Dirghadandi, 顿墨谤驳丑补诲补峁囜笉墨, Dirgha-dandi: 3 definitions
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Dirghadandi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: R膩j nigha峁囜弓u顿墨谤驳丑补诲补峁囜笉墨 (啶︵啶班啶樴う啶｀啶∴) is another name for 骋辞谤补办峁Ｄ�, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Adansonia digitata Linn. or 鈥淎frican baobab鈥� from the Malvaceae or 鈥渕allows鈥� family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.94-95 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R膩janigha峁囜弓u. The fifth chapter (辫补谤辫补峁乨颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (办峁诲谤补-办峁辫补). Together with the names 顿墨谤驳丑补诲补峁囜笉墨 and 骋辞谤补办峁Ｄ�, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda 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)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Dirghadandi in India is the name of a plant defined with Adansonia digitata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ophelus sitularius Lour. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Systema Vegetabilium (1826)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· A concise dictionary of the Bini language of Southern Nigeria. (1937)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1980)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· International Journal of Dermatology (2007)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Dirghadandi, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, 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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary顿墨谤驳丑补诲补峁囜笉墨 (啶︵啶班啶樴う啶｀啶∴):鈥擺=诲墨谤驳丑补-诲补峁囜笉墨] [from d墨rgha-da峁囜笉a > d墨rgha] f. a kind of small shrub (= 驳辞-谤补办峁Ｄ�), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
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