Taruta, Tarūṭa, Taruṭa, Tarutā: 9 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
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1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Taruta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Tarūṭa (तालप्रलम्ब) is a Sanskrit word referring to Dioscorea belophylla (air potato), a plant species in the Dioscoreales family. Certain plant parts of Tarūṭa are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The plant is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant.

The Rāja-nighaṇṭu by Satish Chandra Sankhyadhar says that according to Priya Vrat Sharma this plant (Dioscorea belophylla) is identified with the name Turāra.

Properties according to Caraka-saṃhitā: Tarūṭa is heavy, distending and cold.

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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

Taruṭa (तरुट).—The root of the lotus.

Derivable forms: taruṭaḥ (तरुटः).

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Tarutā (तरुता).—Freshness, vigour.

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

Taruṭa (तरुट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) The root of the lotus.

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

Tarutā (तरुता).—[taru + tā], f. Condition of a tree, being a tree, Mārk. P. 31, 9.

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

Tarūṭa (तरूट).—[masculine] the root of the lotus.

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

1) Tarutā (तरुता):—[=taru-tā] [from taru] f. the state of a tree, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa xxxi, 9; Kathāsaritsāgara lxxii, 235.]

2) Tarūṭa (तरूट):—m. the root of a lotus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Tarūṭa (तरूट):—(ṭaḥ) 1. m. Root of the lotus.

[Sanskrit to German]

Taruta 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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