Biology (plants and animals)

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

Gavatya in India is the name of a plant defined with Elephantopus mollis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Scabiosa cochinchinensis Lour. (among others).

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

· Newslett. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. (Oslo) (1997)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar (1854)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1873)
· American Journal of Chinese Medicine (1991)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gavatyā (गवत्या).—a From gavata, and used as gavatakāpyā.

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

gavatyā (गवत्या).—a A grass-cutter. But more frequently used of an inexpert barber, an awkward soldier, aninex- pert workman gen., also of the imple- ment and weapon of such persons.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Gavatyagomaji.

Ends with: Vegavatya.

Full-text: Gavatyagomaji.

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