Biology (plants and animals)

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

Karikai in India is the name of a plant defined with Plumbago zeylanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plumbago rosea L. (among others).

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

· FBI (1882)
· Flora of Southern Africa (1963)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Species Plantarum (1762)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (1985)
· Taxon (1979)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Karikai (கரிகை) noun < kharikā. Red musk, one of 5 kinds of kastūri, q.v.; செந்நிறமுள்ள கஸ்தூரி. [senniramulla kasthuri.] (பதார்த்தகுண சிந்தாமணிமேகலை [patharthaguna sindamani] 1081.)

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Kārikai (காரிகை) noun < kārikā.

1. Woman, lady; பெண். காலை யெய்தினிர் யாப்பருங்கலக் காரிகை தன்னுடன் [pen. kalai yeythinir yapparungalag karigai thannudan] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 11, 67).

2. Beauty, comeliness; அழகு. கண்ணிறைந்த காரிகைக் காம்பேர்தோட் பேதைக்கு [azhagu. kanniraintha karigaig kamberthod pethaikku] (திருக்குறள் [thirukkural], 1272).

3. Ornament; அலங்காரம். கழல் யாப்புக் யாப்பருங்கலக் காரிகை நீர்த்து [alangaram. kazhal yappug yapparungalag karigai nirthu] (திருக்குறள் [thirukkural], 777).

4. A kali-t-tuṟai verse. See கட்டளைக்கலித்துறை. (திவா.) [kattalaikkalithurai. (thiva.)]

5. A treatise on prosody in kali-t-tuṟai verse by Amita-cākarar, 11th c.; 11-ம் நூற்றாண்டில் அமிதசாகரரியற்றிய ஓர் யாப்பிலக்கணநூல். [m nurrandil amithasagarariyarriya or yappilakkananul.]

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Kārikai (காரிகை) noun < khārikā. A weight of 20 arumaṇams; இருபது அருமணங் கொண்ட ஒரு நிறை. [irupathu arumanang konda oru nirai.] (சுக்கிர நீதி நீதி [sukkira nithi nithi], 105.)

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Kārikai (காரிகை) noun < kārikā. Torment; extreme suffering; torture; வாதனை. (நாநார்த்த்.) [vathanai. (nanarth.)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Ankarikai, Cikarikai, Karkarikai, Makarikai, Takkarikai, Uttarakarikai, Yapparunkalakkarikai.

Full-text (+111): Yapparunkalakkarikai, Iyarralai, Ilipu, Karigai, Cintiyalvenpa, Ir-ativenpa, Alavati, Kuvilankay, Pulima-narumpu, Aciriyatturai, Ceviyarivu, Makatuumunnilai, Pulima-tannilal, Pulima-narunilal, Karu-vilankani, Poruliyal, Etukai, Alaven, Pulima-tanpu, Akavarrullal.

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Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)

Pasuram 5.6.3 < [Section 6 - Sixth Tiruvaymoli (Katal-nalam ceytenum)]

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Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)

Chapter VII - Rajaraja II (a.d. 1146 to 1172)

Temples in Nidur < [Chapter II - Temples of Kulottunga I’s Time]

Appendix 2: Tiruvanakkoyil < [Chapter VIII - Temples of Rajaraja II’s Time]

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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)

Chapter 1.3 - Umabhaga-murti (depiction of the Mother Goddess) < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]

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