Ambiguity: Although Kangal has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Kamgala.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kangal in India is the name of a plant defined with Dillenia pentagyna in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dillenia hainanensis Merrill.

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· FBI (1872)
· Quarterly Journal of Mythic Society (1963)
· Lingnan Science Journal (1934)
· Taxon (1980)

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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kangal in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a pauper, poor man; (a) penniless, impecunious; —[bamka] a penniless dandy; —,[ghora] poor as a church-mouse..—kangal (कंगाल) is alternatively transliterated as Kaṃgāla.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kangal is another spelling for कङ्गाल [kaṅgāla].—adj. pauper; penniless; poor; indigent; needy;

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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: Kamgalatana, Kamgalu, Kamgalutana, Kamkalamali, Kangala, Kangaladengele, Kangalaguno, Kangalapotem, Kangale sawade, Kangali, Kangali-bihu, Kangalya, Kankalam.

Ends with: Parukkankal, Urukkankal.

Full-text: Kamgala, Copatikam, Patacaram.

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