# वल्ली (vallī)

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वल्ली (vallī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a creeper or creeping plant, a class of medicinal plants, name of various plants, an epithet of particular Upanishad sections, a creeping or winding plant, more usual form of valli. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Creeper / Creeping Plant (General), Specific Plants or Plant-Related Terms, Lexicographical Information.

- **SLP1:** `vallI`  **IAST:** vallī  **Devanagari:** वल्ली
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valli
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/valli/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** वल्लि (valli)

## Meanings by context

### Creeper / Creeping Plant (General) (4 definitions)
- a creeper or creeping plant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 929,1] वल्ली (vallī) f. (or वल्लि (valli), q.v. ) a creeper, creeping plant (often fig. applied to arms, eyebrows, lightning &c.), Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=188355 ]
- A creeping or winding plant  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वल्ली (vallī) [Printed book page 0952-a ] वल्ली (vallī) f. A creeping plant, winding plant, creeper
- A creeper  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वल्ली (vallī) [Printed book page 646-06 ] वल्ली (vallī) f. A creeping plant, a creeper. [ ID=33922 ]
- a climbing plant or creeper  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वल्ली (vallī) [Printed book page 478 ] वल्ली (vallī) f. the same. [ ID=28460 ]

### Specific Plants or Plant-Related Terms (3 definitions)
- a class of medicinal plants  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a class of medicinal plants (= विदारी (vidārī), सारिवा (sārivā), रजनी (rajanī), and गुडुची (guḍucī) ), Suśr. [ ID=188355.1 ]
- Name of various plants  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of various other plants ( esp. = अज - मोदा (aja-modā), कैवर्तिका (kaivartikā), and चव्य (cavya) ), L. [ ID=188355.2 ]
- see phala-valli  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = फल - वल्ली (phala-vallī) ( q.v. ), Āryabh., Sch. [ ID=188355.4 ]

### Lexicographical Information (1 definition)
- more usual form of valli  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वल्ली (vallī) [Printed book page 272-2 ] वल्ली (vallī) vallī, f. more usual form of valli. [ ID=16082 ]

### Sections of Upanishads (1 definition)
- an epithet of particular Upanishad sections  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (only ई (ī) ) N. of the sections of partic. Upaniṣads ( e.g. of the Kaṭha) [ ID=188355.3 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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