Kantalaka, Kāntalaka, Kamtalaka: 7 definitions
Introduction:
Kantalaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kantalaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus microcarpa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Urostigma microcarpum (L.f.) Miq. (among others).
2) Kantalaka is also identified with Ficus retusa It has the synonym Ficus retusa var. nitida (Thunb.) Miq. (etc.).
3) Kantalaka is also identified with Toona ciliata It has the synonym Cedrela australis Mudie (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Der Gesellsschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, neue Schriften (1803)
· Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. MathematischNaturwissenschaftliche Klasse. (1920)
· London Journal of Botany (1847)
· Austral. Syst. Bot. Soc. Newsl. (1992)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Monographicae (1846)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kantalaka, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.
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 DictionaryKāntalaka (कान्तलक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A tree, the wood of which something resembles mahogany, commonly Toon, (Cedrela tunna, Rox.) E. kānta beauty, and ra what gives, kan added, and ra changed to la.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāntalaka (कान्तलक):—[from kānta] m. the tree Cedrela Toona (commonly tunna, the wood of which resembles mahogany), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāntalaka (कान्तलक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A tree, the wood of which resembles mahogany.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKāṃtalaka (ಕಾಂತಲಕ):—
1) [noun] the tree Lagerstroemia lanceolata of Lythraceae family.
2) [noun] the tree Credela toona.
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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Full-text: Kamtalagi.
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