Alternative spellings of this word include Amrai.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Yoga

Amarāi is one of the eighty-four Siddhas associated with eighty-four Yogic postures (āsanas), according to popular tradition in Jodhpur, Rājasthān. These posture-performing Siddhas are drawn from illustrative sources known as the Nava-nātha-caurāsī-siddha from Vȧrāṇasī and the Nava-nātha-caruāsī-siddha-bālāsundarī-yogamāyā from Puṇe. They bear some similarity between the eighty-four Siddhas painted on the walls of the sanctum of the temple in Mahāmandir.

The names of these Siddhas (e.g., Amarāi) to 19th-century inscription on a painting from Jodhpur, which is labelled as “Maharaja Mansing and eighty-four Yogis”. The association of Siddhas with yogis reveals the tradition of seeing Matsyendra and his disciple Gorakṣa as the founders of haṭhayoga.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Amarai [அமரை] in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Tinospora cordifolia from the Menispermaceae (Moonseed) family. For the possible medicinal usage of amarai, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

amarāī (अमराई).—f ( H) A grove of mango-trees.

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āmarāī (आमराई).—f ( H) A grove of mango-trees.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

amarāī (अमराई).—f A grove of mango-trees.

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āmarāī (आमराई).—f A grove of mango-trees.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Amarāī (अमराई) [Also spelled amrai]:—(nf) a mango-grove.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Amarai (அமரை) noun < amarā. (நாநார்த்த. [nagarthathipigai])

1. Amarāvatī, the capital of Indra's Heaven; அமராவதி. [amaravathi.]

2. Pillar; தூண். [thun.]

3. Durva grass; அறுகம்புல். [arugambul.]

4. Gulancha; சீந்தில். [sinthil.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with (+45): Aakayatamarai, Agasatamarai, Akacattamarai, Akasa thamarai, Akasha-t-tamarai, Akayaddamarai, Akayat-tamarai, Akayattamarai, Alli-tamarai, Allitamarai, Allittamarai, Antara-t-tamarai, Antarat tamarai, Antarati tamarai, Balamarai, Camarai, Centamarai, Chenthaamarai, Chenthamarai, Civappuccirramarai.

Full-text: Balamarai, Amrai, Ghumau, Elal.

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