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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Aspects of Bengal society: Ship-building and commerce

Bagar is the name of an ancient city mentioned by the author of the Kavikankan’s Chandikāvya pp. 195-202.—Accordingly, after the performance of the usual ceremonies before sailing, the merchant Dhanapati passed the following places: [...]—all by the side of the Ganges. Then he reached the very celebrated inland port of Bengal known as Saptagram near the Tribeni. The poet here incidentally praised this port and gave it a superiour place among the following ports and places: [e.g., Bagar, etc...]. According to the poet the merchants of the above places visit Saptagram but the merchants of Saptagram do never visit those ports and places.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bagar in India is the name of a plant defined with Eulaliopsis binata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Spodiopogon binatus (Retz.) Roberty (among others).

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

· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1932)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Petite Flore de l’Ouest-Africain (1954)
· Observationes Botanicae (1789)
· Plantae novae et minus cognitae Indiae Batavae Orientalis (1845)
· Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) (1924)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bagar (ಬಗರ್):—[adverb] lacking; without.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+3): Bagara, Bagarage, Bagarana, Bagaraniga, Bagaraura, Bagarbadali, Bagarbaddi, Bagarbey, Bagaretha, Bagarhukkum, Bagarhukum, Bagari, Bagaria, Bagarila, Bagarilo, Bagaroua, Bagarraja, Bagaru, Bagarucirayitu, Bagaruwa.

Ends with: Ambagar, Kutumpakar, Payampakar.

Full-text: Bagaru, Bamgadu.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Bagar; (plurals include: Bagars). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Triveni Journal

Goodwill Mission to Pakistan < [January 1954]

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