Vami, Vamī, Vāmi: 15 definitions
Introduction:
Vami means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, biology, Tamil. 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)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaVamī (वमी) refers to “vomiting” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning vamī] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsVami (वमि):—[vamiḥ] Vomiting
Source: Research Gate: On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD)Vāmī (वामी) refers to a type of fish identified with Channa gachua Ham., as mentioned in the 12th-century Mānasollāsa or Abhilaṣitārthachintāmaṇi, an ancient Sanskrit text describing thirty-five kinds of marine and fresh water fishes.—Vami is a fish that is most likely an inland fish. Someshvardeva made no mention about its size or scales. Vamah in Sanskrit means a snake, vam means vomit, and vaama means crooked. Hora (1951) was not able to identify the fish. Taking a clue from the Sanskrit meaning of vamah as snake, we suggest that vami should be the snakehead, Channa gachua Ham., which is found in fresh waters, has scales, and is a small fish.
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)Vami in India is the name of a plant defined with Crotalaria verrucosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Anisanthera hastata Raf. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1992)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1843)
· Phytomorphology (1991)
· Suppl. Meth. (1802)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Vami, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, 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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvami : (aor. of vamati) vomited; ejected; discharged.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvāmī (वामी).—a Commonly vāmamārgī.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVami (वमि).—[vam-in]
1) Fire.
2) A cheat, rogue.
-miḥ f.
1) Sickness, nausea.
2) An emetic.
Derivable forms: vamiḥ (वमिः).
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Vamī (वमी).—Vomiting.
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Vāmi (वामि).—[vam-iñ Uṇādi-sūtra 4.136] f. A woman.
Derivable forms: vāmiḥ (वामिः).
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Vāmī (वामी).—
1) A mare; अथोष्ट्रवामीशतवाहितार्थम् (athoṣṭravāmīśatavāhitārtham) R.5.32; महाभारसहैर्वाहैर्वामीभिर्वृषभैस्तथा (mahābhārasahairvāhairvāmībhirvṛṣabhaistathā) Śiva B.3.22.
2) A she-ass.
3) A female elephant.
4) The female of the jackal.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVami (वमि).—m. (-miḥ or mī) 1. Vomiting, sickness. 2. An emetic. m.
(-miḥ) 1. A name of fire. 2. A rogue, a cheat. E. vam to vomit, aff. in .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVami (वमि).—[vam + i], I. m. 1. Fire. 2. A rogue. Ii. 1. Vomiting, [Suśruta] 2, 491, 21. 2. An emetic.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVami (वमि).—[feminine] vomiting, sickness, nausea.
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Vamī (वमी).—[feminine] vomiting, sickness, nausea.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vami (वमि):—[from vam] f. vomiting, nausea, qualmishness (also ī), [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] an emetic, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) fire
4) [v.s. ...] a thorn-apple
5) [v.s. ...] a rogue, cheat.
6) Vāmī (वामी):—[from vāma > vānta] a f. idem, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
7) [from vāma] b f. a mare, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (-ratha mfn., [Patañjali on Pāṇini 4-2, 104], [vArttika] 20)
8) [v.s. ...] a she-ass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] a female camel (cf. uṣṭra-v)
10) [v.s. ...] a young female elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] the female of the jackal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vami (वमि):—(miḥ) 2. f. Vomiting. m. Fire; a rogue.
2) Vāmī (वामी):—(mī) 3. f. An elephant.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusVami (ವಮಿ):—
1) [noun] = ವಮನ - [vamana -] 1 & 2.
2) [noun] fire.
3) [noun] a deceiver; a cheat; a fraud.
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Vāmi (ವಾಮಿ):—
1) [noun] a female horse.
2) [noun] a horse that has just given birth to an offspring.
3) [noun] a female elephant.
4) [noun] a female ass.
5) [noun] a female jackal.
6) [noun] the tree Vitex negundo of Verbenaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVāmi (வாமி) noun < vāmī.
1. Pārvatī; பார்வதி. [parvathi.] (நாமதீபநிகண்டு [namathipanigandu] 24.)
2. Durgā; துர்க்கை. [thurkkai.]
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Vāmi (வாமி) noun < vāmin. Member of the Vāmācāra sect; வாமாசாரத்தின்படி. நடப் போன். வாமியின்றே வலக்கை தா [vamasarathinpadi. nadap pon. vamiyinre valakkai tha] (பிரபோதசந்திரோதயம் [pirapothasandirothayam] 31, 21).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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