Atavi, ḍaī, Āṭaī, ṭaī, ṭa: 35 definitions
Introduction:
Atavi means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexĀṭaī (आटवी).—A Vāyu.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 61. 25.
ṭaī (अटवी) is a name mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. VI.10.46, VIII.30.45) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning ṭaī) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantuṭaī (अटवी) refers to “forest� according to the second chapter (ṇy徱-) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles [viz., ṭaī] and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindusṭaī (अटवी) refers to the “jungle� (representing a desirable habitat of wild elephants), according to the 15th century ٲṅgī composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “On the keeping of elephants and their daily and seasonal regimen”]: �2. On mountain ridges, in the water of mountain torrents, in lotus pools and rivers, ever remembering how he played freely with elephant cows in the midst of the jungle (ṭaī-ⲹ) [svacchandena kareṇukābhirṭaīmadhyeṣu vikrīḍitam], an elephant, dejected and beset with manifold troubles, is unwilling to eat stalks of white sugar cane, etc., though repeatedly placed before him�.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)ṭaī (अटवी) refers to a “forest�, and is mentioned in verse 2.38 of the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh (Sūtrasthāna) by 岵ṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] one shall not lie down (too) long with raised knees, nor shall one stay at [...] (and) at an execution site, a forest [viz., ṭaī], an empty house, and a cremation ground not even in the day-time. By no means shall one look into the sun or carry a burden on one’s head�.
Note: ṭaī (“forest�) has been translated by ’bDz sto� (“barren wilderness�) as woods are not known in Tibet; Mahāvyutpatti 5266 equates the word to ’bDz alone. Similarly, śśԲ (“cremation ground�) has been replaced by dur-khrod (“funeral place�) because of the different customs in India and Tibet of disposing of the dead: while the Indians cremated the bodies, the Tibetans either buried, embalmed, burned, or cut them into pieces as food for animals (cf. Koeppen, Religion II p. 322 sq.). On material changes like this see Introduction § 27.

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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantramṭa (अटवि) [=ṭa첹?] refers to “forests�, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “[...] Prabhu, Yogin, Ānanda, Āvalī, Ātīta, Pāda, and the rest called Kulas (are) all (like) rivers that fall into the root transmission. They, the princes and the gods, bodies, forests (ṭa첹), villages, houses and others that are born from the root (transmission) are like rivers (that flow) from the mountain of Kula�.
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantramḍaī (अडवी) is the name of a Pallī (village) associated with the Pīṭha named Devikoṭṭa, according to the Kulakriḍāvatāra, a text paraphrased by Abhinavagupta in his Tāntrāloka.—The lineage (ovalli) Ānanda is associated with the following:—Prince: Ali; Master: Śṛṅgālamuni; Pīṭha: Devīkoṭṭa; Ghara (house): Pulinda; Pallī (village): ḍaī; Town: Balahoma; Direction: east; Grove: Pāya; Vow-time: 7 years; Mudrā: right ring; Chummā: “Heart�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)ṭa (अटवि) refers to the “forests� (which were inspected by hunters), according to the ŚⲹԾ첹-śٰ: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, �Hunting on horseback (śԲ) represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting (ṛg). [...] It leads to the acquisition of religious merit, by killing ferocious animals such as wolves and tigers, by the protection of standing crop, by the slaughter of stags and other animals, by an inspection of the forest (ṭa), which serves so many useful purposes, by frightening the thieves, and by conciliating forest tribes. [...]�.

