Balakapriya, Bālakapriyā, Balaka-priya, Bālakapriya: 7 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Bālakapriyā (बालकप्रिया) is another name for Indravāruṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Citrullus colocynthis (colocynth, bitter apple or desert gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.70-72 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Bālakapriyā and Indravāruṇī, there are a total of twenty-nine Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Balakapriya in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. fil.) Wight & Walk.-Arn. from the Rhamnaceae (Ber) family having the following synonyms: Rhamnus nummularia, Ziziphus rotundifolia. For the possible medicinal usage of balakapriya, 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.

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

Balakapriya in India is the name of a plant defined with Ziziphus nummularia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ziziphus nummularia (Burm.f.) Wight (among others).

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

· Botany and History of Hortus Malabaricus (1980)
· Flore Forestière Soudano-Guinéenne (1950)

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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

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bālakapriya (बालकप्रिय).—a. fond of children.

- colocynth or plantain.

Bālakapriya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bālaka and priya (प्रिय).

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

1) Bālakapriya (बालकप्रिय):—[=bālaka-priya] [from bālaka > bāla] mfn. fond of children

2) Bālakapriyā (बालकप्रिया):—[=bālaka-priyā] [from bālaka-priya > bālaka > bāla] f. colocynth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Musa Sapientum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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