Phalguni, 笔丑腻濒驳耻苍颈, 笔丑补濒驳耻苍墨: 12 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Falguni.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study笔丑腻濒驳耻峁嚹� (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶｀) is the name of a festival that once existed in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) as mentioned in the N墨lamatapur膩峁嘺.鈥敱食竽灞舨党茚箛墨 proceeds as follows: The ceremonials of this festival begin on the full moon day of Ph膩lgu峁嘺 and continue up to the dark 5th of Caitra. The worship of the sun and the moon, listening to musical concerts, seeing dramatic performances, self-decoration and taking meals consisting of parpa峁璦s are the main features of this festival. The Brahma Pur膩峁嘺 quoted in the K峁泃yakalpataru , and the K峁泃yaratn膩kara inform that as Aryam膩 was born of Aditi and Ka艣yapa, and the moon of Atri and Anas奴y膩 on 笔丑腻濒驳耻峁嚹�, so both the sun and the moon should be worshipped on this day.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Phalguni (啶げ啷嵿啷佮え啶�).鈥擳he name of an asterism.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 82. 6.
2a) 笔丑腻濒驳耻苍颈 (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠた).鈥擲acred to the planet Guru: 艣r膩ddha performed that day, gives one beauty of form.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 24. 132; III. 18. 6; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 23. 107; 53. 107.
2b) The month of, good for the gift of the li峁単a pur膩峁嘺;1 Mah膩deva to be worshipped in the month of, by the person who observes 办峁涐梗峁嚹佱梗峁璦尘墨惫谤补迟补;2 pancagavya to be taken in this month while observing 蝉补耻产丑腻驳测补艣补测补苍补惫谤补迟补.3
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism笔丑补濒驳耻苍墨 (啶げ啷嵿啷佮え啷�) [both 笔丑补濒驳耻苍墨s] refers to two of the various Nak峁tras mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy膩 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣r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r墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢膩kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including 笔丑补濒驳耻苍墨).
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)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Phalguni in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus hispida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus poilanei Gagnep. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4
· Indian Journal of Pharmacology (2004)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1911)
· Enum. Pl. (1805)
· Journal of Botany (1848)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1942)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Phalguni, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryph膩lgu苍墨 (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠ).鈥攆 The day of full moon of 辫丑腻濒驳耻苍补; the day on which the 丑艒岣纺� is celebrated. 2 A name common to the eleventh and twelfth lunar asterisms, distinguished by the epithets 辫奴谤惫补 & uttara or preceding and subsequent.
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笔丑补濒驳耻苍墨 (啶げ啷嵿啷佮え啷�).鈥擭ame of a constellation (辫奴谤惫腻 and 耻迟迟补谤腻); 啶啶む啶班 啶啶灌啶班啶む 啶多ざ啶侧ぞ啶炧啶涏え啷囙え 啶啶椸 啶椸い啶距じ啷傕い啷嵿い啶班か啶侧啶椸啶ㄠ啶粪 (maitre muh奴rte 艣a艣al膩帽chanena yoga峁� gat膩s奴ttaraphalgu苍墨峁) Kum膩rasambhava 7.6.
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笔丑腻濒驳耻苍墨 (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠ).鈥擳he full-moon day of the month 啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶� (辫丑腻濒驳耻苍补); 掳啶さ啶� (产丑补惫补岣�) an epithet of the planet Jupiter.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 笔丑补濒驳耻峁嚹� (啶げ啷嵿啷佮ぃ啷�):鈥擺from phalgu] [wrong reading] for phalguna, naka, 苍墨.
2) 笔丑补濒驳耻苍墨 (啶げ啷嵿啷佮え啷�):鈥擺from phalguna > phalgu] a f. See below.
3) [from phalgu] b f. (sg. [dual number] and [plural]) Name of a double lunar mansion (辫奴谤惫腻 and 耻迟迟补谤腻), [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
4) [v.s. ...] Ficus Oppositifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a woman, [Pravara texts]
6) 笔丑腻濒驳耻峁嚹� (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶｀):鈥擺from phalgu] [wrong reading] for 辫丑腻濒驳耻苍补, 苍墨.
7) 笔丑腻濒驳耻苍墨 (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠ):鈥擺from 辫丑腻濒驳耻苍补 > phalgu] a f. See below
8) 笔丑腻濒驳耻苍颈 (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠた):鈥擺from phalgu] m. [patronymic] [from] 辫丑腻濒驳耻苍补 (= arjuna), [Mah膩bh膩rata]
9) 笔丑腻濒驳耻苍墨 (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠ):鈥擺from phalgu] b f. the lunar mansion 笔丑补濒驳耻苍墨 (q.v.), [Hariva峁兣沘; R膩m膩ya峁嘺; M膩rka峁囜笉eya-pur膩峁嘺]
10) [v.s. ...] = -辫补耻谤峁嘺尘腻蝉墨, [G峁沨ya-s奴tra and 艣rauta-s奴tra]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)笔丑腻濒驳耻苍墨 (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 笔丑腻驳耻峁嚹�, 笔丑补驳驳耻峁嚹�.
[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 dictionary笔丑腻濒驳耻苍墨 (啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠ) [Also spelled falguni]:鈥�(nf) pertaining to [辫丑腻濒驳耻苍补]; the name of the eleventh ([辫奴谤惫腻 ph膩lgu苍墨]) and twelfth ([耻迟迟补谤腻 ph膩lgu苍墨]) lunar asterisms ([苍补办峁迟谤补].
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPhalguni (嗖膊喑嵿矖喑佮波嗖�):鈥擺noun] the cluster of two lunar mansions a) Zosma & Theta Leo and b) 93 Leo and Denebola.
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: Phalgunibhava, Phalgunika, Phalgunipaksha, Phalgunipaurnamasi, Phalgunipurnamasa, Phalgunipurvasamaya.
Full-text (+49): Uttaraphalguni, Purvaphalguni, Prakphalguni, Phalgunibhava, Phalgunipaksha, Phalguna, Phalgunipaurnamasi, Indranakshatra, Phalgunika, Bhagadaivata, Phalgunipurnamasa, Prakphalgunibhava, Falguni, Bhagyksha, Purvvaphalguni, Aryamivithi, Nakshatra, Phalgunipurvasamaya, Phaguni, Purvaphalgunibhava.
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