This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agricultureṭaī (अटवी) refers to a “forest�, according to the ղٳṇḍⲹ첹貹Ჹ, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, “Then the Bhagavān reached the vicinity of the residence of Vaiśravaṇa. In that region there was a choicest forest (ṭaī-vara) called Viṣavaka. There was a lotus lake in the middle of an opening of the forest. By the power of that lotus lake the fields, gardens, forests, groves, flowers and fruits in the capital of Aḍakavatī became refreshed [...]�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflectionsṭa (अटवि) refers to the “forest (of life)�, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Sentient beings, inflamed by very intense pleasure [and] unsteady from affliction by wrong faith, wander about in a five-fold life that is difficult to be traversed [com.�janman-ṭa—‘the forest of life’]. It has been stated at length that the cycle of rebirth which is full of suffering is five-fold on account of combining substance, place, right time, life and intention�.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptionsṭaī (अटवी) is a synonym for Vana (forest): a name-ending for place-names mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions (reigned from 3rd century CE). We find some place-names with the suffix denoting forest, for example Vindhyāṭavī, and Vṛndāvana. In our inscriptions we come across only three such names, Tumbavana and Vindhāṭavī, and MahāԳ. The suffixes vana, ṭaī and Գ are synonyms.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossaryṭaī.�(CII 1), the forest-folk. (SITI), troops. Note: ṭaī is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Adavi in India is the name of a plant defined with Zanthoxylum nitidum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Fagara torva (F. Muell.) Engl. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Brasiliae Meridionalis (1825)
· Silvae Geneticae (1973)
· Journal of Organic Chemistry (5025)
· The Flora of British India (1875)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1824)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1931)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Adavi, for example side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, 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
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryṭa : (f.) forest.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionaryṭaī, (f.) (Sk. ṭaī: Non-Aryan, prob. Dravidian) 1. forest, woods J. I, 306; II, 117; III, 220; DhA. I, 13; PvA. 277. �-� 2. inhabitant of the forest, man of the woods, wild tribe J. VI, 55 (= ṭacorā C.).
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) ṭa (အဋဝ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
[ṭa+ava+ī.ṭe (kha) avati rakkhatīti ṭaī.ṭa+vi+ī (thījotaka).ṭā (pyaṃso) vayo=pakkhino atreti ṭaī.� 2- cintāmaṇiṭī.ṭa+avi+ī (thījotaka).ṭanti gacchanti atreti ṭaī.byākhyāsudhāṭī.,ṭī.536-nitea netū.ṭanti carime vayasi yatra.thoma.rū-nitea ṭa-hu ikāranta-thīnitea pra.]
[အ�+အ�+ဤ။ အဋ� (ခရီးသွားတို့ကိ�) အဝတ� ရက္ခတီတ� အဋဝီ။ အ�+ဝ�+� (ထီဇောတက)� အဋ� (ပျံထွက်ကုန်သေ�) ဝယေ�=ပက္ခိနေ� အတြေတ� အဋဝီ။ � �-နည်� စိန္တာမဏိဋီ။ အ�+အဝ�+� (ထီဇောတက)� အဋန္တ� ဂစ္ဆန္တ� အတြေတ� အဋဝီ။ ဗျာချာသုဓာဋီ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၅၃�-၌ကာ� ပါဌ်ပျက်နေဟန်တူသည်။ အဋန္တ� စရိမ� ဝယသ� ယတြ။ ထောမ။ ရ�-� အဋဝ�-ဟ� ဣကာရန္�-ထီ၌ ပြသည်။]
2) ṭaī (အဋဝ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
[ṭa+ava+ī.ṭe (kha) avati rakkhatīti ṭaī.ṭa+vi+ī (thījotaka).ṭā (pyaṃso) vayo=pakkhino atreti ṭaī.� 2- cintāmaṇiṭī.ṭa+avi+ī (thījotaka).ṭanti gacchanti atreti ṭaī.byākhyāsudhāṭī.,ṭī.536-nitea netū.ṭanti carime vayasi yatra.thoma.rū-nitea ṭa-hu ikāranta-thīnitea pra.]
[အ�+အ�+ဤ။ အဋ� (ခရီးသွားတို့ကိ�) အဝတ� ရက္ခတီတ� အဋဝီ။ အ�+ဝ�+� (ထီဇောတက)� အဋ� (ပျံထွက်ကုန်သေ�) ဝယေ�=ပက္ခိနေ� အတြေတ� အဋဝီ။ � �-နည်� စိန္တာမဏိဋီ။ အ�+အဝ�+� (ထီဇောတက)� အဋန္တ� ဂစ္ဆန္တ� အတြေတ� အဋဝီ။ ဗျာချာသုဓာဋီ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၅၃�-၌ကာ� ပါဌ်ပျက်နေဟန်တူသည်။ အဋန္တ� စရိမ� ဝယသ� ယတြ။ ထောမ။ ရ�-� အဋဝ�-ဟ� ဣကာရန္�-ထီ၌ ပြသည်။]

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
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṭaī (अटवी).—f (S) A forest, wood, grove. Ex. padmāṭavīnta gaja ikṣumisē� nighālā || 2 In popular misapprehension. A wilderness or desert.
