Kakapilu, 첹ī, Kaka-pilu: 6 definitions
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Kakapilu 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: Rāj nighaṇṭu1) 첹ī (काकपीलु) is another name for 岹ī, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly possibly related to 첹, according to verse 3.110-112 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Both the drugs, Kākanāsa and 岹ī are of doubtful identity and were controversial even during the times of Suśruta. The third chapter (ḍūc徱-) of this book contains climbers and creepers (īܻ). Together with the names 첹ī and 岹ī, there are a total of thirteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) 첹ī (काकपीलु) is also mentioned as a synonym for Śٲñ, one of the two varieties of ҳñ: a medicinal plants identified with Abrus precatorius (Indian licorice or rosary pea) from the Fabaceae or “legume family� of flowering plants, according to verse 3.113-116.

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.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kakapilu in India is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos nux-vomica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos ligustrina Blume (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France (1910)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Rumphia (1836)
· Lloydia (1973)
· Taxon (1980)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kakapilu, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, 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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary첹ī (काकपीलु).—m.
(-�) A kind of ebony: see 첹پԻܰ첹; also with kan added 첹īܰ첹�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 첹ī (काकपीलु):—[=첹-ī] [from 첹] m. the plant Diospyros tomentosa (첹-tinduka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Xanthochymus pictorius (첹-tuṇḍī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a variety of Abrus precatorius (śٲ-ñ), [Bhāvaprakāśa]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kakapiluka.
Full-text: Kakapili, Shvetagunja, Kakadani.
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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Medicinal importance of abrus precatorius linn. in ayurveda < [2024: Volume 13, January issue 1]
Review on therapeutic and toxic effects of Gunja (Abrus precatorius). < [2023: Volume 12, June issue 9]