Kapitana, Kapītana: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Kapitana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kapītana (कपीतन) is a synonym for Śirīṣa (Albizia lebbeck, “Siris tree”), from the Fabaceae (“legume”) family. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Carakasaṃhitā. This synonym was identified by Amarasiṃha in his Amarakośa (a Sanskrit botanical thesaurus from the 4th century).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Biology (plants and animals)
Kapitana [कपीतन] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Thespesia populnea Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family having the following synonyms: Hibiscus populneus, Abelmoschus acuminatus, Hibiscus blumei. For the possible medicinal usage of kapitana, 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.
1) Kapitana in India is the name of a plant defined with Aegle marmelos in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Feronia pellucida Roth (among others).
2) Kapitana is also identified with Albizia lebbeck It has the synonym Mimosa lebbek Forssk. (etc.).
3) Kapitana is also identified with Areca catechu It has the synonym Areca catechu Willdenow (etc.).
4) Kapitana is also identified with Ficus lacor.
5) Kapitana is also identified with Ficus religiosa It has the synonym Urostigma religiosum (Linnaeus) Gasparrini (etc.).
6) Kapitana is also identified with Spondias pinnata It has the synonym Spondias mangifera Willd. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· London Journal of Botany (1848)
· Taxon (1979)
· Preliminary Report on the Forest and other Vegetation of Pegu. (1875)
· FBI (1876)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kapitana, for example health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, 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
Kapītana (कपीतन).—Name of several plants:-such as the holy fig-tree, the betel-nut tree &c.
Derivable forms: kapītanaḥ (कपीतनः).
Kapītana (कपीतन).—m.
(-naḥ) 1. A tree bearing an acid fruit, (Spondias mangifera:) see āmrātaka. 2. Another tree, (Hibiscus populneoides:) see garddabhāṇḍa. 3. A species of Mimosa, (Mimosa sirisha, Rox.) 4. The holy fig tree, (Ficus religiosa.) 5. The betel nut tree, (Areca faufel or Catechu.) 6. The name of another plant, (Cratæva marmelos.) E. kapi an ape, and tana what spreads; sheltering or feeding monkies; the vowel is made long irregularly.
Kapītana (कपीतन).—[masculine] [Name] of [several] plants.
1) Kapītana (कपीतन):—[from kapi] m. Spondias Mangifera
2) [v.s. ...] Thespesia Populnea
3) [v.s. ...] Acacia Sirisa
4) [v.s. ...] Ficus Religiosa
5) [v.s. ...] Areca Faufel
6) [v.s. ...] Aegle Marmelos, [Suśruta]
Kapītana (कपीतन):—[kapī-tana] (naḥ) 1. m. A tree bearing an acid fruit; betel-nut tree.
Kapītana (कपीतन):—m. Name verschiedener Pflanzen:
1) Spondias mangifera [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 7.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 232.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 165.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 173.] —
2) Thespesia populnea Corr. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 23.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) Acacia Sirisa (śirīṣa) Buch. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 43.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
4) Ficus religiosa L. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
5) Areca Faufel Gaert. (guvāku). —
6) Aegle Marmelos Corr. (vilva) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma -] [Suśruta 1, 141, 13. 2, 284, 1. 490, 5.]
Kapītana (कपीतन):—m. —
1) Spondias mangifera. —
2) Thespesia populnea. —
3) Acacia Sirissa. —
4) Ficus religiosa. —
5) Areca Faufel. —
6) Aegle Marmelos. — Im [Suśruta (rotrh) ] nicht näher zu bestimmen.
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
Kapītana (ಕಪೀತನ):—
1) [noun] 1) the tree, Spondias pinnata (=S. mangifera) pf Amacardiaceae family.
2) [noun] the tree Thespesia populnea(=Hibiscus populnea) of Malvaceae family; umbrella tree; Indian tulip.
3) [noun] the tree Acacia sirisa of Mimosae family.
4) [noun] the tree Ficus religiosa of Moraceae family; peepul tree.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
kapītana (ကပီတန) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[kapi+tana．i-āguṃ dīghapru,kapi calane,tano,dīgho āgamassa．,ṭī．562．kapi+tana+,thoma．māgadhaabhi sakkatanitea kapītanasārhi,pāḷiç aṭṭhakathāç ṭīkā-nitea kapitthanarhi puṃmaprakra．]
[ကပိ+တန။ ဣ-အာဂုံကို ဒီဃပြု၊ ကပိ စလနေ၊ တနော၊ ဒီဃော အာဂမဿ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၅၆၂။ ကပိ+တန+အစ်၊ ထောမ။ မာဂဓအဘိဓာန်နှင့် သက္ကတတို့၌ ကပီတနသာရှိသည်၊ ပါဠိ,အဋ္ဌကထာ,ဋီကာ-တို့၌ ကပိတ္ထနရှိသော်လည်း ရုပ်ပြီးပုံမပြကြ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
kapītana—
(Burmese text): (၁) ညောင်ချဉ်။ (၂) ဝှေးပင်၊ ဂွေးပင်။ (၃) ညောင်ကြပ်။ (၄) ကုက္ကိုပင်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Bitter gourd. (2) Capsicum, bell pepper. (3) Jujube. (4) Cucumber.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kapitanah, Kapitanam, Kapitanamu.
Full-text: Kapitanam, Kapitanah, Mandukaparna, Nyagrodhadi, Shirisha.
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Search found 15 books and stories containing Kapitana, Kapi-tana, Kapī-tana, Kapītana; (plurals include: Kapitanas, tanas, Kapītanas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Study of Mutrasangrahaniya Mahakashaya in Mutrasangrahaniya Karma. < [Volume 2, issue 6: Nov - Dec 2015]
Clinical Application of the Concept of Snigdha and Ruksha Sweda < [Volume 10, Issue 4: July-August 2023]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Classification of Drugs in the Caraka-Saṃhitā < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
1b. Study of Fever (Jvara) in the Caraka-Saṃhita < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
A critical review on paras-pipal(thespasia populnea linn) “an ayurvedic herb” < [2018: Volume 7, April special issue 8]
Therapeutic Potential of Shirish (Albizia lebbeck) in Ayurveda < [2019: Volume 8, January issue 1]
Shirish (albizia lebbeck (l.) benth.) a drug review < [2019: Volume 8, December issue 13]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Agraya Dravyas: The Foremost Medicinal Substances in Ayurvedic Science < [Vol. 10 No. 4 (2025)]
To Evaluate the effect of Ashwatha on Mutrakrichhra w.s.r. to E.coli < [Vol. 2 No. 05 (2017)]
Shirisha in Agada Tantra < [Vol. 7 No. 4 (2022)]