Biology (plants and animals)

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

Dhonda in India is the name of a plant defined with Coccinia grandis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Physedra gracilis A. Chev. (among others).

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

· Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis (1845)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2002)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Cytologia (1983)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dhonda, for example pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dhōṇḍa (धोंड).—f A large mass of stone or rock. 2 fig. A heavy loss (as in trade): a heavy exaction (as by Government): a heavy calamity or affliction: a weighing-down care or solicitude; in this sense urāvara dhōṇḍa, gaḷyāvara dhōṇḍa, ḍōīvara or māthyāvara dhōṇḍa. Also a grievous slander or false charge. dhōṇḍa ḍōkīvara-dēṇēṃ-caḍhaviṇēṃ-vaḷaviṇēṃ To force upon a person (some business); or to extort from him compliance with some demand.

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dhōṇḍā (धोंडा).—m A stone. 2 An intercalary month. It falls every two and a half years. 3 A baked ball of wheaten dough presented or eaten in the intercalary month. 4 fig. Applied to a dolt; to a hardhearted man &c. dēkhalā dhōṇḍā ghētalā kapāḷīṃ Said of an exceedingly irritable and reckless person. dhōṇḍā lōṭaṇēṃ or ghāla- ṇēṃ with vara of o. To bring a heavy calumny against. dhōṇḍē khaṇūna kāḍhaṇēṃ g. of o. To undermine, uproot, hoist out, oust. ghōṇḍē mārūṃ lāgaṇēṃ To be up against and ready to fall upon. 2 In covert style. To run mad. dhōṇḍyākhālīṃ hāta sāmpaḍaṇēṃ To get into a scrape or hobble. dhōṇḍyācē dōra kāḍhaṇēṃ To strive to get money from a miser, pity from a ruffian &c.; to attempt an impossibility. 2 To accomplish, by skill and perseverance, great objects with unsuitable materials or means. dhōṇḍyāvara dhōṇḍē ghālūna karaṇēṃ To make various efforts and use various expedients; to try every art and employ every means; to leave no stone unturned. dhōṇḍyāvara dhōṇḍē ghālaṇēṃ To make fruitless efforts or exertion. dhōṇḍyāśīṃ kapāḷa ghāsaṇēṃ To vex one's self (in instructing a fool &c.); to undergo fruitless toil. NOTE. For phrases not found above see dagaḍa.

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

dhōṇḍa (धोंड).—f A large mass of stone or rock. A heavy loss (as in trade). A heavy affliction. A grievous slander. dhōṇḍa ḍōkīvara-dēṇēṃ-caḍhaviṇēṃ-vaḷaviṇēṃ To force upon a person (some business).

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dhōṇḍā (धोंडा).—m A stone. An intercalary month. It falls every two and a half years. dēkhalā dhōṇḍā ghētalā kapāḷīṃ Said of an exceed- ingly irritable and reckless person. dhōṇḍā lōṭaṇēṃ or ghālaṇēṃ To bring a heavy calumny against. dhōṇḍē mārūṃ lāgaṇēṃ To be up against and ready to fall upon. To run mad. dhōṇḍayākhālīṃ hāta sāmpaḍaṇēṃ To get into a scrape or hobble. dhōḍayāñcē dōra kāḍhaṇēṃ To strive to get money from a miser, pity from a ruffian &c.; to attempt an impossibility. To accomplish, by skill and perseverance, great objects with unsuitable materials or means.

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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.

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Starts with (+39): Dhondabhatti, Dhondadivasa, Dhondagala, Dhondala, Dhondalanem, Dhondamahina, Dhondaphodaya, Dhondaphodya, Dhondaphula, Dhondapu, Dhondashi, Dhondashira, Dhondavana, Dhondavani, Dhondavinem, Tontacci, Tontai, Tontai-caittiyakatti, Tontai-citakatti, Tontai-citalakatti.

Ends with: Baladhonda, Gadagadadhonda, Gamvadhonda, Hatadhonda, Malaca Dhonda, Malavaraca Dhonda, Muyadhonda, Shimvadhonda.

Full-text (+15): Dhondabhatti, Malaca Dhonda, Dhondagala, Dhondavinem, Dhondala, Kalethara, Pikalem-jhada, Kupethara, Dagada, Dhondashira, Dhondavani, Dagadyadhondya, Pikalem Jhada, Jambethara, Vatola Gota, Dhondavana, Naraka, Deva, Payari, Kharimatim.

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