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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Suvarṇāra (सुवर्णार) is another name (synonym) for Karbudāra, which is the Sanskrit word for Bauhinia variegata (orchid tree), a plant from the Cleomaceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 13.99), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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

Suvarṇāra (सुवर्णार):—[from su-varṇa] m. Bauhinia Variegata, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]

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Suvarnara 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.

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Starts with: Suvarnarah, Suvarnarajata, Suvarnarambha, Suvarnaratnakaracchattraketu, Suvarnaratnakaracchattrakuta, Suvarnaratnakarachattrakuta.

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Full-text: Suvarnarah, Karbudara.

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