Kandhi, Kandhī: 5 definitions

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Kandhi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, biology. 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

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Kandhi (kandhi) or Kond or Kui refers to one of the vernacular languages and dialects of Southern India.—Kandhi is the language of the Kondhs of Ganjam and Vizagapatam.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Kandhi in India is the name of a plant defined with Abutilon guineense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Abutilon indicum subsp. guineense (Schumach.) Borss. Waalk. (among others).

2) Kandhi is also identified with Cajanus cajan It has the synonym Cytisus guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. (etc.).

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

· (Report) Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles (1916)
· An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany (1836)
· Trop. Crops, Dicotyl. (1968)
· Hortus Mauritianus (1837)
· Acta Botanica Yunnanica (1982)
· Natural history (1920)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kandhi (कन्धि).—[kaṃ śiro jalaṃ vā dhīyate'tra] The ocean. -f. The neck.

Derivable forms: kandhiḥ (कन्धिः).

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

Kandhi (कन्धि).—m.

(-ndhiḥ) The ocean. f.

(-ndhiḥ) The neck. E. kaṃ water or the head, dhā to have, ki aff.

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

Kandhi (कन्धि):—(ndhiḥ) 2. m. The ocean. 2. f. The neck, the throat.

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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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