Alternative spellings of this word include Chakati.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Cakati in India is the name of a plant defined with Aristolochia indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aristolochia lanceolata Wight.

2) Cakati is also identified with Ophiorrhiza mungos It has the synonym Ophiorrhiza ostindica Christm., nom. inval..

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

· Current Science (1978)
· Contraception. (1979)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1982)
· Fitoterapia (2002)
· Glimpses in Plant Research (1988)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1864)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Cakati, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

cakatī (चकती).—f ( H or cakravat S) A thing in general circular, flat, and thin; e. g. a slice round (as off a plantain, cucumber, sugarcane &c.); a plate of copper &c.; a counter, wafer, cake, pat, round patch. 2 A scrap of writing; a letter, note, ticket, card, label, passport &c.

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

cakatī (चकती).—f A thing in general,circular, flat, and thin. A scrap of writing; a letter, note &c.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Cakaṭi (चकटि).—in °ṭy-odana, some inferior kind of porridge: Divyāvadāna 496.9, 11, 12, 26; 497.2; and °ṭi-taṇḍulāḥ, grains intended for such a porridge, perhaps grains of cakaṭi (some sort of cereal?), Divyāvadāna 496.21.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Cakatī (चकती) [Also spelled chakati]:—(nf) a patch; soapcake.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cakaṭi (சகடி) noun < śakaṭi. Cart; வண்டி. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [vandi. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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Cakati (சகதி) noun cf. śāda. [Malayalam: cakati.] (திவா. [thiva.])

1. Mud, mire; சேறு. [seru.]

2. Bog, puddle; பொல்லாநிலம். [pollanilam.]

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Cakati (சகதி) noun < jagatī.

1. A Sanskrit verse of four metrical lines of 12 syllables each, adopted in Tamil; ஒற்றொழித்துப் பாதம் ஒன்றுக்குப் பன்னிரண்டெழுத்தாய்த் தமிழில் வழங்கும் வடமொழி விருத்தம். [orrozhithup patham onrukkup pannirandezhuthayth thamizhil vazhangum vadamozhi virutham.] (வீரசோழீயம் யாப்பருங்கலம் [virasozhiyam yapparungalam] 33, உரை. [urai.])

2. The earth; பூமி. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [pumi. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Cakāṭi (சகாடி) noun cf. jhaṣā. Sponge-gourd. See பீர்க்கு. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [pirkku. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Cakāti (சகாதி) noun cf. sahā. Rue. See பாம்புகொல்லி. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [pambugolli. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Cakatikkoti.

Ends with: Cacakati, Dhoke-cakati, Pala-mulacakati, Pancakati, Picakati.

Full-text: Cak, Sagadi mara, Sagadi guinea, Sagadi, Ceruncuriyum, Jakati, Uccak.

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