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ʴṇa, Pōṇa, Pona: 7 definitions

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ʴṇa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Hindi, biology. 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.

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India history and geography

: What is India: Epigraphia Indica Volume XXXII (1957-1958)

Pōṇa (पो�) (identified with the modern Pōhanā in the Hinganghat Taluk) is the name of an ancient city mentioned in the Jharika grant of Rashtrakuta Govinda III, (Saka 725). The plates were issued by the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Gōvinda III from his victorious camp on the bank of the river Tuṅgabhadrā near Alaṃpura.—Jharikā, the donated village, may be modern Zerï in the Kelapur Taluk of the Yeotmal District. Pōṇa, the headquarters of the territorial unit in which Jharikā was situated, may be modern Pōhanā on the bank of the Wardhā river in the Hinganghat Taluk of the Wardha District.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Pona in Brazil is the name of a plant defined with Socratea exorrhiza in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Iriartea philonotia Barb. Rodr. (among others).

2) Pona in India is also identified with Saccharum officinarum It has the synonym Saccharum officinarum var. litteratum-breve Hassk. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora Brasiliensis (1882)
· Berberides Americae Australis (1857)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1883)
· Enum. Palm. Nov. (1875)
· Flore de la Polynésie Française (1892)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � ʴṇa in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ṇa : (adj.) sloping down; prone; covering or leading to.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) ʴṇa, 2 (adj.) (fr. pa+ava+nam, cp. ninna & Vedic pravaṇa) 1. sloping down, prone, in anupubba° gradually sloping (of the ocean) Vin. II, 237=A. IV, 198 sq. =Ud. 53.�2. (-°) sloping towards, going to, converging or leading to Nibbāna; besides in var. phrases, in general as tanninna tapṇa tappabbhāra, “leading to that end. � As nibbāna° e.g. at M. I, 493; S. V, 38 sq.; A. III, 443; cp. Vv 8442 (nekkhamma°-nibbāna-ninna VvA. 348); taṃ� Ps. II, 197; ṭhāne PvA. 190; viveka° A. IV, 224, 233; V, 175; samādhi° Miln. 38; kiṃ� M. I, 302. (Page 474)

2) ʴṇa, 1 (nt.) (=ṇa2?) only in cpd. danta° a tooth pick Vin. IV, 90; J. IV, 69; Miln. 15; SnA 272. As dantaṇaka at 屹. I, 57.—kūṭa-ṇa at Vism. 268 read °goṇa. (Page 474)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ʴṇa (पो�).�(-ṇa), nt. (for Sanskrit -pavana, in danta-p°; = Pali ṇa, in danta-p°, tooth-cleanser, toothpick, = dantakaṭṭha, compare Miln. 15.7 with 9 and 10), in daṇḍa-ṇam, filter with a stick (i.e. handle): Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 9026 = Tibetan sbyaṅs tshags, cleaning-filter; Chin. filter; Japanese translates daṇḍa, handle.

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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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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � ʴṇa in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ponā (पोना):�(v) to spread doughed flour into bread; to thread, to string together; —, [ṭ�] to spread doughed flour into a bread (in order to bake it); to thread/string/needle/(pearls/beads etc.).

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Pona (पो�):—n. Relig. a sect of Buddhism;

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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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