Biology (plants and animals)

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

Catatari in India is the name of a plant defined with Casuarina equisetifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Casuarina littorea L. (among others).

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

· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Journ. Arn. Arb. (1950)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Amoenitates academicae (1759)
· Herb. Amboin. (1743)
· Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (1975)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Caṭātari (சடாதரி) noun < jaṭā-dharī. Pārvatī; பார்வதி. [parvathi.]

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Caṭātāri (சடாதாரி) [caṭā-tāri] noun < jaṭā-dhārī nominative singular of jaṭā-dhārin.

1. A person with matted hair; சடைதரித்தவன். [sadaitharithavan.]

2. Śiva; சிவன். தாமமே தந்து சடாதாரி நல்கானேல் [sivan. thamame thanthu sadathari nalkanel] (பதினொராந்திருமுறை திருக்கைலா. பக். [pathinorandirumurai thirukkaila. pag.] 40).

3. A masquerade dance; வரிக்கூத்து வகை. [varikkuthu vagai.] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 3, 13, உரை. [urai.])

4. Seeta's thread. See அம்மையார்கூந்தல். (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [ammaiyarkunthal. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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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)

Partial matches: Tari, Cata.

Starts with: Catatarimaram.

Full-text: Jatatari.

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