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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Ruvu (रुवु) is another name (synonym) for Raktairaṇḍa: one of the three varieties of Eraṇḍa, which is a Sanskrit name representing Ricinus communis (castor-oil-plant). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 8.55-57), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. It can also be spelled as Rubu. Certain plant parts of Eraṇḍa are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), and it is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ruvu (रुवु).—The castor-oil tree.

Derivable forms: ruvuḥ (रुवुः).

See also (synonyms): ruvuka, rubu, rubuka.

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

Ruvu (रुवु).—m.

(-vuḥ) The castor-oil tree, (Ricinus communis.) E. ru, ukak aff.; or ru to weep, ku aff., and the final vowel changed to uva; also with kan added ruvuka and with the first or second vowel made long, rūvuka and ruvūka; also as differently derived, uruvūka .

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

Ruvu (रुवु):—m. (cf. uruvu) the castor-oil tree, Ricinus Communis, [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]

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

Ruvu (रुवु):—(vuḥ) 2. m. The castor oil tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ruvu 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

Rūvu (ರೂವು):—[noun] = ರೂಪು [rupu].

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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.

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Starts with: Ruvugidu, Ruvuka.

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Full-text: Ruvuka, Rubu, Rubuka, Raktairanda, Eranda.

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