Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kanan in Papua New Guinea is the name of a plant defined with Spermacoce laevis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Spermacoce tenuior L. (among others).

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

· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1916)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique… Botanique (1791)
· Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis (1818)
· Rubiaceas de México. (2006)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (1857)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kanan, 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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kaṇaṉ (கணன்) noun < கள்- [kal-] + ந் [n] + அன். [an.] Thief, rogue; திருடன். [thirudan.] (சைவசமய நெறி பொது. [saivasamaya neri pothu.] 248.)

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Kaṇaṉ (கணன்) noun < gaṇa. Collection, aggregation, whole series; தொகுதி. கணனடங்கக் கற்றானு மில் [thoguthi. kananadangag karranu mil] (சிறுபஞ்சாங்கம் [sirupanchamulam] 31).

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Kāṇaṉ (காணன்) noun < kāṇa. One-eyed man; ஒற்றைக்கண்ணன். கூனன் காண னிருகண்ணுமில் லான் [orraikkannan. kunan kananul nirugannumil lan] (சைவசமய நெறி ஆசாரி. [saivasamaya neri asari.] 10).

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Kāṉāṉ (கானான்) noun A kind of creeper; ஒருவகைக் கொடி. (இராஜ வைத்தியமகுடம்) [oruvagaig kodi. (iraja vaithiyamagudam)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kanan is another spelling for कनान [kanāna].—n. Canaan;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+50): Kan-anipu, Kana-natanayanar, Kana-nayateciyankal, Kanamci, Kanamgara, Kanamja, Kanamju, Kanan valai, Kanan-valai, Kanana, Kanana kombu, Kanana-mallika, Kananabhera, Kananacara, Kananagni, Kananaha, Kananai, Kananajiraka, Kananaka, Kananakaravira.

Ends with (+21): Ankanan, Ayavakanan, Calivakanan, Catavakanan, Catturukkanan, Cenkanan, Colancenkanan, Cuvetavakanan, Dakanan, Erruvakanan, Itapavakanan, Kakavakanan, Kakkanan, Kamatakanan, Kannakkanan, Kantavakanan, Karivakanan, Karuttakakkanan, Koccenkanan, Kotivakanan.

Full-text: Kanana, Kanan valai, Kannakkanan, Kanan-valai, Ananniyam, Talaicey, Ankanan, Mallai, Salai, Arru.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Kanan, Kaṇaṉ, Kāṇaṉ, Kāṉāṉ, Kaanan, Kaanaan; (plurals include: Kanans, Kaṇaṉs, Kāṇaṉs, Kāṉāṉs, Kaanans, Kaanaans). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Triveni Journal

She was not Alone! < [January 1953]

Gayatri Mantra < [July – September, 2004]

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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)

Nayanar 68: Kochengat Chola (Koccenkat-cola) or Sengenar (Cenkanar) < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]

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