Biology (plants and animals)

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

Himahva in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum camphora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Persea camphora (L.) Spreng. (among others).

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

· Handbuch der Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischen Botanik (1831)
· Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo (1906)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1913)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1864)
· Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch-medicinische Botanik (1881)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1998)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Himahva, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, side effects, 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

Himāhva (हिमाह्व).—camphor.

-yam a lotus.

Derivable forms: himāhvaḥ (हिमाह्वः).

Himāhva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hima and āhva (आह्व). See also (synonyms): himāhvaya.

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

Himāhva (हिमाह्व).—m.

(-hvaḥ) Camphor. E. hima snow, āhva appellation.

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

1) Himāhva (हिमाह्व):—[from hima > him] m. ‘called after ice’, camphor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a Varṣa in Jambu-dvīpa, [Purāṇa]

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

Himāhva (हिमाह्व):—[himā+hva] (hvaḥ) 1. m. Camphor.

[Sanskrit to German]

Himahva 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Hima, Ahva.

Starts with: Himahvavarsha, Himahvaya.

Full-text: Himahvaya, Merudevi, Nabhi.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Himahva, Himāhva, Hima-ahva, Hima-āhva; (plurals include: Himahvas, Himāhvas, ahvas, āhvas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)

5e. Bhāgīratha brought down Gaṅgā on earth < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]

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The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)

Canto LIII - The Story of the Svāyambhuva Manvantara

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