In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Khapat in the Gujurati language is another name for Atibalā, a medicinal plant identified with Abutilon indicum Linn. (“Indian mallow”) from the Malvaceae or mallows family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.101-102 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Gujurati word Khapat, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which ten are in Sanskrit.

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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)

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

Khapat in India is the name of a plant defined with Abutilon indicum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sida indica Cav. (among others).

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

· Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (1823)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1993)
· Centuria II. Plantarum (1756)
· Taxon (1982)
· Numer. List (1852)
· Prodr. Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ Orient. (1834)

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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Khapat in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) consumption; sale..—khapat (खपत) is alternatively transliterated as Khapata.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Khapata, Khapata-basanem, Khapate, Khapatha, Khapati, Khapatinu, Khapato, Khapatuna, Khapatya.

Ends with: Chunch-khapat, Chuncha khapat, Khajavani-khapat, Mukhapat, Shankhapat.

Full-text: Chunch-khapat, Chuncha khapat, Khapata, Khajavani-khapat, Atibala.

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