Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Khanta in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf from the Ephedraceae (Joint-Pine) family. For the possible medicinal usage of khanta, 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)

Khanta in India is the name of a plant defined with Ephedra gerardiana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ephedra gerardiana var. congesta C.Y. Cheng (among others).

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

· Mémoires Présentés à l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées (1846)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1975)
· J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., Ser. B, (1984)
· Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.Naturwiss. Kl. (1889)
· Numer. List (6048)

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

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

khanta : (pp. of khamati) was patient; endured; forbore; pardoned.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khanta (खंत).—f Nausea, loathing, disgust. v yē. 2 Sense of shame, the sense or principle which apprehends and disapproves of moral turpitude or deformity. This word therefore answers sometimes to Moral sentiment, Conscience of evil, Honorable feeling, Delicacy, Sensibility &c. 3 Inquietude; mental distress; anxious pining after, or fretful regretting and bemoaning. v ghē g. of o. dhara.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

khanta (खंत).—f Sense of shame; disgust; mental distress. khanta ghēṇēṃ To pine.

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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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Khaṃta (खंत) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kṣānta.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Khaṇṭa (खण्ट) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kharaṃṭa.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Khamtavva, Khantaka, Khantakhoda, Khantakhora, Khantanem, Khantar, Khantasamacara, Khantasamachara, Khantavanem.

Ends with: Abhinikkhanta, Akkhamta, Bhikkhanta, Chandomakhanta, Chhandomakhanta, Duhkhanta, Lekhanta, Likhanta, Nakhashikhamta, Nikkhanta, Padinikkhamta, Pakkhanta, Rakkhanta, Shakhanta, Sikkhanta, Sukhanta, Titikkhanta, Upaparikkhanta, Vinikkhamta.

Full-text: Kharanta, Kshanta, Khantavanem, Khanti.

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