Ajagara, 膧箩补驳补谤补, 础箩腻驳补谤补, Aja-gara: 27 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Ajagar.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia膧箩补驳补谤补 (啶嗋啶椸ぐ).鈥擜n ascetic. 艢膩nti Parva of Mah膩bh膩rata in its 179th Chapter states that Prahl膩da conversed with this sage.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 膧箩补驳补谤补 (啶嗋啶椸ぐ).鈥擜 vrata followed by 峁氠梗abha when he became a mendicant.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 V. 5. 32.
1b) A sage. P谤补岣膩da saw him one day lying on the bare ground on a cliff of the Sahya hills, and bowed to him. P谤补岣膩da asked the sage how he who had no comforts was able to maintain a sound body. The sage replied that he had renounced all desires, learning renunciation from the bee and contentment from the serpent, while his mind was ever absorbed in Hari.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 VII. 13. 11-18, 20-45.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Pr膩cy膩: Animals and animal products as reflected in Sm峁泃i textsAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ) refers to a 鈥減ython鈥�.鈥擳he Par膩艣arasm峁泃i [VI.9] states that one who kills a python (Ajagara) and water snake that is non-venomous [岣岛峁囜笉耻产丑补] should feed a Brahmin with 办峁泂补谤补 (rice boiled with sesame) and donate him an iron rod.
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣膩stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam鈥擯lant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ) refers to a 鈥減ython鈥�, the skin of which is used in various bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, according to the 痴峁沰峁Ｄ乱耻谤惫别诲补 by S奴rap膩la (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥�Mimusops elengi trees blossom forth producing lots of Michelia champaca flowers if continuously fed with flesh water after filling the bottom with plenty of mud mixed with rotten lotus seeds and the skin of a python (ajagara-carman) or snake. [Some words are unintelligible]鈥�.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ):鈥擺补箩补驳补谤补岣 Snakes of boaede family.
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
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA peta who lived in Gijjhakuta. He was seen there by Mogallana, but not by Moggallanas companion Lakkhana Thera. Later, in answer to a question by Lakkhana Thera, the Buddha revealed the petas past. He had been a bandit in Kassapa Buddhas time, and having been unintentionally offended by the treasurer Sumangala, who had built a Gandhakuti for Kassapa, he sought to take revenge on him and to make him angry by committing various heinous crimes against him. But the latter showed no wrath, and once, after having given aims to the Buddha, he gave over the merit, so gained, to the bandit. He thereupon repented, but his evil kamma was too great for him to be able to win any special attainment. DhA.iii.60ff.
Therav膩da is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan BuddhismAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ) refers to one of the male Vidy膩-beings mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣谤墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy膩 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣谤墨 (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Ma帽ju艣谤墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢膩kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Ajagara).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsAjagara [嗖呧矞嗖椸舶] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. from the Asteraceae (Sunflower) family having the following synonyms: Eclipta erecta, Eclipta alba, Eclipta punctata. For the possible medicinal usage of ajagara, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Ajagara in India is the name of a plant defined with Eclipta alba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Verbesina prostrata L. (among others).
2) Ajagara is also identified with Eclipta prostrata It has the synonym Aspilia mossambicensis (Oliv.) Wild (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· New Flora and Botany of North America (1836)
· Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard.
· Revista Brasileira de Gen茅tica (1986)
· Botanical Miscellany (1831)
· FBI (1881)
· Glimpses in Plant Research (1992)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Ajagara, for example pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, 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 Dictionaryajagara : (m.) boa constrictor.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAjagara, (aja + gara = gala fr. *gel to devour, thus 鈥済oateater鈥�) a large snake (rock-snake?), Boa Constrictor J.VI, 507; Miln.23, 303, 364, 406; DhA.III, 60. Also as ajakara at J.III, 484 (cp. Trenckner, Notes p. 64). (Page 10)
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)补箩补驳补谤补鈥�
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(Auto-Translation): Big rice snake.
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 Dictionaryajagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ).鈥攎 (S) A large serpent, a species of boa. 2 fig. A devotee dead to the pursuits, pleasures, and pains of humanity. 3 Applied to a dull, drowsy, sluggish fellow. Some compounds are a0 蝉惫补产丑腻惫补-辫谤补办峁泃颈-肠腻濒补-蝉补尘辫谤补诲腻测补.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishajagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ).鈥�m A large serpent, a species of boa. A dull fellow. ajagar膩s膩rakh膩 pa岣峚峁嚹撫箖 Lie lazily stretched along.
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 dictionaryAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ).鈥擲ee under 啶呧 (aja).
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础箩腻驳补谤补 (啶呧啶距啶�).鈥�a. [na. ba.] Not wakeful, not requiring keeping up.
-谤补岣� [箩腻驳补谤补yat墨ti j膩ga谤补岣� na j膩garo yasm膩t] A plant, Verbesina Prostrata (产丑峁涐箙驳补谤腻箩补惫峁沰峁) (sevanena nidr膩r膩hityak膩raka岣�, yadapek峁y膩 anyasmin 箩腻驳补谤补峁嘺kart峁泃va峁� n膩sti.) (Mar. 尘腻办腻).
