyperus hexastachys communis and the roots of Vetiveria zizanioides and then sprinkled with the water from the same paste”.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Vitapi in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus benghalensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus cotonaeifolia Vahl (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum
· Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi (1867)
· Bot. Mat. Med. (1812)
· Enumeratio plantarum (1805)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Vitapi, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
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
Pali-English dictionary
viṭapī : (m.) a tree.
Viṭapin, (viṭapa+in) a tree, lit. “having branches” J. VI, 178. (Page 620)
viṭapī (ဝိဋပီ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[viṭapa+ī．viṭapo sākhādi assa atthīti viṭapī．kappadduma．viṭa- saṃ．viḍavi- prā．]
[ဝိဋပ+ဤ။ ဝိဋပေါ သာခါဒိ အဿ အတ္ထီတိ ဝိဋပီ။ ကပ္ပဒ္ဒုမ။ ဝိဋပိန်- သံ။ ဝိဍဝိ- ပြာ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
viṭapī—
(Burmese text): သစ်ပင်။ ဝိဋပိသမ- လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Tree. Also, look at the leaves.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Viṭapin (विटपिन्).—m. [viṭapa-astyarthe ini]
1) A tree; परितो दृष्टाश्च विटपिनः सर्वे (parito dṛṣṭāśca viṭapinaḥ sarve) Bv.1.21,29.
2) The fig-tree.
Viṭapin (विटपिन्).—m. (-pī) 1. A tree. 2. The large Indian fig-tree, (Ficus Indica.) E. viṭapa a branch or shoot, and ini aff.
Viṭapin (विटपिन्).—i. e. viṭapa + in, I. adj. Having branches, Mahābhārata 1, 1775. Ii. m. 1. A tree, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 477. 2. The large Indian fig-tree.
Viṭapin (विटपिन्).—[adjective] having branches; [masculine] tree.
1) Viṭapin (विटपिन्):—[from viṭapa] mfn. having branches or boughs (as a tree), [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a tree, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] (mc. also viṭapi, in [genitive case] [accusative] [plural] pīnām and pīn, [Rāmāyaṇa])
3) [v.s. ...] the Indian fig-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Viṭapin (विटपिन्):—(pī) 5. m. A tree; Indian fig-tree.
Viṭapin (विटपिन्):—(wie eben)
1) adj. mit Aesten —, mit Zweigen versehen: vṛkṣa (daneben śākhin) [Mahābhārata 1, 1775.] —
2) m. a) Baum [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 1, 5. 3, 4, 25, 171.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1114.] [Halāyudha 2, 22.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 97, 19.] [Śākuntala ed. CH. 8, 9.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 27.] [Spr. 1094. 4055. 4869.] [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 89, 17.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 2, 4. 17, 13. 24, 10.] — b) Ficus indica [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. kalpa .
Viṭapin (विटपिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viḍavi.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Viṭapi (ವಿಟಪಿ):—
1) [noun] a tree, that has branches, twigs.
2) [noun] the ficus tree Ficus racemosa ( = F. glomerata) of Moraceae family; the cluster-fig tree.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Viṭapi (விடபி) noun < viṭapin.
1. Tree; மரப் பொது. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [marap pothu. (sudamaninigandu)]
2. Country figuratively See அத்தி¹. (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [athi¹. (vaithiya muligai)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Viṭapī (विटपी):—n. a tree;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vitapimriga.
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