In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A Damila usurper, son of King Pandu. He ruled in Anuradhapura for three years between 433 and 460, and was succeeded by his youngest brother, Khudda Parinda. Cv.xxxviii.29.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Parinda in India is the name of a plant defined with Carica papaya in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vasconcellea peltata A. DC. (among others).

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

· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1790)
· Verhandelingen van het bataviaasch genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen (1790)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1804)
· Flore des Antilles (1824)
· Eclogae Plantarum Rariorum (1811)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

parinda (परिंद).—a (Corr. from pravīṇa S) Capable, clever, sharp, apt: also proficient or conversant.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Parinda in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a bird; —[para na mara sake], ([jaham]) where even a bird would have no access..—parinda (परिंदा) is alternatively transliterated as Pariṃdā.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Parindami, Parindana, Parindayin.

Ends with: Khuddaparinda.

Full-text: Parimda, Khuddaparinda, Panduka.

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