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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Khaṇḍī (खण्डी) refers to “breaking (a weapon)” (in battle), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.16 (“The head of Gaṇeśa is chopped off”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Gaṇeśa, son of the Śaktis whirled the iron club and hurled it at Viṣṇu even as he was saying so. After remembering the lotus-like feet of Śiva, Viṣṇu took up his discus and split the iron club by means of discus (khaṇḍī-kṛt). Gaṇeśa hurled the piece of iron club at Viṣṇu which was caught by the bird Garuḍa and rendered futile. Thus for a long time the two heroes Viṣṇu and Gaṇeśa fought with each other. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Khaṇḍi.—(EI 3), also called khaṇḍa, a land measure. Cf. khaṇḍī spelt in English as candy. Note: khaṇḍi is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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Khaṇḍī.—(CII 4), a measure of capacity; cf. khaṇdīkā. See candy. (IA 15), a land-measure. Note: khaṇḍī is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Khandi in India is the name of a plant defined with Vigna aconitifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phaseolus palmatus Forssk. (among others).

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

· Observationum Botanicarum (1768)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1985)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1982)
· Kew Bulletin (1969)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique (1969)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khaṇḍī (खंडी).—f A measure of weight and capacity, a candy. It consists (in Bombay) of twenty Bombay maunds, or, for particular substances, of eight maunds: (at Poona) of twenty Poona maunds, and generally of twenty maunds; varying there- fore as the maund varies. 2 Applied to a great quantity; as khaṇḍībhara pōrēṃ, khaṇḍībhara mēṇḍhyā, khaṇḍībhara kāma, khaṇḍībhara bōlatō-lihitō &c. 3 A land measure, 120 bighas. 4 A score (of sheep or goats, and of some certain things). khaṇḍī lāvaṇēṃ To cheat, gull, trick. khaṇḍīvara pēṇḍhī hōṇēṃ To get the twenty-first child. khaṇḍīsa navaṭakēṃ (A navaṭakēṃ or one-eighth of a sher to the khaṇḍī) Phrase used where it is judged that the amount (of a work performed, of an object attained, of an article consumed) bears a very small proportion to the remainder. Ex. ajhūna khaṃ0 nāhīṃ--kāmācēṃ- vidyēcēṃ-dēṇyāghēṇyācē-sampattīcēṃ-āyuṣyācēṃ.

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khāndī (खांदी).—f (skandha S) A bough or branch.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

khaṇḍī (खंडी).—f A measure of 20 maunds, a candy. A score. A land measure, 120 bighas. khaṇḍī lāvaṇēṃ To cheat. khaṇḍīvara pēṇḍhī hōṇēṃ To get a twenty-first child. khaṇḍīsa navaṭakē A very small proportion.

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khāndī (खांदी).—f A branch, a bough.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Khandi 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

Khaṃḍi (ಖಂಡಿ):—

1) [noun] an opening in or through anything; a break; a gap; a hole; an aperture.

2) [noun] something unexplained, unknown or kept secret; mystery.

3) [noun] a path wild animals use to cross over from one forest to another.

4) [noun] a path (usu. a secret one); ಖಂಡಿಯೋಗು [khamdiyogu] k haṇḍiyōgu to be made a hole on or in; to be pierced, stabbed; to have a hole or holes; to become porous.

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Khaṃḍi (ಖಂಡಿ):—

1) [noun] an old measure of weight (which was varying from place to place).

2) [noun] an extent of agricultural land that requires this quantity of seeds for being sown.

3) [noun] an area (of land) equal to ten thousand squares of one hundred sq. ft each (totally 10,00,000 sq ft.).

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Khaṃḍi (ಖಂಡಿ):—[noun] any man or boy lacking normal function of the testes, as through castration or disease; an eunuch.

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Khāṃḍi (ಖಾಂಡಿ):—[noun] a device, usu. made of a flexible metal strip or wood with both the ends tied with a string as to make it an arch,used for shooting arrows; a bow.

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Khāṃdi (ಖಾಂದಿ):—[noun] a female servant; a maid.

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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.

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Starts with (+32): Khamdia, Khamdia, Khamdia, Khamdigale, Khamdikavidyarthi, Khamdike, Khamdisu, Khamditabhartarike, Khamditakala, Khamditamadu, Khamditamaya, Khamditarupa, Khamditavadi, Khamdite, Khamditokti, Khandibhara, Khandicca, Khandigama, Khandiganati, Khandika.

Ends with (+4): Akhandi, Bakhandi, Chitrashikhandi, Citrashikhandi, Dhautakhandi, Dukhandi, Illarakhamdi, Jhadakhandi, Khamdakhamdi, Lohkhandi, Lokhandi, Madhukhandi, Mayurakhandi, Mukhandi, Pakhandin, Pakkhandi, Pancapakhandi, Shaikhandi, Shikhandi, Shrikhandi.

Full-text (+25): Dhautakhandi, Mulakanda, Kaili, Akhandishala, Khandy, Varkakhandi, Akhandi, Vrikakhanda, Shrikhandi, Kandi, Khandika, Shrikhandivedantasara, Khandikri, Mapavaratala, Padava, Vajani, Barula, Solula, Solola, Sololi.

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