Alternative spellings of this word include Taravat.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Taravaṭa (तरवट) is another name for Āhulya, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly identified with Cassia auriculata Linn., according to verse 4.166-170 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 Taravaṭa and Āhulya, there are a total of thirteen 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

taravaṭā (तरवटा).—m An esculent and medicinal herb. Called also ṭākaḷā, ṭahāṭaḷa, ṭāhakaḷa.

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tāravaṭa (तारवट).—a (tārūṃ) Brought in on ships or boats. See tāravaṭī. 2 (tāra) Heavy or dull from spirits or drugs or watching.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

tāravaṭa (तारवट).—a Brought on ships. Heavy and dull.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Taravaṭa (तरवट):—[=tara-vaṭa] [from tara] Cassia auriculata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Taravata 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Tarāvaṭa (तरावट) [Also spelled taravat]:—(nf) coolness: freshness, dampness; verdure.

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Partial matches: Vata, Tara.

Starts with: Taravatamnem, Taravatanem.

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Full-text: Ahulya, Tarbata, Tahatala, Tahakala, Tarota, Taravat.

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