Gela, Gēlā, Gelā: 8 definitions

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Gela means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Gela in India is the name of a plant defined with Flacourtia indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gmelina indica Burm.f. (among others).

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

· Flora Indica (1768)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1868)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· An Interpretation of Rumphius’s Herbarium Amboinense (1917)
· Stirp. Nov. (1786)
· Lingnan Science Journal (1930)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Gela, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gēlā (गेला).—preterite of jāṇēṃ Gone by, past, elapsed--year, month, day.

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gēḷa (गेळ).—n The interstice betwixt every two fingers or toes, or betwixt the clees (divisions of a cloven hoof): also a division of a cloven hoof. Pr. gāyī- cē gēḷīṃ mhaśīcē vēḷīṃ (dūdha kāḍhāvēṃ) Milk the cow immediately on her coming in from pasture: milk the buffalo at the set time.

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gēḷa (गेळ).—f A tree, Vangueria spinosa: and n or gēḷā m gēḷaphaḷa n The fruit. Called also Randia dumetorum or Gardenia dumetorum. Grah. Called in Sanskrit madana, śalpaka, piṇḍa.

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gēḷā (गेळा).—m dim. gēḷī f A round vessel with a small mouth: (to hold oil &c.)

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

gēlā (गेला).—preterite of jāṇēṃ Gone by, past, elapsed-year, month, day.

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gēḷa (गेळ).—n-ḷī f A division of a cloven hoof. See gēcaka.

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gēḷā (गेळा).—m-ḷī f A round vessel with a small mouth (to hold oil &c.).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Gela (गेल).—m., a high number: Mahāvyutpatti 7762 = Tibetan phyag phyig (= next).

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

Gela (गेल):—lu, a particular number, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Gela 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gela (ಗೆಲ):—[noun] = ಗೆಲುವು [geluvu].

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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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