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膧箩补驳补谤补 (啶嗋啶椸ぐ).鈥�a. (-谤墨 f.) [啶呧啶椸ぐ-啶呧ぃ啷� (补箩补驳补谤补-补峁�)] Relating to ajagara or the boa; a chapter in the Mah膩bh膩rata.
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Ajagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ).鈥擺aja峁� ch膩ga峁� girati bhak峁yati; 驳峁�-补肠] a huge serpent (boa-constrictor) who is said to swallow goats.
-谤墨 Name of a plant.
Derivable forms: 补箩补驳补谤补岣� (啶呧啶椸ぐ啶�).
Ajagara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aja and gara (啶椸ぐ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ).鈥攎. (谤补岣�) The Bor, or Boa, a large serpent. (Boa constrictor. E. aja a goat, and gara who swallows. from 驳峁� with ac aff.
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础箩腻驳补谤补 (啶呧啶距啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-谤补岣�-r膩-ra峁�) Not wakeful, not awake. m.
(-谤补岣�) A plant, (Eclipta, or verbesina prostrata.) E. a neg. and 箩腻驳补谤补 wakeful.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ).鈥攊. e. aja-驳峁�10 + a, m. A large serpent, Boa constrictor.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ).鈥擺masculine] large serpent, boa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ajagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ):鈥擺=aja-gara] [from aja > aj] m. (鈥榞oat-swallower鈥�), a huge serpent, boa constrictor, [Atharva-veda etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of an Asura
3) 础箩腻驳补谤补 (啶呧啶距啶�):鈥擺=a-箩腻驳补谤补] mfn. not awake, not wakeful, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] m. the plant Eclipta or Verbesina Prostrata.
5) 膧箩补驳补谤补 (啶嗋啶椸ぐ):鈥擺from 腻箩补] mf(墨)n. ([from] aja-gara), treating of the boa or large serpent (as a chapter of the [Mah膩bh膩rata])
6) [v.s. ...] belonging to a boa, [Mah膩bh膩rata xii, 12533; Kath膩sarits膩gara]
7) [v.s. ...] proper to a boa, [Mah膩bh膩rata xii, 6677 seqq.]
8) [v.s. ...] acting like a boa, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldst眉cker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ):鈥擺tatpurusha compound] I. m.
(-谤补岣�) The Boa, a large serpent. (Boa constrictor.) Ii. f.
(-谤墨) The name of a plant. E. aja and gara (who swallows).
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础箩腻驳补谤补 (啶呧啶距啶�):鈥擺tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.
(-谤补岣�-r膩-ram) Not wakeful, not awake. Ii. m.
(-谤补岣�) A small plant (Eclipta, or Verbesina prostrata). See bh峁涐箙gar腻箩补. E. a neg. and 箩腻驳补谤补.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ajagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ):鈥擺aja-gara] (谤补岣�) 1. m. A large serpent (Boa constrictor).
2) 础箩腻驳补谤补 (啶呧啶距啶�):鈥�(谤补岣�) 1. m. A plant (Eclipta prostrata).
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ajagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ayagara.
[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 dictionaryAjagara (啶呧啶椸ぐ) [Also spelled ajagar]:鈥�(nm) a python, a huge snake; ~[谤墨] phythonic, pertaining to the python; •[惫峁泃迟颈] leisurely attitude, a sense of inertia.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAjagara (嗖呧矞嗖椸舶):鈥�
1) [noun] a genus of large snakes, akin to python, that kills its preys by crushing; boa-constrictor.
2) [noun] a slow-moving man or the one disinclined to exertion.
3) [noun] the plant Ecliptta prostrata ( = E.alba) of Asteraceae family.
4) [noun] Hydra, a large southern constellation.
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础箩腻驳补谤补 (嗖呧矞嗖距矖嗖�):鈥擺adjective] not being attentive or careful; inadvertent;; careless.
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础箩腻驳补谤补 (嗖呧矞嗖距矖嗖�):鈥擺noun] a common weed Eclipta alba ( = E. prostrata) of Asteraceae family.
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)
Partial matches: Aja, Jagara, Gila, Gara, A.
Starts with: Ajagaracarman, Ajagaragaha, Ajagaraka-data-rama, Ajagarameda, Ajagaramukha, Ajagaranta, Ajagaraparivarita, Ajagaraparva, Ajagarapeta, Ajagarapetavatthu, Ajagarasappa, Ajagarasarakha Pasaranem-Padanem-Nijanem, Ajagaravihara, Ajagaravrata, Ajagaravritti.
Full-text (+10): Jagara, Thitaajagarasadisa, Ajagaraparva, Avannata, Accakaram, Ayakaram, Ajagari, Ajagarameda, Ajagarasappa, Ajagaraparivarita, Ajadaha, Uluta, Cina, Ayagara, Ajagaragaha, Ajagar, Shivan, Ajagaracarman, Dhonasa, Dundubha.
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