Biology (plants and animals)

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

Anilaghnaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia bellirica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myrobalanus laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1851)
· Novae Plantarum Species (1821)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1856)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1805)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anilaghnaka (अनिलघ्नक).—a large tree (bibhītaka) Terminalia Belerica. (Mar. behaḍā).

Derivable forms: anilaghnakaḥ (अनिलघ्नकः).

Anilaghnaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anila and ghnaka (घ्नक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anilaghnaka (अनिलघ्नक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A large tree, (Terminalia belerica.) E. anila, ghna what removes, kan added.

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

Anilaghnaka (अनिलघ्नक):—[=anila-ghnaka] [from anila] m. the large tree Terminalia Belerica.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anilaghnaka (अनिलघ्नक):—m.

(-kaḥ) A large tree (Terminalia belerica). See also vibhītaka. E. anilaghna, taddh. aff. kan.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anilaghnaka (अनिलघ्नक):—[anila-ghnaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A large tree (Terminalia belerica).

[Sanskrit to German]

Anilaghnaka in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Anila.

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