Yavaneshta, Yavaneṣṭa, Yavana-ishta: 9 definitions

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Yavaneshta 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.

The Sanskrit term Yavaneṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Yavanesta or Yavaneshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Yavaneṣṭa (यवनेष्ट) is another name for Marica, a medicinal plant identified with Piper nigrum Linn. or “black pepper” from the Piperaceae or “pepper” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.30-32 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Yavaneṣṭa and Marica, there are a total of seventeen 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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Yavaneshta in India is the name of a plant defined with Allium sativum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Porrum ophioscorodon Rchb. (among others).

2) Yavaneshta is also identified with Lawsonia inermis It has the synonym Rotantha combretoides Bak. (etc.).

3) Yavaneshta is also identified with Phoenix sylvestris It has the synonym Elate versicolor Salisb. (etc.).

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

· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2006)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1792)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· J. Investig. Allergol. Clin. Immunol. (2006)
· Dermatology Online Journal (2003)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Yavaneshta, for example side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Yavaneshta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yavaneṣṭa (यवनेष्ट).—

1) a kind of garlic.

2) a kind of onion.

3) the Nimba tree.

-ṣṭā the wild date-tree. (-ṣṭam) 1 lead.

Derivable forms: yavaneṣṭaḥ (यवनेष्टः).

Yavaneṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yavana and iṣṭa (इष्ट).

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

Yavaneṣṭa (यवनेष्ट).—n.

(-ṣṭaṃ) Lead. m.

(-ṣṭaḥ) 1. Garlic. 2. A sort of onion. 3. The Nimba-tree. E. yavana a Yavana, iṣṭa wished, desired.

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

Yavaneṣṭa (यवनेष्ट).—i. e. yavana-iṣ- ṭa (vb. iṣ), n. Lead.

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

1) Yavaneṣṭa (यवनेष्ट):—[from yavana] m. ‘liked by Y°’, a kind of onion or garlic, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

2) [v.s. ...] Azadirachta Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Yavaneṣṭā (यवनेष्टा):—[from yavaneṣṭa > yavana] f. the wild date tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Yavaneṣṭa (यवनेष्ट):—[from yavana] n. lead, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

6) [v.s. ...] pepper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Yavaneṣṭa (यवनेष्ट):—[yavane+ṣṭa] (ṣṭaṃ) 1. n. Lead. m. Garlic, a sort of onion; the Nimb tree.

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Yavaneshta in German

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