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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vitunnā (वितुन्ना) is another name for Bhūmyāmalakī, a medicinal plant identified with Phyllanthus urinaria Linn. (synonym Phyllanthus niruri Hook f.) or “chamber bitter” from the Phyllanthaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.91-93 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Vitunnā and Bhūmyāmalakī, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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)

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

1) Vitunna in India is the name of a plant defined with Blepharis ciliaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ruellia persica Burm.f. (among others).

2) Vitunna is also identified with Celosia argentea It has the synonym Amaranthus purpureus Nieuwl. (etc.).

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

· Amer. Midl. Nat. (1914)
· Planta Medica (1997)
· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1806)
· Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage (1934)
· Species Plantarum (1763)
· Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1956)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vitunna : (pp. of vitudati) nudged; pricked.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vitunna, (pp. of vitudati) struck, pricked, pushed J. III, 380. (Page 620)

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vitunna (वितुन्न).—a. Pierced, torn; निष्फलेषु वितुन्नाङ्गो नङ्क्ष्यतीत्यत्र का प्रमा (niṣphaleṣu vitunnāṅgo naṅkṣyatītyatra kā pramā) Pañchadaśī 7.28.

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Vitunna (वितुन्न).—

1) The pot-herb called सुनिषण्णक (suniṣaṇṇaka).

2) The plant called शैवाल (śaivāla).

Derivable forms: vitunnam (वितुन्नम्).

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

Vitunna (वितुन्न).—n.

(-nnaṃ) 1. A potherb, (Marsilia quadrifolia.) 2. An aquatic plant (Vallisneria octandra.) E. vi privative, tunna pained; allaying pain.

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

1) Vitunna (वितुन्न):—[=vi-tunna] [from vi-tud] mfn. pierced, torn etc., [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] n. Marsilea Quadrifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

4) Vitunnā (वितुन्ना):—[=vi-tunnā] [from vi-tunna > vi-tud] f. Flacourtia Cataphracta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vitunna (वितुन्न):—[vi-tunna] (nnaṃ) 1. n. A potherb.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vitunna 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vitunna (ವಿತುನ್ನ):—

1) [noun] the plant Flacourtia cataphracta of Flacourtiaceae family.

2) [noun] the plant Blyxa octandra of Hydrocharitaceae family.

3) [noun] the plant Marsilea quadrifolia of Marsileaceae family.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Tunna, Vi.

Starts with: Vitunnaka, Vitunnakam.

Full-text: Vitunnaka, Vitudati, Bhumyamalaki.

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