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Dirghayu, ī, Dirgha-ayu: 12 definitions

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Dirghayu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dirghayu in Ayurveda glossary

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

ī (दीर्घायु) is another name for ī첹, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Microstylis wallichii Lindl., which is a synonym of Crepidium acuminatum (D.Don) Szlach. from the Orchidaceae or “orchid� family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.11-13 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (貹貹ṭād-) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (ṣu-ṣu貹). Together with the names ī and ī첹, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dirghayu in Biology glossary
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Dirghayu in India is the name of a plant defined with Bombax ceiba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gossampinus malabarica Merr. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1961)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants� (1768)
· Taxon (1979)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· FBI (1874)

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dirghayu in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dīrgh (दीर्घायु).—a S īṣy a S Long-lived.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dirghayu in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ī (दीर्घायु).�a. long-lived.

ī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ī and (आय�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ī (दीर्घायु).�(= Pali Dīghāvu), name of a prince, son of Ariṃdama: Ѳ屹ٳ iii.457.8 ff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ī (दीर्घायु).—[adjective] long-lived; [abstract] tva.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ī (दीर्घायु):—[from ī] mfn. l°-lived, [viii, 70, 7]

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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»] � Dirghayu in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

ī (दीर्घायु):�(a) long-lived, long-living, blessed with long life; (nf) longevity; ~[ṣy] see [dīrgh].

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dirghayu in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ī (ದೀರ್ಘಾಯು):�

1) [noun] a living for considerably long period.

2) [noun] a person who is aged considerably.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dirghayu in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

ī (दीर्घायु):—adj. long-lived; having a long life;

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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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