Jatiphala, پ, Jati-phala, ī: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Jatiphala means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval Indiaī (जातीफल) refers to “nutmeg� (and its shell, viz., پś) and is mentioned in a list of potential causes for indigestion in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (ⲹṇāgṇa-첹ٳԲ), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as 첹śٰ or 첹첹.—A complete section in Bhojanakutūhala is devoted for the description of agents that cause indigestion [viz., ī-پś (nutmeg and its shell)]. These agents consumed on a large scale can cause indigestion for certain people. The remedies [viz., ñᾱ첹 gruel)] for these types of indigestions are also explained therewith.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaī (जातीफल) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Myristica fragrans Houtt. (Nutmeg)� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning ī] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)1) ī (जातीफल) or īrasa refers to one of the topics discussed in the 鲹첹ܻܳī, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The 鲹첹ܻܳī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 śǰ첹.—The catalogue includes the term—ī�-rasa in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: īrasa� .
2) ī (जातीफल) or īdi-cūrṇa also refers to one of the topics discussed in the ۴Dz峾ṛt, a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 śǰ첹.—The complete entry reads: (1) ī徱ūṇa� (2) īⲹṭi (3) īⲹǻ岹첹� .
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: Google Books: Essentials of Ayurvedaī (जातीफल).—The Sanskrit name for an important Ayurvedic drug.—The plant grows in other countries from which seeds are obtained for use. The aril of the seeds is known as ‘Jātīpatrī�. ī is astringent and promotes digestive fire.

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)
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical studyī (जातीफल) represents the food taken in the month Vaiśākha for the Բṅgٰǻ岹śī-հٲ, according to the 10th century ܰܰṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the Anaṅgatrayodaśī-vrata is observed in honour of Śiva for acquiring virtue, great fortune, wealth and for destruction of sins [...] This vrata is to be performed for a year from Mārgaśīra.—In Vaiśākha, the tooth-brush is that of udumbara-wood. The food taken is ī. The deity to be worshipped is Mahārūpa. The flowers used in worship are Ի. The naivedya offerings is yavaka. The result accrued equals the gift of thousand cows.

The Purana (पुरा�, 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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)پ (जातिफल) refers to a variety of ٳ: one of the oldest Prakrit meters probably developed out of the epic Anuṣṭubh, as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttaپsamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Among the metres derived from the ٳ, Gīti, Upagīti and Udgīti are most important. [...] By adding 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 ٳٰܰ before the last long letter in the first half of a ٳ, we respectively get a پ, Gātha, Udgātha, Vigātha, Avagātha, Saṃgātha, Upagātha and Gāthinī. If more than 14 ٳٰܰ are so added, the metre is called Mālāgātha. In a similar manner, we get Dāma, Uddāma, Vidāma, Avadāma, Saṃdāma, Upadāma and Mālādāma by the addition of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 13 or more ٳٰܰ respectively, before the last long letter in the first half of a پ.

Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihiraī (जातीफल) refers to “nutmeg�, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets�graha-bhaktiyoga�), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Venus also presides over simple silk, coloured silk, wollen cloth, white silk, Rodhra, Patra, Coca, nutmeg (ī), Agaru, Vacā, Pippalī and sandal�.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍalaپ (जातिफल) refers to one of the eight trees (ṛkṣa) of the ñԲ, according to the 10th century Ḍākṇa chapter 15. Accordingly, the ñԲ refers to one of the three divisions of the saṃbhoga-puṭa (‘enjoyment layer�), situated in the ܰ첹ṇḍ. پ is associated with the charnel ground (śśԲ) named Ghorayuddha and with the direction-guardian (徱) named Bhūsuta.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsJatiphala [जातिफल] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Myristica beddomei King from the Myristicaceae (Nutmeg) family. For the possible medicinal usage of jatiphala, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Jatiphala in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Myristica malabarica Lam. from the Myristicaceae (Nutmeg) family.
Jatiphala [জাতিফল] in the Bengali language is the name of a plant identified with Myristica fragrans Houtt. from the Myristicaceae (Nutmeg) family having the following synonyms: Myristica aromatica, Myristica moschata, Myristica officinalis.
Jatiphala [ಜಾತೀಫಲ] in the Kannada language, ibid. previous identification.
Jatiphala [जातीफल] in the Marathi language, ibid. previous identification.
Jatiphala [जातिफल] in the Sanskrit language, ibid. previous identification.

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
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryپphala : (nt.) nutmeg.
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) پphala (ဇာတိဖ�) [(na) (�)]�
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[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) پphala�
(Burmese text): ပင်ကိုယ်သဘောအားဖြင့� ဖြစ်သောအသီး၊ ပင်ကိုယ်သီး၊ ဇာတိသီး။
(Auto-Translation): Fruit that is naturally occurring, native fruit, indigenous fruit.
2) پphala�
(Burmese text): ဇာတိသီးရှိသေ� အပင်၊ ဇာတိဖိုလ်ပင်၊ ဇာဒိပ္ဖိုလ်ပင်။
(Auto-Translation): Native plants, indigenous species, endemic species.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryī (जातीफल).—n S A nutmeg.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryپ (जातिफल).�(sometimes īm also) a nutmeg; जातीफल� मातुलानीमहिफेन� � पत्रकम� (ī� mātulānīmahiphena� ca patrakam) Śiva. B.3.15.
Derivable forms: پ (जातिफलम्).
پ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms پ and phala (फल).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryپ (जातिफल).—n.
(-�) Nutmeg. E. پ or ī mace, and phala fruit; also ī; also پkoṣa, پ or ī and پpuṣpa�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryī (जातीफल�).—[feminine] [Name] of a plant.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) پ (जातिफल):—[=پ-phala] [from پ > jāta] n. = -ś, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) ī (जातीफल):—[=ī-phala] [from ī > jāta] n. = ti-ph, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā xvi, 30]
3) [v.s. ...] [lxxvi, 27 and 33; Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha ii, 66]
4) ī (जातीफल�):—[=ī-phalā] [from ī-phala > ī > jāta] f. Emblica officinalis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryپ (जातिफल):—[پ-phala] (�) 1. n. Nutmeg.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusپ (ಜಾತಿಫಲ):—[noun] the hard, aromatic seed of the medium-sized, evergreen tree Myristica fragrans of Myristiaceae family, which is used as a spice; nutmeg.
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ī (ಜಾತೀಫಲ):—[noun] = ಜಾತಿಫಲ [jatiphala].
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Jātīphaḷa (ಜಾತೀಫಳ):—[noun] = ಜಾತಿಫಲ [jatiphala].
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)
Partial matches: Jatiphala, Phala, Jati, Na.
Starts with: Jatiphaladi, Jatiphaladicurna, Jatiphaladimodaka, Jatiphaladivatika, Jatiphaladya, Jatiphaladya, Jatiphaladyamodaka, Jatiphaladyavatika, Jatiphalarasa.
Full-text (+20): Jatiphaladi, Kshudrajatiphala, Madashaundaka, Catipalam, Jati-palaticurnam, Jayaphala, Jatiphalarasa, Jatiphaladya, Ahiphena, Cetaki, Jatipattri, Madhuli, Matulani, Atippalam, Jatikosa, Pancasugandhika, Ghorayuddha, Vidama, Avadama, Samdama.
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