Biology (plants and animals)

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

Hinguli in India is the name of a plant defined with Solanum melongena in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Solanum melongena var. serpentinum Linnaeus (among others).

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

· The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (3182)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Acta Botanica Sinica (1985)
· Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon (1889)
· Numer. List (2628)
· Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (1981)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Hinguli, for example health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

hiṅguli : (f.) vermilion.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Hiṅguli, (Sk. hiṅguli) vermilion Mhvs 27, 18. (Page 731)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

hiṅguḷī (हिंगुळी).—a (hiṅgūḷa) Belonging or relating to hiṅgūḷa.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hiṅguli (हिङ्गुलि).—

Derivable forms: hiṅguliḥ (हिङ्गुलिः).

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Hiṅgulī (हिङ्गुली).—The egg-plant.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hiṅguli (हिङ्गुलि).—m.

(-liḥ) Vermilion. E. hiṅgu asafœtida. -lā to take or give. aff. ki .

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

1) Hiṅgulī (हिङ्गुली):—[from hiṅgula > hiṅgu] f. Solanum Melongena or some other species, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Hiṅguli (हिङ्गुलि):—[from hiṅgu] m. vermilion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hiṅguli (हिङ्गुलि):—(liḥ) 2. m. Vermilion.

[Sanskrit to German]

Hinguli 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Hingulika.

Ends with: Kshudrahinguli.

Full-text: Kshudrahinguli, Hingulika, Kshudrahingulika, Catinkulikam, Inkulikam.

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