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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Bālapatra (बालपत्र) is another name for Yavāsa, a medicinal plant identified with Alhagi pseudalhagi, synonym of Alhagi maurorum (“camelthorn”) from the Fabaceae or legume family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.44-46 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Bālapatra and Yavāsa, there are a total of twenty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Balapatra in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia catechu 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 wallichiana DC. (among others).

2) Balapatra is also identified with Alhagi maurorum It has the synonym Alhagi camelorum Fischer (etc.).

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

· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1981)
· The forest flora of North-West and Central India (1874)
· Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica (1755)
· Species Plantarum.
· Supplementum Plantarum (1782)
· Plant-Book

If you are looking for specific details regarding Balapatra, for example side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bālapatra (बालपत्र).—the Khadira tree.

Derivable forms: bālapatraḥ (बालपत्रः).

Bālapatra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and patra (पत्र). See also (synonyms): bālapatraka.

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

Bālapatra (बालपत्र).—m.

(-traḥ) K'hayer, (Mimosa catechu.) E. bāla young or small and patra a leaf; also with kan added, bālapatraka .

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

Bālapatra (बालपत्र):—[bāla-patra] (traḥ) 1. m. Mimosa catechu.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bālapatra (ಬಾಲಪತ್ರ):—[noun] = ಬಾಲತನಯ [balatanaya].

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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)

Partial matches: Bala, Patra.

Starts with: Balapatraka.

Full-text: Patrabala, Valapattiram, Balapatraka, Paravatam, Yavasa.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Balapatra, Bālapatra, Bala-patra, Bāla-patra; (plurals include: Balapatras, Bālapatras, patras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)

Flora (5): Trees < [Chapter 5 - Aspects of Nature]

Appendix III - Synonyms of Flora (Vanauṣadhi-varga)

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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Review of Acacia catechu Willd. and its use in Nighantus. < [2022: Volume 11, May special issue 6]

Ayushdhara journal

Phytochemical and pharmacological properties of Acacia catechu: a review < [Volume 1, issue 2: November - December 2014]

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