Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Devataru in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Erythroxylum monogynum from the Erythroxylaceae (Coca) family having the following synonyms: Erythroxylon monogynum. For the possible medicinal usage of devataru, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Devataru in India is the name of a plant defined with Erythroxylum emarginatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sethia indica DC. (among others).

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

· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1912)
· Pl. Coromandel (1795)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1824)
· Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. (1828)
· Taxon (1983)
· Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter (1827)

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

dēvatarū (देवतरू).—m S The holy fig tree, Ficus religiosa. Applied also to mandāra, pārijātaka, santāna, kalpavṛkṣa, haricandana. 2 Any ancient and venerable tree.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Devataru (देवतरु).—

1) the holy fig-tree.

2) one of the trees of paradise. (i. e. mandāra, pārijāta, santāna, kalpa and hari- candana); पञ्चैते देवतरवो मन्दारः पारिजातकः । सन्तानः कल्पवृक्षश्च पुंसि वा हरिचन्दनम् (pañcaite devataravo mandāraḥ pārijātakaḥ | santānaḥ kalpavṛkṣaśca puṃsi vā haricandanam) || Ak.

3) the tree in a village (caityavṛkṣa) where the villagers usually meet (Mar. pāra).

Derivable forms: devataruḥ (देवतरुः).

Devataru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and taru (तरु).

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

Devataru (देवतरु).—m.

(-ruḥ) The holy fig tree. 2. A tree of Swarga or paradise, the Mandara tree. 3. The tree of plenty. 4. Any venerable and ancient tree: usually the place of assembling in a village. E. deva a deity, and taru a tree.

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

1) Devataru (देवतरु):—[=deva-taru] [from deva] m. divine tree, the old or sacred tree of a village (cf. caitya and dyu-t), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of the 5 trees of Svarga (mandāra, pārijātaka, saṃtāna, kalpa-vṛkṣa, hari-candana).

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

Devataru (देवतरु):—[deva-taru] (ruḥ) 2. m. The holy fig-tree; a tree of paradise.

[Sanskrit to German]

Devataru 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dēvataru (ದೇವತರು):—[noun] (myth.) the wish-yielding tree of the heaven.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Deva, Taru, Teva.

Starts with: Devatarupa.

Full-text: Devavriksha, Dyutaru, Caitya.

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