Alternative spellings of this word include Basna.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Basana in India is the name of a plant defined with Bothriochloa pertusa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Andropogon panormitanus Parl. (among others).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de l’Afrique du Nord (1941)
· Flora Palermitana (1845)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)
· Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de l’Afrique du Nord (1957)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1917)

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

bāsana (बासन).—n (vāsana S) The covering in which pieces of cloth are put up, wrapper. 2 The bundle of cloths so formed, a bale. 3 fig. Applied to a large fort, district-town, gun, public personage, establishment, department, banker &c. as comprehending multitudes (of persons or matters). 4 A plate or dish, earthen or metal. Note. In the first three senses the word is from bāsana S, in the fourth, from H.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bāsana (बासन).—n The covering in which pieces of cloth are put up, wrapper, a dish.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Basanā (बसना) [Also spelled basna]:—(v) to settle (down); to inhabit; to stay; to live; to be situated/located (as a town, village, etc.); to be imbued with (a scent etc.); (nm) see [vasana;]; see [boriyā-basanā].

2) Basānā (बसाना):—(v) to colonize; to inhabit; to rehabilitate; to build (a city, town, etc.); to (become) stale; to emit bad odour.

3) Bāsana (बासन) [Also spelled basan]:—(nm) household utensil.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Basana (ಬಸನ):—

1) [noun] keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; grief; woe; sadness.

2) [noun] deep, absorbing inerest.

3) [noun] the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma; addiction.

4) [noun] subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality; sensualism.

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Bāsaṇa (ಬಾಸಣ):—

1) [noun] that which covers something; a cover, veil, screen or lid.

2) [noun] a container, box or casket.

3) [noun] the fact or state of knowing; the perception of fact or truth; clear and certain mental apprehension; knowledge.

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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: Basanagara, Basananthe heterophylla, Basananthe sandersonii, Basanapadadugu.

Ends with: Caukabasana, Habasana, Kadambasana, Kalambasana, Lambasana, Nibbasana, Pabasana, Paribbasana, Phulabasana, Pusibasana, Ubasana.

Full-text: Basna, Basani, Roman, Rom, Chalna, Jibha, Jibh, Citta, Chitt, Calana, Jee, Ji, Dila, Dil, Man, Mana, Bata.

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