India history and geography

Source: Marathi language (Marāṭhī bhāṣā): Submission for Classical Status of Marathi Language

Akola is the name of a district in Maharashtra.—The Buddhist work, Mahavamsa, refers to Maharashtra. It suggests that a big area around Ujjain, that is, the present Central India could have been talked about as Maharashtra. As the legend goes there were (or might have been) 99,000 villages in this country. These days it is a practice to include all areas (Akola) where Marathi language is in use into Maharashtra.

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Paramaras

Akolā (अकोला) (in Berar) is the name of a village mentioned in the “Māndhātā copper-plate inscription of Devapāla”. These copper plates (mentioning Akolā) were discovered in 1905 in the former State of Dhār, near the temple of Siddheśvara at Māndhātā, better known by the longer name Oṃkāra-Māndhātā (an island in the Narmadā attached to the East Nemāḍ District in Madhya Pradesh). It records the donation of the village of Satājunā in the Mahuaḍa Pratijāgaraṇaka, by Devapāla. It is dated on the full moon day of Bhādrapada in the (Vikrama) year 1282, which corresponds to the 19th August, 1225 A.C.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Akola in India is the name of a plant defined with Alangium salviifolium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Grewia salviifolia L.f. (among others).

2) Akola is also identified with Aleurites moluccana It has the synonym Ricinus dicoccus Roxb. (etc.).

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

· Linnaea (1865)
· Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, (1911)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1859)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1783)
· Journal of Medicinal Plant Research (Suppl.) (1980)
· Fitoterapia (2002)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Akola, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ākōla (आकोल) [or आंकोल, āṅkōla].—n A shelled tamarind-pod.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Akolah.

Ends with (+27): Aganakola, Amakola, Ambatthakola, Anganakola, Atakola, Batakola, Bhutakola, Chitrakola, Cimakola, Citrakola, Gonasakola, Gramakola, Gramyakola, Halakola, Harakola, Hayakola, Hicakola, Holakola, Kacakola, Kadakola.

Full-text: Hiranyanadi, Vatsagulma.

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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)

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