Balatanaya, Bālatanaya, Bala-tanaya: 8 definitions
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Balatanaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Balatanaya 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 catechu (L.f.) Brandis (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The forest flora of North-West and Central India (1874)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1981)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1782)
· London Journal of Botany (1842)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Plant-Book
If you are looking for specific details regarding Balatanaya, for example side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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 dictionaryBālatanaya (बालतनय).—the Khadira tree.
Derivable forms: bālatanayaḥ (बालतनयः).
Bālatanaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and tanaya (तनय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBālatanaya (बालतनय).—m.
(-yaḥ) 1. A young son. 2. A tree, (Mimosa catechu.) E. bāla young or small, and tanaya offspring, leaves.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bālatanaya (बालतनय):—[=bāla-tanaya] [from bāla] m. a young son, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] Acacia Catechu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBālatanaya (बालतनय):—[bāla-tanaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A son; mimosa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusBālatanaya (ಬಾಲತನಯ):—[noun] the tree Acacia catechu ( = Mimosa catechu) of Mimosae family.
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, Tanaya.
Full-text: Balapatra.
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