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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kākamudgā (काकमुद्गा) is another name for Mudgaparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Vigna radiata (mung bean or green gram) from the Fabaceae, or “pea family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.34-36 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Kākamudgā and Mudgaparṇī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kakamudga [काकमुद्ग] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.)Sanjappa & Pradeep from the Fabaceae (Pea) family having the following synonyms: Pueraria thunbergiana, Pueraria triloba, Pueraria hirsuta. For the possible medicinal usage of kakamudga, 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)

1) Kakamudga in India is the name of a plant defined with Pueraria lobata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dolichos japonicus hort. (among others).

2) Kakamudga is also identified with Pueraria montana It has the synonym Pachyrhizus thunbergianus Siebold & Zucc. (etc.).

3) Kakamudga is also identified with Teramnus labialis It has the synonym Kennedia arabica Hochst. ex Benth. (etc.).

4) Kakamudga is also identified with Vigna trilobata It has the synonym Dolichos falcatus Klein ex Willd. (etc.).

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

· Taxon (1968)
· Legumes of India (1992)
· Journal of the Society of Tropical Agriculture (1932)
· Species Plantarum.
· Flora Boreali-Americana (1803)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany (1851)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kakamudga, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kākamudgā (काकमुद्गा).—f.

(-dgā) A plant, commonly Mugani, according to some, a wild kind of beam. E. kāka, and mudga Moong.

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

Kākamudgā (काकमुद्गा):—[=kāka-mudgā] [from kāka] f. the wild bean Phaseolus trilobus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kākamudgā (काकमुद्गा):—[kāka-mudgā] (dgā) 1. f. Wild bean.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kakamudga 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)

Partial matches: Kaka, Mudga.

Full-text: Kakaparni, Mudgaparni.

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