Biology (plants and animals)

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

Valkali in India is the name of a plant defined with Zanthoxylum budrunga in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zanthoxylum budrunga DC..

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

· Prodr. (1824)
· Fitoterapia (2001)
· Fitoterapia (2003)
· Journal of Medical Sciences (2001)
· Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (2005)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Valkali, for example side effects, extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vālkali (वाल्कलि).—(= Pali Vakkali), name of a monk: Samy. Āg. 13v.3 (corresp. to Pali SN iii.119.11).

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

Vālkalī (वाल्कली):—[from vālkala > vālka] f. intoxicating liquor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Valkalī (वल्कली):—adj. having the scales or bark;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Starts with: Valkalin.

Ends with: Sphutavalkali.

Full-text: Sphutavalkali, Sphutabandhani.

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