Tipu, Tīpu: 5 definitions

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Tipu means something in Buddhism, Pali, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tipu in Latin America is the name of a plant defined with Tipuana tipu in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Machaerium fertile Griseb. (among others).

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

· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (1874)
· Contr. Conoc. Arb. Argent. (1910)
· Biodiversity and Conservation (2565)
· Medical Mycology (2009)
· Rhodora (1980)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

tipu : (nt.) lead.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Tipu, (cp. Sk. trapu, non-Aryan?) lead, tin Vin. I, 190 (°maya); S. V, 92; J. II, 296; Miln. 331 (°kāra a worker in lead, tinsmith); Vism. 174 (°maṇḍala); DhA. IV, 104 (°parikhā). (Page 303)

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ṭīpu (ಟೀಪು):—[noun] a note of comment or reference at the bottom of a page.

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tīpu (தீபு) noun < dvīpa. See தீவு¹. [thivu¹.] ஏழ்தீபா லடங் காத புகழ்வீர [ezhthipa ladang katha pugazhvira] (மகாபாரதம் இராச. [magaparatham irasa.] 115).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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