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

1) Katira in India is the name of a plant defined with Cochlospermum religiosum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Maximilianea gossypium (L.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Katira is also identified with Sterculia urens It has the synonym Kavalama urens Raf. (etc.).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1984)
· Catalogus plantarum phanerogamarum (1899)
· Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum (Martius) (1824)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1987)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṭīra (कटीर).—

1) A cave, hollow.

2) The cavity of the loins,

-ram A hip.

Derivable forms: kaṭīraḥ (कटीरः), kaṭīram (कटीरम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Katira (कतिर).—adj. (= katara, q.v., but like it used in ense of katama; in form based on atima, q.v. by analogy [Page166-b+ 71] of tara: tama forms), which (of many)?: Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 60.4 (verse; read with mss., after 3 paśyāhi…eta dharmān), katiro 'tra sattvas tatha pudgalo vā, which among these (dharmas) is the creature, or the person too? Nobel em. katir atra; kati is, however, not used as sg., and all mss. read -ro.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaṭīra (कटीर).—mn.

(-raḥ-raṃ) 1. The cavity of the loins, or the iliac regions. m.

(-raḥ) 1. Mons veneris. 2. A cave. E. kaṭ to go, and īr Unadi aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kaṭīra (कटीर):—[from kaṭ] mn. the cavity of the loins or the iliac region, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a cave, indentation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] m. Mons Veneris, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Kātīra (कातीर):—[=kā-tīra] n. a bad shore, [Pāṇini 6-1, 155; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaṭīra (कटीर):—(raḥ) 1. m. The cavity of the loins; mons veneris; a cave.

[Sanskrit to German]

Katira in German

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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 corpus

Kaṭira (ಕಟಿರ):—

1) [noun] an extent of land that is flat, level or even; plane land.

2) [noun] the slope of a mountain.

3) [noun] the salt made by evaporating sea water.

4) [noun] a town; a city.

5) [noun] an organised group of soldiers; an army.

6) [noun] a bracelet; a band for the wrist or arm.

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Kaṭīra (ಕಟೀರ):—[noun] either of the two fleshy, rounded parts at the back of the hips; the buttock.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Tira, Ka.

Starts with: Katir-antalai, Katira gond, Katira safaid, Katirai, Katiraippalai, Katiraka, Katirakacattam, Katiram, Katiravam, Katiravamaram, Katiravan, Katiravanputalvi.

Ends with: Bali-katira, Ekatira, Gond katira, Khadakatira, Sankatira, Utakatira.

Full-text: Katiram, Katira safaid, Gond katira, Katira gond, Trikasthana, Bali-katira, Citekkatiram, Dhala-katira-nai, Kastira, Katara, Trika.

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