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Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (shilpa)

Gajāri (गजारि) or Gajārimūrti refers to one of the twenty-eighth forms (mūrti) of Śiva mentioned in the Vātulāgama: twenty-eighth among the Siddhāntaśaivāgama. The forms of Śiva (e.g., Gajāri) are established through a process known as Sādākhya, described as a five-fold process of creation.

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Gajāri (गजारि) (lit. “one who is an enemy of elephants”) is a synonym (another name) for the Lion (Siṃha), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Gajari in India is the name of a plant defined with Acalypha indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ricinocarpus indicus Kuntze (among others).

2) Gajari is also identified with Jasminum multiflorum It has the synonym Mogorium pubescens (Retz.) Lam. (etc.).

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

· Fl. Hongk. (1861)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1894)
· Gard. Chron. (1881)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botaniqu (1797)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1969)
· Blumea (1950)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Gajari, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gajāri (गजारि).—

1) a lion.

2) Name of Śiva who killed the demon गज (gaja).

Derivable forms: gajāriḥ (गजारिः).

Gajāri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and ari (अरि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gajāri (गजारि).—m.

(-riḥ) 1. A lion. 2. A particular tree. E. gaja and ari a foe.

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

1) Gajāri (गजारि):—[from gaja > gaj] m. (= ja-mācala) ‘enemy of elephants’, a lion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gajāri (गजारि):—[gajā+ri] (riḥ) 2. m. A lion; a tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gajari in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gājari (ಗಾಜರಿ):—

1) [noun] a bruise, bruised area, as caused by whipping or a heavy blow; a weal; a welt.

2) [noun] an eruption of spots on the skin, from the bite of insects.

3) [noun] a kind of skin disease.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gaja, Ari.

Starts with: Gajarimurti, Gajaripu.

Ends with: Amgajari, Bonogajari, Rangajari.

Full-text: Gajarimurti, Mahesha.

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