Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bimbaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Coccinia grandis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Physedra gracilis A. Chev. (among others).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1981)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1980)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1982)
· Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis (1845)
· Cytologia (1991)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bimbaka, =bimba ²; VvA. 168. (Page 487)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bimbaka (बिम्बक).—

1) The disc of the sun or moon.

2) The Bimba fruit.

3) A round form, roundness.

Derivable forms: bimbakam (बिम्बकम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bimbaka (बिम्बक).—(m. or nt.; = Pali id., Sanskrit bimba; Vimānavatthu (Pali) commentary 168.12, = bimba of Vimānavatthu (Pali) text), in mukha-bi° (text writes vi°), orb of the face: Divyāvadāna 172.10; 174.5; 525.16.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bimbaka (बिम्बक):—[from bimba] n. the disk of the sun or moon (also f(ikā). ), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] the fruit of Momordica Monadelpha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (also f(ikā). )

3) [v.s. ...] a round form, roundness (of a face), [Divyāvadāna]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bimbaka in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Bimbakacchapa, Bimbakachchhapa, Bimbakalpane.

Ends with: Pratibimbaka.

Full-text: Vimbaka, Bimbaki, Bimbava, Pimpakam, Bimbara, Bimbata.

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