Alternative spellings of this word include Nabhik.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

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

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

· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae (Mueller) (1866)
· Pl. Corom. (1811)
· Bangladesh J. Pharmacol. (2008)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Fitoterapia (2003)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Nabhika, for example chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nābhikā (नाभिका).—A cavity shaped like a navel.

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

Nābhika (नाभिक).—[nābhi + ka], a substitute for nābhi at the end of comp. adj., Mahābhārata 12, 8946.

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

Nābhika (नाभिक).—(adj. —°) navel or nave, [feminine] ā a navel-like cavity.

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

1) Nābhika (नाभिक):—[from nābh] mfn. ifc. = nābhi, navel, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

2) [v.s. ...] nave of a wheel, [Mahābhārata]

3) Nābhikā (नाभिका):—[from nābhika > nābh] f. (ā) a navel-like cavity, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] Achyranthes Atropurpurea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Nabhika 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Nābhika (नाभिक) [Also spelled nabhik]:—(nm) the nucleus; ~[kīya] nuclear; •[ūrjā] nuclear energy; •[vijñāna] nuclear science.

2) Nābhikā (नाभिका):—(nf) see [nābhi].

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nābhika (ನಾಭಿಕ):—[noun] the plant Achyranthes atropurpurea.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Nabhikamala, Nabhikan, Nabhikana, Nabhikantaka, Nabhikapura, Nabhikara.

Ends with: Namanabhika, Sanabhika, Shannabhika.

Full-text: Nabhikapura, Namanabhika, Nabhik, Nabhikara, Katabhi.

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