Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Alpapramanaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Citrullus lanatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucurbita anguria Duchesne ex Lam., nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Plantarum Capensium (1794)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1826)
· Catalogus Seminum et Sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis (1915)
· Uses of plants by the Indians (1991)
· Prodr. Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (1800)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Alpapramanaka, for example chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Alpapramāṇaka (अल्पप्रमाणक).—a.

1) of little weight or measure.

2) of little authority, resting on little evidence.

-ṇaḥ, -ṇakaḥ common cucumber.

Alpapramāṇaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms alpa and pramāṇaka (प्रमाणक). See also (synonyms): alpapramāṇa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Alpapramāṇaka (अल्पप्रमाणक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Credulous, resting on little evidence. 2. Of little weight or authority. 3. Of short measure. m.

(-kaḥ) Common cucumber, (Cucumis sativus.) E. alpa, and pramāṇa authority, &c. kan added.

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

Alpapramāṇaka (अल्पप्रमाणक):—[=alpa-pramāṇaka] [from alpa] m. common cucumber (Cucumis Sativus), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Alpapramāṇaka (अल्पप्रमाणक):—[alpa-pramāṇaka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Of little credit; credulous. 1. m. Common cucumber.

[Sanskrit to German]

Alpapramanaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Partial matches: Alpa, Pramanaka.

Full-text: Celana, Alpapramana.

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