Vivarnaka, Vivarṇaka: 2 definitions

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Vivarnaka 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)

[«previous next»] — Vivarnaka in Biology glossary
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Vivarnaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Alhagi maurorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Alhagi kirghisorum sensu Grossh. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Hort. Goenk. (1812)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft (1787)
· United Arab Rep. J. (1979)
· Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica (1755)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vivarnaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vivarṇaka (विवर्णक).—adj. or n. ag. (from next; Pali vivaṇṇaka, see below), speaking (one who speaks) ill of…: bodhi- sattva-°kānāṃ Gaṇḍavyūha 228.19; follows (bodhicitta-)vichindi- kānām, see vichindika. Pali vivaṇṇaka in Vin. iv.143.19 said to be noun of action, dispraise, but (sikkhāpada-) vivaṇṇake pācittiyaṃ may mean there is a pācittiya in the case of one who speaks ill of…; compare idaṃ tasmiṃ pācittiyaṃ iv.130.17, this is in him a p°, [Sacred Books of the East] 13.46.

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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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