Bataka: 2 definitions

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Bataka means something in Marathi, 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)

Bataka in Indonesia is the name of a plant defined with Kaempferia galanga in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Alpinia sessilis J. König (among others).

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

· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1812)
· Transactions of the Papua and New Guinea Scientific Society (1960)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1984)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1991)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bataka (बतक).—f A description of water-vessel (earthen or of glass).

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bataka (बतक).—Commonly badaka, badakā,badakhala.

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batakā (बतका).—Commonly badaka, badakā,badakhala.

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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.

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