Kangali, Kaṅgālī, Kamgali: 6 definitions

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Kangali means something in Marathi, Hindi, 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kangali [कंगळी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Phyllanthus retusus, Breynia patens. For the possible medicinal usage of kangali, 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) Kangali in India is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia malabarica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Casparea castrata (Hassk.) Hassk. (among others).

2) Kangali is also identified with Bauhinia semla It has the synonym Phanera retusa (Roxb.) Benth. (etc.).

3) Kangali is also identified with Celastrus paniculatus It has the synonym Diosma serrata Blanco (etc.).

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

· Reinwardtia (1956)
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Plantae Junghuhnianae (1852)
· Linnaea (1841)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1915)
· Fl. Japan., ed. 2 (1931)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kaṅgālī (कंगाली).—f ( H) Wretchedness, destitution, poverty. 2 Poorness &c. See the adj.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kaṅgālī (कंगाली).—f Wretchedness, destitution; poorness.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kangali in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) penury, poverty; pauperism, pauperdom; —[mem ata gila] yet another misery for an already miserable man, yet another stroke for the stricken..—kangali (कंगाली) is alternatively transliterated as Kaṃgālī.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaṃgāli (ಕಂಗಾಲಿ):—

1) [noun] the condition or quality of being poor; indigence; poverty.

2) [noun] a person lacking material possessions or having little or no means to support oneself; a poor person.

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Kaṃgāḷi (ಕಂಗಾಳಿ):—[noun] = ಕಂಗಾಲಿ [kamgali].

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Kaṇgali (ಕಣ್ಗಲಿ):—[noun] he who has the mental ability to see a frightful, dreadful scene.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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