Cavya: 12 definitions
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Cavya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chavya.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
: Ancient Science of Life: Botanical identification of plants described in M腻dhava Cikits腻Cavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く) refers to the medicinal plant Piper chaba Hunter Syn. Piper retrofractum Vahl., the fruits of which are also known as Gaja辫颈辫辫补濒墨.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaCavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く) refers to the medicinal plant known as 鈥淧iper brachystachyum Wall.鈥� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogas腻rasa峁単raha (Yogasara-sa峁単raha) by V腻sudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogas腻rasa峁僩raha [mentioning cavya] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (产丑补颈峁箩测补-办补濒辫补苍腻) which is a branch of pharmacology (诲谤补惫测补驳耻峁嘺).
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: R腻j nigha峁囜弓u1) 颁补惫测腻 (啶氞さ啷嵿く啶�) is another name for 碍腻谤辫腻蝉墨, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.188-189 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R腻janigha峁囜弓u. The fourth chapter (艣补迟腻丑惫腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (辫峁泃丑耻-办峁辫补). Together with the names 颁补惫测腻 and K腻l腻帽jan墨, there are a total of ten Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Cavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant possibly identified with Piper chaba Hunter, or 鈥減iper chilli鈥� from the Piperaceae or 鈥減epper鈥� family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.41-4.鈥擭ote: According to the Bh腻vaprak腻艣a, the fruit of Cavya [Cavik腻] is said to be Gaja辫颈辫辫补濒墨, identified with either Scindapsus officinalis Schott, according to Chopra, Nadkarni and Roxburgh.
Cavya is mentioned as having eleven synonyms: Cavyaka, Cavik腻, Va艣ira, Gandhan腻kuli, Vall墨, Kolavall墨, Kola, Ku峁璦lamastaka, T墨k峁ａ箛腻, Kara峁噄k腻 and Vall墨k峁沰ara.
Properties and characteristics: 鈥淐avya is pungent (katu), hot (耻峁ａ箛补), light (laghu), appetiser and stimulator of digestive process. It stops the growth of bacteria or any other worm and is indicated in cough, asthma, colic and in the pain in general鈥�.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: archive.org: Vagbhata鈥檚 Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Cavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く) refers to 鈥渆lephant pepper鈥� and is one of the 辫补帽肠补办辞濒补 (鈥渇ive spices鈥�), mentioned in verse 3.46 of the 础峁ａ弓腻峁単补丑峁沝补测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (S奴trasth腻na) by 痴腻驳产丑补峁璦.鈥擝测 辫补帽肠补办辞濒补 (鈥渢he five spices鈥�) are meant long pepper (辫颈辫辫补濒墨), long-pepper roots (辫颈辫辫补濒墨m奴la) , elephant pepper (cavya), plumbago (citraka), and dry ginger (苍腻驳补谤补). Instead of 濒峁卆颈 CD offer l峁卆 ni, which is probably corrupt for 濒峁卆-测颈.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く).鈥攏 S A kind of long pepper, Piper chavya. Rox.
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cavy腻 (啶氞さ啷嵿く啶�).鈥攆 S Orris root.
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cavy腻 (啶氞さ啷嵿く啶�).鈥攎 (cau) The four of a suit of cards. 2 A throw of four with dice.
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 dictionary颁补惫测腻 (啶氞さ啷嵿く啶�).鈥擜 kind of pepper. L. D. B.
See also (synonyms): cavi, cavika, cavyaka.
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Cavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く).鈥擜 kind of vegetable, pepper (Mar. cavaka); 啶椸啶班え啷嵿ぅ啶苦啶� 啶� 啶げ啶距 啶氞さ啷嵿く啶 (granthika峁� ca pal腻峁� cavyam)... 艢iva. B.3.
Derivable forms: cavyam (啶氞さ啷嵿く啶).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く).鈥攏f.
(-惫测补峁�-惫测腻) A variety of pepper, (Piper chavya, Rox.) f.
(-惫测腻) Orris root. E. carv to be eaten, karma峁噄 峁噛at affix and deriv. irr.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く).鈥擺neuter] 腻 [feminine] a sort of pepper.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Cavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く):鈥擺from cavana] n. idem, [Su艣ruta i, iv, vi]
2) 颁补惫测腻 (啶氞さ啷嵿く啶�):鈥擺from cavya > cavana] f. idem, [41, 39]
3) [v.s. ...] the cotton plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] = vac腻, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCavya (啶氞さ啷嵿く):鈥�(惫测补峁�) 1. n. The long-pepper plant. (vy腻) f. Orris root.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCavya (嗖氞驳喑嵿帛):鈥�
1) [noun] the vine Piper cubeba (= Cubeba officinalis) of Piperaceae family; Java pepper plant.
2) [noun] its black seed; Java pepper.
3) [noun] another vine of the same family Piper chaba (= P. officinarum).
4) [noun] its black seed.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Cavyaja, Cavyaka, Cavyaphala.
Full-text (+20): Cavyaja, Cavi, Cavyaphala, Cavyaka, Cavika, Kolavalli, Valli, Cavve, Pancakola, Cave, Caviyam, Kukkutamastaka, Kancani, Cavviyapalam, Cevviyam, Karanika, Gandhanakuli, Kutalamastaka, Vallikrikara, Shadushana.
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