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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Dīrghapādapa (दीर्घपादप) is another name (synonym) for Tāla, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Borassus flabellifer (doub palm). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 9.83), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Dirghapadapa in India is the name of a plant defined with Areca catechu in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Areca nigra Giseke ex H. Wendl. (among others).

2) Dirghapadapa is also identified with Bombax ceiba It has the synonym Salmalia malabarica (DC.) Schott & Endl. (etc.).

3) Dirghapadapa is also identified with Borassus flabellifer It has the synonym Pholidocarpus tunicatus H. Wendl. (etc.).

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

· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1768)
· Systema Vegetabilium. (1774)
· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Species Plantarum
· Webbia (1914)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dīrghapādapa (दीर्घपादप).—

1) the cocoa-nut tree.

2) the areca-nut tree.

3) the palm tree.

Derivable forms: dīrghapādapaḥ (दीर्घपादपः).

Dīrghapādapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīrgha and pādapa (पादप).

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

Dīrghapādapa (दीर्घपादप).—m.

(-paḥ) 1. The cocoanut tree. 2. The betelnut tree. E. dīrgha, and pādapa a tree.

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

Dīrghapādapa (दीर्घपादप):—[=dīrgha-pādapa] [from dīrgha] m. = -taru or the Areca-nut tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dīrghapādapa (दीर्घपादप):—[dīrgha-pādapa] (paḥ) 1. m. The cocoanut tree; or the betel-nut tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dirghapadapa in German

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dirgha, Padapa.

Full-text: Tirkkapatapam, Tala.

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