In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Khavallī (खवल्ली) is another name for Ākāśavallī, an unidentified medicinal plant possible corresponding with Cuscuta europaea (greater dodder or European dodder) from the Convolvulaceae or “bindweed” family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.54-55 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Khavallī and Ākāśavallī, there are a total of four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

context information

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)

1) Khavalli in India is the name of a plant defined with Cassine glauca in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Elaeodendron glaucum Szyszyl., nom. illeg. (among others).

2) Khavalli is also identified with Cassytha filiformis It has the synonym Nectandra cuneata Griseb. (etc.).

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

· Journal of Ethnobiology (1983)
· Diccionario botánico de los nombres vulgares cubanos y puerto-riqueños (1889)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Taxon (1979)
· Descr. Rar. Pl. Surin. (1776)
· Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical series (1931)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Khavalli, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

context information

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

Khavallī (खवल्ली).—f. (-llī) A parasitic plant. E. kha, vallī a pedicle

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

1) Khavallī (खवल्ली):—[=kha-vallī] [from kha] a f. (= ākāśa-v) Cassyta filiformis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [=kha-vallī] b etc. See 3. kha, p.334.

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

Khavallī (खवल्ली):—[kha-vallī] (llī) 3. f. Parasite plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Khavalli in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Valli, Kha.

Full-text: Akashavalli.

Relevant text

No search results for Khavalli, Khavallī, Kha-valli, Kha-vallī; (plurals include: Khavallis, Khavallīs, vallis, vallīs) in any book or story.