Ingala, Iṅgāla, Iṅgaḷa, Iṅgala, Imgala: 7 definitions

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Ingala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term Iṅgaḷa can be transliterated into English as Ingala or Ingalia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Iṅgāla (इङ्गाल) or Aṅgāra refers to “charcoal”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 1.9. The reading iṅgāla is found in Nārāyaṇa and Malli. Cāṇḍūpaṇḍita (Ms. A) reads aṅgāla, but Ms. C reads iṅgāla. Vidyādhara reads aṅgara, but the accompanying Text has aṅgāla. īśānadeva reads aṅgāla and mentions aṅgāra as a variant. Narahari reads aṅgāra and mentions iṅgāla as a variant. Both Malli and Nārāyaṇa remark that iṅgāla is a vernacular word (bhāṣāśabda or deśyaśabda). The word is, however, included in the Vaijayantī lexicon (aṅgāro'strī praśāntārciriṅgālaḥ kārikāgniviṭ), but it is extremely rare in Sanskrit literature. It is found in Appayadīkṣita’s Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha (chapter 1). The expression iṅgālakamma is found in Ardhamāgadhī (Uvāsagadasāo, chapter 1).

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Ingala in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile from the Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop) family having the following synonyms: Ximenia aegyptiaca. For the possible medicinal usage of ingala, 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.

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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

iṅgaḷa (इंगळ) [or ळा, ḷā].—m iṅgōḷa m (aṅgāra S) A live coal. Pr. iṃ0 hātīṃ dharavēla paṇa hā hātīṃ dharavaṇāra nāhīṃ Used of a passionate or fiery person. iṅgaḷāsārakhā lāla hōṇēṃ To be red with passion.

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iṅgaḷā (इंगळा).—m A kind of muṅgaḷā or large ant.

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

iṅgaḷa (इंगळ) [-ḷā, -ळा].—m A live coal. A large ant. A fiery person. iṅgaḷāsārakhā lāla hōṇēṃ Be red with passion.

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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

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Ingala 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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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Iṃgāla (इंगाल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āṅgāra.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Iṃgala (ಇಂಗಲ):—[noun] = ಇಂಗಳ [imgala]1.

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Iṃgaḷa (ಇಂಗಳ):—

1) [noun] burning coal; heated charcoal.

2) [noun] very great mental pain; agony; anguish.

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Iṃgaḷa (ಇಂಗಳ):—

1) [noun] the plant Terminalia catapa of Combretaceae family; country almond.

2) [noun] the plant Balanites aegyptiaca ( = B. roxburghii) of Zygophyllaceae family.

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Iṃgaḻa (ಇಂಗೞ):—[noun] = ಇಂಗಳ [imgala]1.

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Iṃgāla (ಇಂಗಾಲ):—

1) [noun] a non-metallic chemical element found in many inorganic compounds and all organic compounds; carbon.

2) [noun] a porous, amorphous form of carbon produced by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter and used for decolorizing sugar and food, in filters, as a gas absorbent, fuel, etc.; charcoal.

3) [noun] the carbonaceous residue of substances that have undergone smothered combustion;4) [noun] ಇಂಗಾಲದ ಚಕ್ರ [imgalada cakra] iŋgālada cakra the cycle by which plants through photosynthesis use atmospheric carbon dioxide to produce carbohydrates, which are in turn metabolised by animals to decomposition products that return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere; carbon-cycle.

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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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