Valkala, 痴腻濒办补濒补: 21 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Vatkal.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�).鈥擲ee under Balvala.
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�) refers to 鈥�(wearing) tree-barks (for cloths)鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.3.22 (鈥淒escription of P腻rvat墨鈥檚 penance鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after Men腻 spoke to P腻rvat墨: 鈥淸...] O excellent sage, on getting permission from her mother, P腻rvat墨 remembered 艢iva and felt happy. Bowing to her parents with joy, P腻rvat墨 remembered 艢iva and set out for performing penance along with her maids. Discarding all the fine clothes of her taste, she wore tree-barks [i.e., valkala] and the fine girdle of Mu帽ja grass. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�) or Valka refers to the 鈥渂ark鈥� of a tree, as mentioned in the second chapter (诲丑补谤补峁噛腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R腻janigh补峁囜弓u (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dhar补峁噛腻di-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation鈥檚 relations between trees [viz., Valkala] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
: WorldCat: R腻j nigh补峁囜弓u痴补濒办补濒腻 (啶掂げ啷嵿啶侧ぞ) is another name for 艢惫别迟补艣颈濒腻, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.43-44 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R腻janigh补峁囜弓u. The fifth chapter (辫补谤辫补峁錮颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (办峁诲谤补-办峁辫补). Together with the names 痴补濒办补濒腻 and 艢惫别迟补艣颈濒腻, there are a total of seven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram1) Valkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�) refers to 鈥渂ark鈥�, according to the 峁峁璼腻hasrasa峁僪it腻, an expansion of the Kubjik腻matatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjik腻 cult.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淥r else, (he may be an ascetic who) always lives in a cave and eats roots, wears bark clothes [i.e., 惫补濒办补濒补-补尘产补谤补-诲丑腻谤颈苍], keeps silence and is firm (in the observance of his ascetic鈥檚) vow; whether he has dreadlocks or shaved head, he is ever intent on the practice of chastity. He knows the reality of concentration and meditation and does not keep the company of the worldly(-minded). [...]鈥�.
2) Valkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�) refers to one of the eight Guardians (办峁迟谤补辫腻濒补-补峁ａ弓补办补) associated with N腻dap墨峁環a (identified with Kul奴ta), according to the Manth腻nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik腻.鈥擺...] The eight Guardians (办峁迟谤补辫腻濒腻峁ａ弓补办补): Ekap腻da, Budbuda, Gh补峁囜弓腻v腻danaka, Ghora, Gharghara, Valkala, L墨la, La峁卥e艣vara.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣腻kta) or Shaktism (艣腻ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram (shaivism)Valkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�) refers to one of the twelve disciples of Matsyendran腻tha, according to Abhinava in his Tantr腻loka verse 29.25-43.鈥擬atsyendran腻tha and his consort had twelve disciples. Out of these twelve 鈥榩rinces鈥� (谤腻箩补辫耻迟谤补), six were 鈥榗elibate鈥�, that is, they did not have spiritual offspring. The other six founded the six lineages (ovalli also called kulas) mentioned above. They are worshipped along with Matsyendran腻tha and his consort in the Wheel of the Siddhas at the beginning of the Kaula ritual described by Abhinava in his Tantr腻loka. These six鈥擺e.g., Valkala]鈥攁re celibate and so do not possess authority, as authority is the expansion of vitality along the path of Kula.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Valkala in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum verum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Camphora mauritiana Lukman. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Nomenclature et Iconographie des Canneliers et Camphriers (1889)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Botanist鈥檚 Repository (1808)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvalkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�).鈥攏 S The inner bark of a tree: also a garment made of it.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvalkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�).鈥�n The inner bark of a tree; a garment made of it.
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 dictionaryValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�).鈥擺val-kalac kasya netvam U峁嚹錮i-s奴tra 4.5]
1) The bark of a tree.
