Biology (plants and animals)

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

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

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

· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)
· Numer. List (6926)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1824)
· Flora AegyptiacoArabica (1775)
· Flora of the British W.I. (1859)
· Catalogus plantarum horti botanici monspeliensis (1813)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kāyacitti (காயசித்தி) [kāya-citti] noun < kāya +.

1. Power of securing the body by magical medicaments against age and its effects, as loss of teeth, grey hairs, decay of mental or physical powers; சரீரத்தை நரைதிரையின்றி நெடுநாளிருக்கச்செய்யுஞ் சித்தி. சித்தரானவர் காயசித்தி முதலெய்திடுவார் [sarirathai naraithiraiyinri nedunalirukkacheyyugn sithi. sitharanavar kayasithi muthaleythiduvar] (திருக்குற்றாலத் தல நூற்பய. [thirukkurralath thala nurpaya.] 16).

2. Super-normal powers of the soul over its physical vesture, as reducing it to an atom or enlarging it to any size at pleasure; அணிமா மகிமாமுதலிய சித்திகள். [anima magimamuthaliya sithigal.] (W.)

3. A plant growing in damp places. See பொன்னாங்காணி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [ponnangani. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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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)

Partial matches: Kaya, Citti.

Starts with: Kaya-cittianon, Kaya-citticunnam, Kaya-cittiuppu, Kayacitticci, Kayacittikkatiyan.

Full-text: Kaya-cittianon, Kaya-cittiuppu, Kaya-citticunnam, Kayacittikkatiyan, Karpacatanai.

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