Alternative spellings of this word include Chirati.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Ciraṭī (चिरटी) is a Sanskrit word referring to the “window bird”. The meat of this animal is part of the māṃsavarga (‘group of flesh’), which is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. The animal Ciraṭī is part of the sub-group named Pratuda, refering to animals “who eat while striking”. It was classified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic properties of the substance.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Cirati in India is the name of a plant defined with Carum copticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Carum copticum Benth. & Hook.f. (among others).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1785)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1821)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2000)
· World Applied Sciences Journal (2008)
· The Flora of British India (1879)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ciraṭī (चिरटी).—f (Dim. of ciraṭā) A small piece torn from a side of a plantain-leaf. 2 fig, A slip of land. 3 A shred (of cloth or paper).

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

ciraṭī (चिरटी).—f A slip of land. A shred. A piece of plantain-leaf.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cīṟaṭi (சீறடி) noun < சிறு-மை [siru-mai] + அடி. [adi.] Small foot, considered beautiful; சிறிய திருமடல் கால். அஞ்செஞ் சீறடி யணிசிலம் பொழிய [siriya thirumadal kal. anchegn siradi yanisilam pozhiya] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 4, 47).

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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: Cir-ati-kontupokai, Cir-atipatu, Ciraticceti, Ciratika, Ciratikta, Ciratita.

Full-text: Carata, Kicalayam, Cerukkaru, Arattakam, Carati, Cenkali, Panci, Pratuda, Patakam, Acai.

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