2) A garment made of bark, bark-garment; 啶囙く啶ぞ啶оた啶曕ぎ啶ㄠ啶溹啶炧ぞ 啶掂げ啷嵿啶侧啶ㄠぞ啶た 啶むえ啷嵿さ啷� (iyam腻dhikamanoj帽腻 valkalen腻pi tanv墨) 艢.1.2,19. R. 12.8; Kum腻rasambhava 5.8; 啶灌啶さ啶侧啶曕げ啶距 (丑补颈尘补惫补濒办补濒腻岣�) 6.6 'wearing golden bark-dresses'; (cf. 肠墨谤补辫补谤颈驳谤补丑腻岣� in Kum腻rasambhava 6.93).
Derivable forms: 惫补濒办补濒补岣� (啶掂げ啷嵿啶侧), valkalam (啶掂げ啷嵿啶侧ぎ啷�).
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痴腻濒办补濒补 (啶掂ぞ啶侧啶曕げ).鈥�a. (-濒墨 f.) [啶� 啶侧啶曕げ-啶呧ぃ啷� (va lkala-补峁�)] Made of the bark of trees.
-lam A bark-garment.
-濒墨 Spirituous liquor.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�).鈥�pl., name of a brahmanical school (of the Bahv峁沜as): 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 632.18 f.
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痴腻濒办补濒补 (啶掂ぞ啶侧啶曕げ).鈥�adj. (from Sanskrit valkala), made of bast: (膧谤测补-)惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨尘奴濒补办补濒辫补 131.22 (pa峁璦; see s.v. 腻迟补蝉测补).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�).鈥攎n.
(-濒补岣�-濒补峁�) 1. The bark of a tree. 2. A garment made of bark. 3. A garment in general. E. val to surround, kalan aff.
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痴腻濒办补濒补 (啶掂ぞ啶侧啶曕げ).鈥攎fn.
(-la岣�-濒墨-濒补峁�) Made of bark. f. (-濒墨) Spirituous liquor. n.
(-濒补峁�) A dress made of the bark of trees worn by ascetics. E. valkala bark, and 补峁� aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�).鈥擺valka + la], m. and n. 1. The bark of a tree, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 188, 13. 2. A cloth made of bark, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] v. [distich] 21.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�).鈥擺masculine] [neuter] = [preceding]; a garment made of bark (worn by hermits).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Valkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�):鈥擺from valka] a mn. (ifc. f(腻). ) the bark of a tree, a garment made of bark (worn by ascetics etc.), [Y腻j帽avalkya; Mah腻bh腻rata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. = valka-rodhra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Daitya, [Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺] ([probably] [wrong reading] for balvala)
4) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a school of the Bahv-峁沜as (cf. b腻峁ala), [顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补]
5) 痴补濒办补濒腻 (啶掂げ啷嵿啶侧ぞ):鈥擺from valkala > valka] f. = 艣il腻valka, a medicinal substance said to be of cooling and lithonthryptic properties, [Su艣ruta]
6) Valkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�):鈥擺from valka] n. the bark of Cassia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) b etc. See [column]1.
8) 痴腻濒办补濒补 (啶掂ぞ啶侧啶曕げ):鈥擺from v腻lka] mfn. ([from] valkala) made of bark, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [from v腻lka] n. a bark dress worn by ascetics, [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Valkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�):鈥擺(la岣�-濒补峁�)] 1. m. n. Bark; garment made of it.
2) 痴腻濒办补濒补 (啶掂ぞ啶侧啶曕げ):鈥擺(la岣�-濒墨-濒补峁�) a. Idem. f.] Spirituous liquor. n. A bark dress.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Valkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vakkala, V腻gala.
[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 dictionaryValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�) [Also spelled vatkal]:鈥�(nm) the bark of a tree;-[vastra] cloth made from [valkala].
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusValkala (嗖掂膊喑嵿矔嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the bark of a tree.
2) [noun] a cloth made using the bark of trees or its fibres.
3) [noun] the large, evergreen tree Antiaris toxicaria of Moraceae family, with alternate leaves.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryValkala (啶掂げ啷嵿啶�):鈥攏. 1. bark of a tree; 2. a garment made of bark;
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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