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Tamalaki, 峾ī, Tamālaki: 12 definitions

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Tamalaki means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, Tamil. 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)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tamalaki in Ayurveda glossary

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsa

峾ī (तामलकी) is a Sanskrit word referring to Phyllanthus amarus, a small herb from the Phyllanthaceae family of flowering plants. It is also known as Bhūmy峾ī. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā. Its medicinal uses include stomach related problems. The plant is also used in gonorrhea, menorrhagia and other genital conditions.

This plant (峾ī) is also mentioned as a medicine used for the treatment of all major fevers (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever�) which forms the first chapter of the Sanskrit work called Mādhavacikitsā.

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Ancient Science of Life: Evaluation of ⲹԲś on Health and Immunity related Parameters in Healthy Children

峾ī (तामलकी) refers to the medicinal plant known as Phyllanthus niruri, Pl., and is used in the Ayurvedic formulation known as ⲹԲś: an Ayurvedic health product that helps in boosting immunity.—ⲹԲś� has been found to be effective as an immunity booster, vitalizer and a preventer of day to day infections and allergies such as common cold and cough etc. It is a classical Ayurvedic formulation comprising ingredients such as 峾ī. [...] ⲹԲś can be consumed in all seasons as it contains weather friendly ingredients which nullify unpleasant effects due to extreme environmental and climatic conditions.

: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

峾ī (तामलकी) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn.� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes.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 峾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).

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tamalaki in Biology glossary
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Tamalaki [तमालकी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Phyllanthus fraternus G.L.Webster from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Phyllanthus fraternus subsp. togoensis. For the possible medicinal usage of tamalaki, 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.

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Tamalaki in India is the name of a plant defined with Garcinia xanthochymus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Garcinia pictoria (Roxb.) Engl. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1805)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1980)
· Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1826)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
· The Flora of British India (1874)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tamalaki in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

峾ī (तामलकी).—f. () A plant, (Flacourtia cataphracta:) see ū峾ī. E. tam to desire, to be as it were, or resemble, 峾ī the Amalaki, tama ṇic kvip tān karmadhā0 .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ղī (तमालकी):—[from tamālaka > tam] f. = ٲ, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]

2) 峾ī (तामलकी):—[from tāmala > tāma] f. Flacourtia cataphracta, [Suśruta vi, 39, 197 and 203; 51, 25.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

峾ī (तामलकी):�(ī) 3. f. A plant (Flacourtia cataphracta).

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tamalaki in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tāmalaki (ತಾಮಲಕಿ):�

1) [noun] the small tree Phyllanthus emblica of Euphorbiaceae family.

2) [noun] its fruit.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tamalaki in Tamil glossary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tamālaki (தமாலகி) noun < 峾ī. Forest small-leaved featherfoil. See கீழாநெல்லி. (த໾லவருக்கச்சுருக்கம் தை�.) [kizhanelli. (thailavarukkachurukkam thaila.)]

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Tāmalaki (தாமலகி) noun < 峾ī. Niruri. See கீழாநெல்லி. (வைத்தி� மலையகராத�) [kizhanelli. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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