Kaita, Kaiṭa, Kaitā, Kāi tà: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Kaita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, biology, Tamil. 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.
India history and geography
Kaita is an Assamese term referring to “a variety of tamal”.—It appears in the study dealing with the vernacular architecture (local building construction) of Assam whose rich tradition is backed by the numerous communities and traditional cultures.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Kaita in India is the name of a plant defined with Pandanus odorifer in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Marquartia leucacantha Hassk. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Pacific Sci. (1961)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Pacific Sci. (1963)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1867)
· Gard. Bull. Singapore (1967)
· Sandakania (1993)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kaita, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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
Kaiṭa (कैट).—a. Coming from an insect or worm.
Kaiṭa (कैट):—mfn. ([from] kīṭa), coming from an insect, [Suśruta]
Kaiṭa (कैट):—(von kīṭa) adj. von einem Insect herrührend: viṣa [Suśruta 2, 277, 2.]
Kaiṭa (कैट):—Adj. von einem Insect herrührend.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kaita (ಕೈತ):—
1) [noun] an action; a doing.
2) [noun] a thing done; a deed; an act.
3) [noun] the way in which something is constructed; manner or method of building; construction; structure.
4) [noun] a movement or movements collectively, of the body or of part of the body, to express or emphasize ideas, emotions, etc.
5) [noun] the act of cultivating; cultivation; farming.
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Kaita (ಕೈತ):—[noun] the act, practice or an instance of cheating; deception.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Kaitā (கைதா) [kaitātal [kaitarutal]] [kai-tā] intransitive verb < idem. +.
1. To render help, save, rescue, as from poverty, danger, etc.; வறுமை இடுக்கண் முத லியவற்றில் உதவிபுரிதல். காவலனார் பெருங்கருணை கைதந்தபடியென்று [varumai idukkan mutha liyavarril uthavipurithal. kavalanar perungarunai kaithanthapadiyenru] (பெரியபுராணம் திருஞான. [periyapuranam thirugnana.] 1118).
2. To give assurance; உறுதி செய்தல். எய்தவல்லை யேற் கைதருக [uruthi seythal. eythavallai yer kaitharuga] (மகாபாரதம் குருகுல. [magaparatham kurugula.] 44).
3. To marry; மணம்புரிதல். கோதையா லுறவுகொண்டு கைதரல் குறித்த கோமகன் [manamburithal. kothaiya luravugondu kaitharal kuritha komagan] (மகாபாரதம் குருகுல. [magaparatham kurugula.] 131).
4. To increase; மிகுதல். உவகை கைதர [miguthal. uvagai kaithara] (கம்பராமாயணம் மீட்சி. [kambaramayanam midsi.] 268).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Chinese-English dictionary
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
開拓 [kāi tà] [kai ta]—
To develop, to expand.
From Records of the Three Kingdoms (三國志 [san guo zhi]), Volume 25, Book of Wei (魏書 [wei shu]), Biography of Yang Fu (楊阜傳 [yang fu chuan]): "Humbly considering, Your Majesty (陛下 [bi xia]) carries on the great undertaking (大業 [da ye]) of opening up and expansion initiated by Emperor Wu (武皇帝 [wu huang di]), and preserves the foundational legacy (元緒 [yuan xu]) successfully brought to completion by Emperor Wen (文皇帝 [wen huang di])."
開拓：開發、拓展。《三國志．卷二五．魏書．楊阜傳》：「伏惟陛下奉武皇帝開拓之大業，守文皇帝克終之元緒。」
kāi tà: kāi fā,, tà zhǎn. < sān guó zhì． juǎn èr wǔ． wèi shū． yáng fù chuán>: “fú wéi bì xià fèng wǔ huáng dì kāi tà zhī dà yè, shǒu wén huáng dì kè zhōng zhī yuán xù.”
kai ta: kai fa,, ta zhan. < san guo zhi. juan er wu. wei shu. yang fu chuan>: "fu wei bi xia feng wu huang di kai ta zhi da ye, shou wen huang di ke zhong zhi yuan xu."
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kai, Luo, Da, Ta.
Starts with (+10): Kai-talaipuntu, Kai-talaivai, Kaitaale, Kaitabatahe, Kaitabh, Kaitabha, Kaitabhabhid, Kaitabhadvish, Kaitabhahan, Kaitabhajit, Kaitabhardana, Kaitabhari, Kaitabharipu, Kaitabheshvaralakshana, Kaitabheshvari, Kaitaccakka, Kaitachchakka, Kaitadavu, Kaitade, Kaitai.
Full-text (+54): Kaida, Kai ta xing, Talai-kaita, Khulikaida, Kaida-tsjeria, Ta kuan, Pin zhi, Kaith, Tayu, Kaid, Tou zhu, Qi meng shi dai, Kattu kaitha, Baithi Kaida, Kaida-taddi, Perin-kaida-taddi, Shi yan ju chang, Kaida-garnu, Yu min zheng li, Gong ye hua.
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