Bilva, Bilvā, Vilva, Vilvā: 43 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBilva (बिल्व):—[Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 4, 9.] in der späteren Sprache auch vilva [1, 24.]
1) m. Aegle Marmelos Corr., ein zu den Citraceen gehöriger Baum, welcher köstliche Früchte (bilva n.) trägt; unreif werden dieselben in der Medicin verwendet. [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 14.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 12.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 11.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1135.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 24.] [Halāyudha 2, 39.] [Ratnamālā 6.] samāṃ samāṃ vai bilvo gṛbhītaḥ [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 1.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 1, 8, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 4, 4, 8.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20, 136, 15.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 6, 1, 9.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 24, 8.] [GOBH. 4, 1, 7.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 8.] [Mahābhārata 3, 2405. 11569. 14, 1709.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 56, 7. 91, 30. 94, 8.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 1, 27, 14. 2, 100, 27. 3, 76, 3.] [Spr. 802.] [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Lassen’s Anthologie 52, 13.] [Suśruta 1, 6, 17. 137, 15. 143, 7. 212, 14.] phaleṣu paripakvaṃ yadguṇavattadudāhṛtam . vilvādanyatra vijñeyamāmaṃ taddhi guṇottaram .. [215, 20. 367, 20. 2, 175, 2. 366, 18. 440, 4.] [Mahābhārata 14, 1710.] kuṇīnāmiva vilvāni paṅgūnāmiva dhenavaḥ . hṛtamaiśvaryamasmākaṃ jīvatāṃ bhavataḥ kṛte .. [3, 1270.] (tasya) nāgo vilvamivākramya pothayiṣyāmyahaṃ śiraḥ [4, 732.] khalaḥ sarṣapamātrāṇi paracchidrāṇi paśyati . ātmano vilvamātrāṇi paśyannapi na paśyati .. [Spr. 800.] vilvairhomaṃ vidadhataṃ tatra brāhmaṇam [Kathāsaritsāgara 35, 56.] vilvahomasya saptarātro vilvasaptarātraḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 97,] [Scholiast] bilvāda [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 14.] dve vilve kāñcane śubhe [Harivaṃśa 7888.] peśikā, peśī die getrocknete Schale der Bilva-Frucht [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 141, 9. 2, 38, 21. 436, 14.] daṇḍa einen Stab von Bilva-Holz tragend, Beiw. Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 14, 196.] Blätter vom Bilva beim Śiva-Cultus angewendet [WILSON], Sel. Works [?II,217. Oxforder Handschriften 74,a,20.] —
2) n. ein best. Gewicht, = 1 Pala [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] [Oxforder Handschriften 307,b,7.] = 4 Akṣa = (1/4) Kuḍava [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 1, 24.] mātra [Suśruta 2, 35, 10. 350, 14. 15.] —
3) ein best. Gemüse [Suśruta 1, 220, 9.] —
4) f. ā = hiṅgupattrī (vgl. billa) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. uruvilvā, kuruvilva, ciravilva, jalavilva, bailva, bailvaka .
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Bilva (बिल्व):—
1) āntarairbhedayitvārīnbilvaṃ bilvena bhedaya [Mahābhārata 12, 3913.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBilva (बिल्व):——
1) m. Aegle Marmelos (eine Citracee mit köstlichen Früchten) [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,196.242.] [Rājan 11,191.] [Materia medica of the Hindus 129.] —
2) *f. ā = hiṅgapattrī [Rājan 6,72.] —
3) n. — a) die Frucht von Aegle Marmelos. — b) ein best. Gewicht. — c) ein best. Gemüse.
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Starts with (+50): Bilpatre, Bilva karra, Bilva mool, Bilva pathre, Bilva patre, Bilva-aku, Bilva-pandu, Bilvaara, Bilvaarada mara, Bilvachettu, Bilvadanda, Bilvadandin, Bilvade, Bilvadi, Bilvadrimahatmya, Bilvah, Bilvaja, Bilvaka, Bilvakadi, Bilvakalpa.
Ends with: Chirabilva, Chiribilva, Cirabilva, Cirbilva, Ciribilva, Jalabilva, Kindubilva, Kurubilva, Shakabilva, Shodashibilva, Tindubilva, Urubilva.
Full-text (+350): Raucya, Shriphala, Bilvavana, Bilvamatra, Malura, Bilvakiya, Uruvilva, Bilvadanda, Vailva, Villa, Bilvapattramaya, Vilvam, Bailva, Bilvapeshika, Vailavam, Makavilvam, Billa, Villam, Urubilvakashyapa, Shakabilva.
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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Treatments of Pittaja diseases < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Treatment of Mandāgni (Indigestion) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Treatment of Epilepsy (Mṛgī) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 322: Daddabha-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Jataka 495: Dasa-Brāhmaṇa-jātaka < [Volume 4]
Jataka 516: Mahākapi-jātaka < [Volume 5]
Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) (by W. R. S. Ralston)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 65 - The Greatness of Ānandeśvara (ānanda-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 9 - The Story of Hunter Vasu: The Greatness of Padmasaras < [Section 1 - Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya]
Chapter 59 - The Greatness of Āditya Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCIII - Various other medicinal Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CXX - The Rambha Trtiya Vratam < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Chapter CXVII - The Ananga trayodasi Vratam < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Tiruvaigavur < [Chapter II - Temples of Kulottunga I’s Time]
Temples in Omampuliyur < [Part II - Contributions of the Later Pallavas to the Chola-Pallava Phase]
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