Nicula: 19 definitions
Introduction:
Nicula means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Nichula.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaNicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�) [or Nicu岣穉] refers to the medicinal plant known as 鈥淏arringtonia acutangula (Linn.) Gaertn.鈥� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogas膩rasa峁単raha (Yogasara-sa峁単raha) by V膩sudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogas膩rasa峁僩raha [mentioning nicula] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (产丑补颈峁箩测补-办补濒辫补苍腻) which is a branch of pharmacology (诲谤补惫测补驳耻峁嘺).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: 膧yurveda and botany1) Nicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�) is another name (synonym) for Vetasa, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Salix caprea (goat willow). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century 搁腻箩补苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (verse 9.106), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. Certain plant parts of Vetasa are eaten as a vegetable (艣腻办补), and it is therefore part of the 艢膩kavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the 鈥済roup of vegetables/pot-herbs鈥�.
2) Nicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�) is a Sanskrit word referring to the Barringtonia acutangula (Indian oak), a species of tree native to Southern Asia, from the Lecythidaceae family, and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-sa峁僪it膩. Other names in English as 鈥渉izal tree鈥�, 鈥渂arringtonia鈥�, 鈥渇reshwater mangrove鈥� or 鈥淚ndian Putat鈥�. The literal translation of Nicula is 鈥渦pper garment, overcoat鈥�. It is also known by the synonym Hijjala and Ambuja. It is traditionally used as a medicine for various remedies, for example, it is included in a recipe for destroying parasites.
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)Nicula in India is the name of a plant defined with Baccaurea courtallensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pierardia macrostachya Wight & Arn. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1866)
· Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. (1912)
· Flora of the British India (1887)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Nicula, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, 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
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNicula, (Sk. nicula) a plant (Barringtonia acutangula) VvA. 134. (Page 355)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarynicula (醼斸��呩���) [(pu,na) (醼曖�亰醼�)]鈥�
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[醼斸��+醼呩���+醼♂亱 醼撫��斸�横亱 醼撫��斸�横亰 醼嬦�亱 醽呩亞醽冡亱 醼炨�搬�呩�亱 醼斸��+醼呩��+醼メ�溼亱 醼炨�搬�呩�亱 (醼忈��呩���-醼曖�坚��)]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)苍颈肠耻濒补鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼�醼会�娽�横�羔�曖�勧�横亱(醼炨��熱���犪�横�♂�佱�贬��� 锛傖�欋��掅�贬�溼�贯�滐紓醼欋�娽�横�炨�贬�� 醼炨�呩�横�曖�勧�横�栣�坚�呩�横�炨�娽��)醽�
(Auto-Translation): Kyaing pin. (It is a tree called "Midael" in the Burmese language.)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynic奴岣穉 (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�).鈥攎 W (nicula S) The Jack tree or its fruit.
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 dictionaryNicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�).鈥�
1) A kind of reed.
2) Name of a poet and friend of K膩lid膩sa; 啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶︵じ啷嵿ぎ啶距い啷� 啶膏ぐ啶膏え啶苦啷佮げ啶距う啷佮い啷嵿お啶む啶︵啷嵿ぎ啷佮啶� 啶栢ぎ啷� (sth膩n膩dasm膩t sarasanicul膩dutpatoda峁卪ukha岣� kham) Meghad奴ta 14. (where Malli. observes:-niculo n膩ma mah膩kavi岣� k膩lid膩sasya sah膩dhy膩ya岣�; but this explanation is very doubtful).
3) An upper garment, cover; cf. 啶ㄠた啶氞啶� (nicola).
4) The tree called 啶灌た啶溹啶溹げ (hijjala), (Barringtonia Acutangula).
5) A lotus.
6) A cocoa-nut tree; 啶ㄠた啶氞啶侧 啶灌た啶溹啶溹げ啷� 啶う啷嵿ぎ啷囙そ啶啶じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶ぇ啷佮か啶侧啶� 啶た 啶� (niculo hijjale padme'pyastr墨 madhuphale' pi ca) Nm.
Derivable forms: 苍颈肠耻濒补岣� (啶ㄠた啶氞啶侧).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�).鈥攎.
(-濒补岣�) 1. A plant, (Barringtonia acutangula.) 2. An upper and outer garment. 3. A name of a poet. E. ni before, cul to lift up, affix ka . hijjale tath膩 vetasav峁沰峁 ca .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�).鈥攎. A tree, Barringtonia acutangula Gaertn., [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 3, 17, 7.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�).鈥擺masculine] [Name] of a tree & a poet.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumNicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攑oet. Mentioned by Mallin膩tha on Meghad奴ta 14.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�):鈥擺=ni-cula] m. (鈭�cul) an upper garment, overcoat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a tree (Barringtonia Acutangula), [K膩vya literature; Su艣ruta]
3) [v.s. ...] Calamus Rotang, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a [poetry or poetic]
5) 狈颈肠奴濒补 (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�):鈥擺=苍颈-肠奴濒补] [from ni-cula] m. an outer garment, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Barringtonia Acutaugula, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�):鈥擺ni-cula] (濒补岣�) 1. m. A plant (Barringtonia acutangula); a surtout.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nicula (啶ㄠた啶氞啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 峁唅肠耻濒补.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary峁唅肠耻濒补 (啶｀た啶氞啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nicula.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNicula (嗖ㄠ部嗖氞硜嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the middle sized, evergreen tree Barringtonia acutangula of Lecythidaceae family, the wood of which is used in boat building; Indian oak.
2) [noun] the rattan plant, Calamus rotang of Arecaceae family; water rattan.
3) [noun] an upper garment; an overcoat.
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Nicu岣穉 (嗖ㄠ部嗖氞硜嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖ㄠ部嗖氞硜嗖� [nicula].
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)
Starts with: Nichulam, Niculah, Niculaka, Niculakam, Niculakesarabhasasadisa, Niculapuri, Nicularukkha, Niculavana.
Full-text: Niccola, Niculaka, Nichulam, Naicula, Niculah, Nicularukkha, Niculavana, Niculita, Kesara, Abja, Mucala, Picula, Sapanasa, Vetasa, Sarasa.
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