Biology (plants and animals)

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

Jalamoda in India is the name of a plant defined with Vetiveria zizanioides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Echinochloa squarrosa (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. (among others).

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

· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1939)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1783)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1791)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1983)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1900)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jalamoda (जलमोद).—a fragrant root (uśīra).

Derivable forms: jalamodam (जलमोदम्).

Jalamoda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and moda (मोद).

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

Jalamoda (जलमोद).—n.

(-daṃ) A fragrant grass, (Andropogon muricatum.) E. jala and moda what delights. jalena modayati sevinaṃ muda-ṇic aṇ upa-sa . uśīre .

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

1) Jalamoda (जलमोद):—[=jala-moda] [from jala] n. ‘water-enjoyer’, the root of Andropogon muricatus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([varia lectio] lāmoda).

2) Jalāmoda (जलामोद):—[from jala] See la-m.

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

Jalamoda (जलमोद):—[jala-moda] (daṃ) 1. n. Fragrant grass.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jalamoda 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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Partial matches: Jala, Moda.

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