Marudbhava, Maru-udbhava, Marūdbhavā: 8 definitions
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Marudbhava 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu1) Marudbhava (मरुद्भव) is another name for Yavāsa, a medicinal plant identified with Alhagi pseudalhagi, synonym of Alhagi maurorum (“camelthorn”) from the Fabaceae or legume family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.44-46 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Marudbhava and Yavāsa, there are a total of twenty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Marudbhavā (मरुद्भवा ) (Marūdbhavā?) is also mentioned as a synonym for Kārpāsī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.188-189. Together with the names Marudbhavā and Kālāñjanī, there are a total of ten Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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) Marudbhava 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 Hedysarum alhagi L. (among others).
2) Marudbhava is also identified with Gossypium herbaceum It has the synonym Gossypium zaitzevii Prokh. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Fl. Chiapas (1990)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Species Plantarum (1763)
· Brittonia (1968)
· Blumea (1966)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Marudbhava, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMarūdbhavā (मरूद्भवा).—f.
(-vā) 1. A cucumber. 2. Wild-cotton. 3. A small species of the fœtid mimosa. 4. A plant, (Hedysarum alhagi.) E. maru dry soil, and udbhava produced.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Marūdbhava (मरूद्भव):—[from maru] m. ‘produced in a d°’, a kind of ill-scented Mimosa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Marūdbhavā (मरूद्भवा):—[from marūdbhava > maru] f. Alhagi Maurorum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a species of Khadira, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Marudbhavā (मरुद्भवा):—[=marud-bhavā] [from marud > marut] f. (= tāmra-mūlā) a kind of plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] ([according to] to others) cotton.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMarūdbhavā (मरूद्भवा):—[marūdbha+vā] (vā) 1. f. A cucumber; wild cotton; fetid mimosa; a plant.
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