Priyaka: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Priyaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyPriyaka (प्रियक) is a synonym for Priyaṅgu, which is a Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant (Callicarpa macrophylla). It is a technical term used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. This synonym was identified by Amarasiṃha in his Amarakośa (a Sanskrit botanical thesaurus from the 4th century). It is also mentioned as a synonym in the Bhāvaprakāśa-nighaṇṭu (medicinal thesareus) authored by Bhāvamiśra 16th century.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPriyaka (प्रियक).—A soldier of Subrahmaṇya. (Śloka 65, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva).
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesPriyaka (प्रियक) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.60) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Priyaka) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: Wisdom Library: JainismPriyaka (प्रियक) is the name of the caitya-tree (identified with Shorea robusta) under which the parents of Abhinandana are often depicted in Jaina iconography, according to the Śvetāmbara tradition. It can also be spelled as Piyaka. According to the Digambara tradition the tree is known as Prayāla. The term caitya refers to “sacred shrine”, an important place of pelgrimage and meditation in Jainism. Sculptures with such caitya-trees generally shows a male and a female couple seated under a tree with the female having a child on her lap. Usually there is a seated Jina figure on top of the tree.
Abhinandana is the fourth of twenty-four tīrthaṅkaras: enlightened beings who, having conquered saṃsāra (cycle of birth and death), leave a path behind for others to follow. His father is Saṃvara and his mother is Siddhartha, according to the Ācāradinakara (14th century work on Jain conduct written by Vardhamāna Sūri).
Source: archive.org: Economic Life In Ancient India (as depicted in Jain canonical literature)Priyaka (प्रियक) refers to a kind of tree (vṛkṣa) commonly found in the forests (vaṇa) of ancient India, mentioned in the 1st century Uvavāiya-sutta (sanksrit: Aupapātika-sūtra). Forests have been a significant part of the Indian economy since ancient days. They have been considered essential for economic development in as much as, besides bestowing many geographical advantages, they provide basic materials for building, furniture and various industries. The most important forest products are wood and timber which have been used by the mankind to fulfil his various needs—domestic, agricultural and industrial.
Different kinds of trees (e.g., the Priyaka tree) provided firewood and timber. The latter was used for furniture, building materials, enclosures, staircases, pillars, agricultural purposes, e. g. for making ploughs, transportation e. g. for making carts, chariots, boats, ships, and for various industrial needs. Vaṇa-kamma was an occupation dealing in wood and in various otherforest products. Iṅgāla-kamma was another occupation which was concerned with preparing charcoal from firewood.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Priyaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Aglaia odoratissima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aglaia odoratissima Benth. (among others).
2) Priyaka is also identified with Callicarpa macrophylla It has the synonym Callicarpa incana Roxb. (etc.).
3) Priyaka is also identified with Haldina cordifolia It has the synonym Nauclea sterculiifolia A. Rich. ex DC.) (Adina Salisb., from the Greek adinos ‘clustered, plentiful, crowded’, referring to the clustered flowers. (etc.).
4) Priyaka is also identified with Pterocarpus marsupium It has the synonym Pterocarpus marsupium fo. acuta Prain (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Familles des Plantes (1763)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
· Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia (1763)
· Taxon (1980)
· Genera Plantarum (1873)
· Blumea (1978)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Priyaka, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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 dictionaryPriyaka (प्रियक).—
1) A kind of deer; 'प्रियको रोमभिर्युक्तो मृदूच्चमसृणैर्घनैः (priyako romabhiryukto mṛdūccamasṛṇairghanaiḥ)' Vaijayantī; विचलितैः परितः प्रियकव्रजैः (vicalitaiḥ paritaḥ priyakavrajaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 4.32.
2) The tree called नीप, कदम्ब (nīpa, kadamba); उद्यानमुज्जिहानायाः प्रियका यत्र पादपाः (udyānamujjihānāyāḥ priyakā yatra pādapāḥ) Rām.2.71.12.
3) The creeper प्रियङ्गु (priyaṅgu).
4) A bee.
5) A kind of bird.
6) Saffron.
-kī The skin of the प्रियक (priyaka) deer; Rām.3.43.36.
-kam A flower of the aśana tree; उन्निद्रप्रियकमनोरमं रमण्याः संरेजे सरसि वपुः प्रकाशमेव (unnidrapriyakamanoramaṃ ramaṇyāḥ saṃreje sarasi vapuḥ prakāśameva) Śiśupālavadha 8.28.
Derivable forms: priyakaḥ (प्रियकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPriyaka (प्रियक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A kind of tree, (Nauclea cadamba.) 2. A plant, commonly Priyangu. 3. A tree, (Pentaptera tomentosa.) 4. A variegated or spotted deer. 5. A bee. 6. Saffron. E. kan added to the preceding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPriyaka (प्रियक).—[priya + ka], m. 1. The name of several plants. 2. A kind of deer. 3. A bee. 4. A certain bird, Mahābhārata 3, 11576.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPriyāka (प्रियाक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa] See Piyāka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Priyaka (प्रियक):—[from prī] m. a kind of deer with a very soft skin, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] a chameleon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of bird, [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] a bee, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce plants (Nauclea Cadamba, Terminalia Tomentosa etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a kind of tree, [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Varāha-mihira]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a being attending on Skanda, [Mahābhārata]
8) [v.s. ...] of a man [gana] bidādi
9) [from prī] n. Name of a flower, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
10) Priyāka (प्रियाक):—[from prī] m. Name of an author, [Catalogue(s)]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPriyaka (प्रियक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A tree; a plant; a spotted deer; a bee; saffron.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Priyaka (प्रियक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Piaya.
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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 corpusPriyaka (ಪ್ರಿಯಕ):—
1) [noun] a variety of spotted deer.
2) [noun] the plant Nauclea cadamba.
3) [noun] the tree Terminalia tomentosa of Combretaceae family.
4) [noun] the grass Setaria italica ( = Panicum italicum) of Poaceae family.
5) [noun] its corn used as food; Indian millet.
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)
Starts with: Priyakalaha, Priyakalatra, Priyakalpa, Priyakama, Priyakamya, Priyakankshi, Priyakapriya, Priyakar, Priyakara, Priyakaraka, Priyakarana, Priyakaranat, Priyakari, Priyakarin, Priyakarini, Priyakarinisarvadya, Priyakaritva, Priyakarman, Priyakatha, Priyakaveri.
Ends with: Sampriyaka.
Full-text: Piyaka, Praiyaka, Priyaki, Piaya, Bileshaya, Prayala, Dharagriha, Priyangu.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.36 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 17 - The Superintendent of Forest Produce < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 43 - Sita is enamoured of the Fawn < [Book 3 - Aranya-kanda]
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 35 - Paraśurāma visits Agastya’s hermitage (āśrama) < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]