Cicca: 3 definitions

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Cicca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chichcha.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Cicca in Senegal is the name of a plant defined with Andropogon gayanus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cymbachne guineensis (Schumach.) Roberty (among others).

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

· Flore Agrostologique du Congo Belge (1929)
· Monographie systématique des Andropogoneés du globe (1960)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1854)
· Révision des Graminées (1829)
· Fl. W. Tropical Africa ed. 2 (1972)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum (1833)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Cicca (चिच्च).—or ciccha, m., a kind of malevolent super-natural being: Mahāvyutpatti 4377 ciccha, in Index var. cicca; Mironov cicca, v.l. ciccha; follows kākhorda and vetāla, followed by preṣaka; = Tibetan sems (b)sgyur ba (?); in similar lists of evil spirits, cicca Mahā-Māyūrī 220.18; 245.16.

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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.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Cicca (चिच्च) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Tyājya.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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