Garudapatala, Garuḍapātāḷa, Garuda-patala, Garuḍa-pātāḷa: 2 definitions

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Garudapatala in India is the name of a plant defined with Ophiorrhiza mungos in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ophiorrhiza ostindica Christm., nom. inval..

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

· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· New Botanist (1987)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Glimpses in Plant Research (1988)

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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

Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Garudapatala in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Garuḍapātāḷa (ಗರುಡಪಾತಾಳ):—

1) [noun] the plant Rauwolfia serpentina ( = Ophioxylon serpentinum) of Apocynaceae family, the reserpine, an alkaloid extracted from the roots of which is used as a sedative in treating hypochondria, insomnia, insanity.

2) [noun] the plant Ophiorrhiza mungos of Rubiaceae family; Indian snake root plant.

3) [noun] a hook used to catch and pick up things from under water, that is deep.

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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.

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