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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Āluki (आलुकि).—A Bhārgava gotrakara.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 195. 25.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Aluki in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Acacia sieberiana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia davyi sensu auct. (among others).

2) Aluki in Yoruba is also identified with Asparagus africanus It has the synonym Asparagopsis juniperina Kunth (etc.).

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

· Fl. Somala (1932)
· Fl. W. Trop. Afr. (1936)
· Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. (1919)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1783)
· Journal of Natural Products
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1910)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Ālukī (आलुकी):—[from āluka > ālu] f. a species of root, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Ālukī (आलुकी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āluī.

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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: Alukiccetam, Alukisu.

Ends with: Aaluki, Baluki, Betaluki, Bhaluki, Caluki, Kaluki, Lukaluki, Paluki, Shaluki, Taluki, Valuki.

Full-text: Alui, Aluka.

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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)

Lineages of Bhṛgu < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]

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