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āṭavī (आटवी).—f A shrub. It bears a white berry of intoxicating quality.
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaḍavī (अडवी).—f (ḍa) A small door or window bar. 2 Passing (a thing) from hand to hand (of people in a line). v ŧ.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṭaī (अटवी).�f A forest. A wilderness.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṭa (अटवि) or ṭaī (अटवी).�f. [ṭanti carame vayasi ṛgvihārādyarthe vā yatra; � ani, vā ṅīp] A forest, wood; अटवीतोऽटवीमाहीण्डमान (ṭaīto'ṭavīmāhīṇḍamāna); Ś.2. विघ्नध्वान्तनिवारणैकसरणिर्विघ्नाटवीहव्यवाट् (ԲԳٲԾṇa첹ṇiṭaīⲹ�) |
Derivable forms: ṭa� (अटवि�).
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Āṭaī (आटवी).—[ṭavyā� sannikṛṣṭ� pū� a�] Name of a city of the Yavanas in the south.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryṭaī (अटवी).�(= Pali Āḷavī), name of a town: Ѳ-ūī 15, 90. Lévi identifies the first with the Pali city-name but thinks the second a different locality.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṭa (अटवि).—f.
(-�) A forest, or wood. E. ṭa to go, and ṭi affix, or ṅīṣ being added ṭaī ut infra; birds, &c. resting there.
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ṭaī (अटवी).—f. (-ī) A forest, or grove. See ṭa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṭaī (अटवी).� (vb. �. ), f. A wood.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṭaī (अटवी).—[feminine] forest.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṭa (अटवि):—[from �] f. ‘place to roam in�, a forest.
2) ṭaī (अटवी):—[from �] f. ‘place to roam in�, a forest.
3) Āṭaī (आटवी):—[from ṭa첹] f. Name of a town, [Ѳٲ ii, 1175.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṭa (अटवि):—f.
(-� or -ī) A forest or wood. E. �, kṛt(?) aff. avi, without or with fem. aff. ṅīṣ. The E. is uncertain.
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ṭaī (अटवी):—f.
(-ī) A forest or grove. See ṭa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṭa (अटवि):�(ḥvī) 2. 3. f. A forest.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṭa (अटवि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ḍa, ḍaī, ḍāv, ḍaī.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryḍaī (अडवी) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ṭa.
ḍaī has the following synonyms: ḍāv.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṭa (ಅಟವಿ):—[noun] an old measure of quantity.
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ṭa (ಅಟವಿ):—[noun] a vast tract of uncultivated land covered by wild growth of trees, shrubs etc.; forest.
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAḍavi (ಅಡವಿ):�
1) [noun] a wide expanse of land covered by wild growth of trees, bushes; a forest;2) [noun] ಅಡವಿ� ಕಾಗೆ [adaviya kage] aḍaviya kāge = ಅಡವಿಕಾಗೆ [adavikage]; ಅಡವಿ� ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ಪರದೇಸಿ� ತಲ� [adaviya donne paradesiya tale] aḍaviya doṇṇe paraŧśiya tale (prov.) it is good to strike a serpent’s head with your enemy’s hand.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexiconṭa (அடவி) noun < ṭaī.
1. Forest, jungle; காடு. அடவிக் கானகத் தாயிழை தன்ன� [kadu. adavig kanagath thayizhai thannai] (சிலப்பதிகாரம� அரும்பதவுர� [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 14, 54).
2. Large collection; மிகுதி. [miguthi.]
3. Pleasure-garden; நந்தவனம். (திவா.) [nanthavanam. (thiva.)]
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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Partial matches: Ava, I, Lata.
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