In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kiñja (किञ्ज) refers to a kind of “sour gruel”, and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā. Gruel consists of cereal boiled in water or milk.

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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)

Kinja in India is the name of a plant defined with Holarrhena pubescens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Physetobasis macrocarpa Hassk. (among others).

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

· J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. (1909)
· Phytochemistry.
· Phytochemistry (1990)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)
· Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis
· International Journal of Crude Drug Research (1987)

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

Kiñja (किञ्ज).—The filament or blossom of a lotus or any other plant; आकर्षद्भिः पद्मकिञ्ज- ल्कगन्धान् (ākarṣadbhiḥ padmakiñja- lkagandhān) Uttararāmacarita 3.2; R.15.52.

Derivable forms: kiñjam (किञ्जम्).

See also (synonyms): kiñjala, kiñjalka.

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

Kiñja (किञ्ज).—n.

(-ñjaṃ) The filament of a lotus: see kiñjalka.

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

Kiñja (किञ्ज):—(ñjaṃ) 1. n. The filament of a lotus.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kinja 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kimjakka, Kimjalaka, Kincam, Kincan, Kincanan, Kinjacha, Kinjaka, Kinjakesara, Kinjakkha, Kinjal, Kinjala, Kinjalka, Kinjalkin, Kinjalkini, Kinjapa, Kinjapya.

Full-text: Kinjala, Kinjalka.

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