Siti, 艢颈迟颈, S墨ti, Shiti: 18 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 艢颈迟颈 can be transliterated into English as Siti or Shiti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: R膩j nigha峁囜弓uSi峁� is another name for 惭奴谤惫腻, a medicinal plant identified Marsdenia tenacissima from the Asclepiadoideae or 鈥渕ilkweed family鈥� of flowering plants, according to verse 3.19-21 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R膩janigha峁囜弓u. The third chapter (驳耻岣嵟玞测腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book contains climbers and creepers (惫墨谤耻诲丑). Other than the foreign word Si峁� (as common in Th膩r奴), there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which thirty are in Sanskrit.
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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Siti (啶膏た啶むた) [?] [or 峁dhi, 艢颈迟颈 ?] (in Chinese: Chai-t'i) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with 艢谤补惫补峁嚹� or 艢谤补惫补峁嚹乶ak峁tra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mah膩sa峁僴ip膩ta-s奴tra, a large compilation of S奴tras (texts) in Mah膩y膩na Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.鈥擟hapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmar膩ja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nak峁tras [e.g., 艢谤补惫补峁嚹乚 with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Siti] for the sake of protection and prosperity.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) 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 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Shiti in Latin America is the name of a plant defined with Arundo donax in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aira bengalensis (Retz.) J.F. Gmel. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Systema Naturae (1791)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica (1941)
· Phytologia (1978)
· The Flora of British India (1896)
· Flora Helvetica (1828)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Shiti, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, health benefits, 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
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryS墨ti掳, see s墨ta. The word s墨tisiy膩vimokkha Ps. II, 43, must be artificial, arisen from the p膩da, s墨ti-siy膩 vimutto Sn. 1073 (on which see explanation at Nd2 678). (Page 712)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary艣颈峁� (啶多た啶熰).鈥攆 Whistling. v v膩java, v膩ja.
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艣颈峁� (啶多た啶熰).鈥攁 (Properly 肠丑颈峁�) Made of chintz; relating to chintz.
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艣颈t墨 (啶多た啶む).鈥攆 A wall of one brick in thickness; as a partition-wall or 辫补岣峚诲墨.
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sit墨 (啶膏た啶む).鈥攆 A narrow or thin wall (as of one brick). See 辫补岣峚诲墨.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English艣颈峁� (啶多た啶熰).鈥�f Whistling. v 惫腻箩补惫补-惫腻箩补 a Made of chintz.
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艢颈迟颈 (啶多た啶むた).鈥�a. [艣颈-办迟颈肠]
1) White.
2) Black; 啶多た啶むた啶むぞ啶班啶距え啷佮ぎ啶苦い啶むぞ啶啶班え啶え啶ぐ啷佮ぃ啷�啶曕啶む 啶曕啶班啶оぞ (艣颈tit膩rak膩numitat膩mranayanamaru峁嚹玨峁泃a峁� krudh膩) 艢i艣up膩lavadha 15.48.
3) Blue, dark blue; 啶多た啶むた啶ㄠぞ 啶椸げ啷囙え 啶掂た啶侧じ啶ㄠ 啶ぐ啷�啶氞た啶ㄠぞ (艣颈tin膩 galena vilasan mar墨cin膩) Kir膩t膩rjun墨ya 12.23.
4) Variegated; L. D. B.
-迟颈岣� The birch tree.
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Siti (啶膏た啶むた).鈥擝inding, fastening.
Derivable forms: 蝉颈迟颈岣� (啶膏た啶むた啶�).
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Siti (啶膏た啶むた).鈥�a.
1) White.
2) Black.
-迟颈岣� 1 White or black colour.
2) Binding, fastening.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary艢墨迟颈 (啶多啶むた).鈥攁phetic form for a艣墨ti, eighty; at beginning of line, and proved correct by meter, tho some mss. write '艣墨ti (preceding line ends in -o): 艣墨ti caturottar膩 (mss., Senart 掳uttar膩) tava vibh奴 (mss. add v膩) vih膩r膩n aha峁� demi 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.112.14 (verse).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢颈迟颈 (啶多た啶むた).鈥攎fn. (-迟颈岣�-t墨-ti) 1. Black. 2. White. m.
(-迟颈岣�) The Bhurja-patra or birch tree. E. 艣颈 to sharpen, ktin or ktic aff.; or 艣补迟 to go, Unadi aff. in, and i substituded for the radical vowel.
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Siti (啶膏た啶むた).鈥攎fn. (-迟颈岣�-迟颈岣�-ti) 1. White. 2. Black. E. si to bind, aff. kti .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢颈迟颈 (啶多た啶むた).鈥擨. adj. 1. Black, dark blue, [Vikramorva艣墨, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 151; [Bh膩gavata-Pur膩峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 4, 18. 2. White. Ii. m. The 产丑奴谤箩补 or birch.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢颈迟颈 (啶多た啶むた).鈥擺adjective] white or black (blue).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢颈迟颈 (啶多た啶むた):鈥�mfn. (perhaps [from] 鈭�艣辞) white, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. sita)
2) black, dark-blue, [艢i艣up膩la-vadha]
3) m. the Bhojpattra or birch tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) = 蝉腻谤补, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) 艢墨迟墨 (啶多啶む):鈥擺from 艣墨迟补] in [compound] for 艣颈ta.
6) Siti (啶膏た啶むた):鈥擺from si] 1. siti f. (for 2. See p. 1214, col. 3) binding, fastening (in 1. pra-siti, p. 697, col. 3).
7) [from sita] 2. siti mfn. ([wrong reading] for 艣颈ti; for 1. See p. 1213, col. 1; for 3. See 鈭�1. so) white, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] black, [ib.]
9) [from so] a See sub voce
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢颈迟颈 (啶多た啶むた):鈥�(迟颈岣�) 2. m. The Bhojpatra or birch. a. Black; white.
2) Siti (啶膏た啶むた):鈥擺(ti岣�-迟颈岣�-ti) a.] White; black. m. Baladeva.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)艢颈迟颈 (啶多た啶むた) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sii.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryS墨峁� (啶膏啶熰):鈥�(nf) a whistle; ~[产腻箩补] habituated to whistling; hence ~[产腻箩墨] (nf); —[诲别苍腻] to whistle (as an engine etc.).
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus艢颈迟颈 (嗖多部嗖む部):鈥�
1) [adjective] of the colour of pure snow; white.
2) [adjective] of the colour of coal or pitch; black.
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艢颈迟颈 (嗖多部嗖む部):鈥擺noun] black colour.
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Siti (嗖膏部嗖む部):鈥�
1) [noun] white colour.
2) [noun] black colour.
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S墨峁璱 (嗖膏硛嗖熰部):鈥�
1) [noun] a clear, shrill sound made by whistling or blowing a whistle.
2) [noun] an instrument for making whistling sounds, as by forcing the breath or steam through a slit into a cavity or against a thin edge; a whistle.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) 艢颈迟颈 (啶多た啶むた):鈥攁dj. 1. white; 2. dark blue/black;
2) Si峁� (啶膏た啶熰):鈥攏. 1. a whistle; 2. any instrument used for giving signal; a horn; 3. city;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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