Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Gopha [गॊफा] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family. For the possible medicinal usage of gopha, 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)

Gopha in India is the name of a plant defined with Leucas aspera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phlomis plukenetii Roth (among others).

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

· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Rev. Hortus Malab. (1839)
· Enum. Pl. (1809)
· Flora of the British India (1885)
· Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. (1822)

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

gōpha (गोफ).—m An ornament for the neck. It is of gold, silver, twisted silk &c. 2 Applied, hence, to a braided whip, platted cord or tie, or to a stout twist gen.

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gōphā (गोफा).—m (gulpha S) The ankle. 2 The hairknot (of women).

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

gōpha (गोफ).—m An ornament for the neck. A plaited cord.

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gōphā (गोफा).—m The ankle. The hair-knot (of women).

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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: Gophaa, Gophal, Gophana, Gophanagunda, Gophananem, Gophani, Gophanika, Gophata, Gophatanem.

Ends with: Samgopha.

Full-text: Mejoti, Hemasutraka, Hemasutra, Katari, Gola.

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

Verse 1.16.182 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]

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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)

Chapter 91 - Sage Bharadvaja entertains the whole army < [Book 2 - Ayodhya-kanda]

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