Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kareti [कारेती] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Momordica charantia L. from the Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin) family having the following synonyms: Momordica muricata, Momordica zeylanica, Momordica charantia var. muricata. For the possible medicinal usage of kareti, 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)

Kareti in India is the name of a plant defined with Desmodium gangeticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pleurolobus maculatus J.St.-Hil. (among others).

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

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1798)
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)
· Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) (1842)
· Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, (1812)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Fl. Indo-Chine (1920)

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

kāreti : (caus. of karoti) causes to do, build or construct.

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

Kāreti, (Causative of karoti), to construct, to build, etc.; pp. kārita; der.—kārāpaṇa the construction of (vihāra°) DhA. I, 416. For details see karoti IV.; see also kārāpaka & kārāpita. (Page 210)

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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

kārētī (कारेती).—f R A vegetable, Momordica charantia.

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

kārētī (कारेती).—f A vegetable, Momordica Charantia.

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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: Karetinu.

Ends with: Ban-kareti, Kakkareti, Pakareti, Sakkareti, Utkareti.

Full-text: Karetem, Karapana, Karesi, Karita, Karenta, Karetva, Kar, Kariya, Ban-kareti, Kakkareti, Rajja, Rattha, Parakkaroti, Samajja, Ajanati, Karoti, Raja, Kamma.

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