Biology (plants and animals)

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

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

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Investigatio et Studium Naturae (1992)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1991)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1837)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1844)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1989)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Devalatā (देवलता).—the Navamallikā or double jasmine plant.

Devalatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and latā (लता).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devalatā (देवलता).—f.

(-tā) Double jasmine. E. deva divine, and latā a creeper.

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

Devalatā (देवलता):—[=deva-latā] [from deva] f. ‘divine creeper’, double jasmine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devalatā (देवलता):—(tā) 1. f. Double jasmine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Devalata 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.

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Partial matches: Lata, Deva, Teva.

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