Trivrit, Tri-vrit, հṛt, Triṛṭ: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Trivrit means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit terms հṛt and Triṛṭ can be transliterated into English as Trivrt or Trivrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraṛṛt (तृवृत्):—One of the sixty-seven Ѳṣa, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs are useful for processing mercury (rasa), such as the alchemical processes known as ūٲ-ԻԲ and ṇa.
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsaհṛt (त्रिवृत्) or հṛ� (त्रिवृता):—A Sanskrit word referring to the “Turpeth plant� and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhi. Its official botanical name is Operculina turpethum (synonym: Ipomoea turpethum) and is commonly referred to in english as “turpeth root�, “Indian Jalap�, “transparent wood rose� and “white day glory�. It is native to India and is commonly found in the North Circars and Deccan regions. A solution of this plant is called Ālodaṇa. The literal translation of հṛt is “threefold� or “consisting of 3 parts� and is composed of the words Tri (‘three�) and Vṛt (�enclosing� or ‘obstructing�).
This plant (հṛt) is also mentioned as a medicine used for the treatment of all major fevers (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever�) which forms the first chapter of the Sanskrit work called Mādhavacikitsā. In this work, the plant is also known by the name Śyāmā.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaTriṛṭ (त्रिवृट्) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Operculina turpethum (Linn.) Silva Manso� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning ٰṛṭ] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsaհṛt (त्रिवृत्) refers to an herbal ingredient which is included in a (snake) poison antidote recipe, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhi: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣa or Sarpa).—In the Añjana or Collyrium segment of the eighth Adhyāya, Kāśyapa prescribes eight types of permutation and combination of herbs that effectively arrest poison. According to Kāśyapasaṃhi (verse VIII.37)—“A combination of Śiriṣa, Elā, Niśā, Lac, Māṃsī, Yaṣṭhi, Mustard, salt, հṛt, Yaṣṭhi, Viśālā, Trikaṭu, two varieties of Niśā, with Madhu and Māñjiṣṭhā placed in the cow’s horn form a formidable drug to eliminate venom�.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: Namah Journal: An overview of certain Āyurvedic herbs in the management of viral hepatitisհṛt (त्रिवृत्) refers to the medicinal plant known as Operculina turpethum, Linn.Silva Manso, and is employed in the treatment of Kāmala.—Among the single and compound preparations described in Āyurveda for the treatment of 峾, some of the drugs have been found to be effective. A scientific study of the drugs [viz., հṛt] was carried out and significant response observed.

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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Indexհṛt (त्रिवृत्).—A Sāma;1 created from Brahmā's face.2

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjectsհṛt (त्रिवृत्, ‘threefold�) is the designation of an amulet in the Atharvaveda
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Trivrit in India is the name of a plant defined with Merremia turpethum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Convolvulus turpethus L. (among others).
2) Trivrit is also identified with Operculina turpethum It has the synonym Ipomoea altissima Mart. ex Choisy (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Economic Botany (1982)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1845)
· Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1893)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1893)
· Flora Brasiliensis (Martius) (1869)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Trivrit, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, diet and recipes, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryհṛt (त्रिवृत्).�a.
1) threefold; मौञ्जी त्रिवृत्सम� श्लक्ष्ण� कार्या विप्रस्य मेखल� (mauñjī triṛtsamā ślakṣṇā kāryā viprasya mekhalā) Manusmṛti 2.42.
2) consisting of three parts (as three ṇas, s); Bhāgavata 3.24.33;1.23.39; (consisting of three lettersṅk); हिरण्यगर्भ� वेदाना� मन्त्राणां प्रणवस्त्रिवृत� (hiraṇyagarbho vedānā� mantrāṇāṃ praṇavastriṛt) Bhāgavata 11.16.12. (-m.)
1) a sacrifice.
2) a girdle of three strings; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.47.44.
3) an amulet of three strings. (-f.) a plant possessing valuable purgative properties. °कर� (첹ṇa) combining three things, i. e. earth, water, and fire.
հṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and ṛt (वृत्).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryհṛt (त्रिवृत्).—mfn. (-ṛt) Triple, tri-form, three-fold. m. (-ṛt) 1. A plant of valuable purgative properties, commonly called Teori, and distinguished into two species, white and black, (Convolvulus turpethum.) 2. Combining any thing by three. 3. A triple cord, a girdle, &c. of three strings. 4. A kind of sacrifice. E. tri three, (three seed vessels,) � to cherish, affix kvip, and tuk added: also with ṭāp added triṛ� f. (-.)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryհṛt (त्रिवृत्).—[tri-ṛt], I. adj. Triple, [Բśٰ] 11, 263. 2. A peculiar mode of reciting the eleventh hymn of the ninth ma�- ḍala of the [Rigveda.], [Բśٰ] 11, 74. Ii. m. A triple string, [Բśٰ] 2, 43. Iii. f. Ipomœa turpethum R. [Brockhaus.], [śܳٲ] 2, 35, 9.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryհṛt (त्रिवृत्).—[adjective] threefold; [masculine] a kind of recitation, a cord or amulet of three strings.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṛṛt (तृवृत्):—See tri-v.
2) հṛt (त्रिवृत्):—[=tri-ṛt] [from tri] mfn. threefold, triple, triform, consisting of 3 parts or folds etc., [Ṛg-veda] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] connected with the Tri-ṛt Stoma, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
4) [v.s. ...] (n. [plural] -ṛnti), [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
5) [v.s. ...] m. (with or without stoma) a threefold Stoma (in which first the three 1st verses of each Tṛca of Rv. ix, Ii are sung together, then the 2nd verses, and lastly the 3rd), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhi] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] a triple cord, [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti iii, 43]
7) [v.s. ...] an amulet of 3 strings, [Atharva-veda v, 28]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of a Vyāsa (See -ṛṣa)
9) [v.s. ...] f. = , [śܳٲ] (generally written �-)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryհṛt (त्रिवृत्):—[tri-ṛt] (t) 5. m. A plant, Teori; a triple cord; a sacrifice. a. Threeformed; threefold.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 7 - The Pharmaceutics of Turpeth (trivrit-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) � Section on Pharmaceutics]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda VIII, adhyaya 4, brahmana 1 < [Eight Kanda]
Kanda XII, adhyaya 3, brahmana 1 < [Twelfth Kanda]
Kanda VIII, adhyaya 4, brahmana 4 < [Eight Kanda]
Brahma Sutras (Govinda Bhashya) (by Kusakratha das Brahmacari)
Sūtra 2.4.20 < [Adhyaya 2, Pada 4]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XLIV - Recipes of purgative drugs
Chapter XLII - Knowledge of tastes of drugs
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Scientific review on Virechana Dravya (Purgative Drugs) of Charaka Samhita < [Volume 11, issue 11 (2023)]
Case report on Corneal ulcer management � An Emergency approach in Ayurveda < [Volume 11, issue 11 (2023)]
Ayurveda heals - Virechana for wound healing with special reference to Shareerika (Pittaja) Vrana: A case report < [Volume 12, issue 9 (2024)]
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