Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vau in Polynesia is the name of a plant defined with Talipariti tiliaceum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Paritium abutiloides (Willd.) G. Don (among others).

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

· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Vistas in Cytogenetics (1989)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Flora Sylvatica Koreana (1936)
· Familles des Plantes (1763)
· Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium (2001)

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

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Vau (वौ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vapuṣ.

2) Vāu (वाउ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vāyu.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vau (வௌ) . The compound of வ் [v] and ஔ. [au.]

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Vau (வௌ) [vau(vu)tal] 5 transitive verb See வௌவு-. நொப்போ வௌ [vauvu-. noppo vau] (நன். [nan.] 138).

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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)

Starts with (+20): Vau-be, Vau-fa-vang, Vaubbhama, Vaube, Vaucali, Vaucalikkottai, Vaucetikam, Vauciki, Vaucikikkoluntu, Vauda, Vaudanya, Vauddha, Vaufavang, Vauga, Vaugara, Vaujhak, Vaujhat, Vauk, Vaula, Vaula.

Ends with: Bhavabhavau, Gamvau, Jivau, Kacavasu, Kayavau, Kushilavau, Malavau, Pumvau, Samasamavinabhavau, Savau.

Full-text: Vau-fa-vang, Kushalava, Madhumadhava, Kushilava, Vayu, Vapus, Divokas, Ashvavadava, Vau-be, Hrui-vau-be, Vitasti, Virinci, Vo, Va, Shiva, Bhava.

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Khadira-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)

Adhyāya II, Khaṇḍa 3

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