Tilacurna, Tila-curna, վūṇa: 8 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Tilachurna.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient Indiaվūṇa (तिलचूर्ण) refers to the “powder of Sesamum indicum�, which is used in various bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis such as changing plants into creepers, according to the ṛkṣҳܰ岹 by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, �Tamarindus indica is grown into an excellent creeper if fed with water, mixed with the powder of Embelica officinalis, Terminalia bellirica and Terminalia chebula, Sesamum indicum [E.g., վūṇa], Hordeum vulgare, and Vigna mungo and then smoked well with the Curcuma longa powder.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyվūṇa (तिलचूर्ण) is another name (synonym) for Tilakalka, a Sanskrit name referring to the paste made of the seeds of Sesamum indicum (sesame). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century ᲹԾṇṭ (verses 16.111-116), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryվūṇa (तिलचूर्ण).—the caky sediment of sesamum after the oil is extracted; स्थाल्या� वैदूर्यमय्या� पचति तिलखलीमिन्धनैश्चन्दनाद्यैः (sthālyā� vaidūryamayyā� pacati پīmindhanaiścandanādyai�) ṛh 2.1.
Derivable forms: پūṇa (तिलचूर्णम्).
վūṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tila and ūṇa (चूर्�). See also (synonyms): پī.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվūṇa (तिलचूर्ण).—n.
(-ṇa�) Sesamum ground or pounded. E. tila, and ūṇa powder.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվūṇa (तिलचूर्ण):—[=tila-ūṇa] [from tila > til] n. ground sesamum, [Pañcatantra ii, 3, 5/6.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվūṇa (तिलचूर्ण):—[tila-ūṇa] (ṇṇ�) 1. n. Ground sesamum.
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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.
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