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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Koggilī in the Kannada language is another name for Śarapuṅkhā, a medicinal plant identified with Tephrosia purpurea Linn. (“common tephrosia”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.71-73 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 Kannada word Koggilī, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which six 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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Koggili [ಕೊಗ್ಗಿಲಿ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. from the Fabaceae (Pea) family having the following synonyms: Tephrosia lanceifolia, Tephrosia indigofera, Tephrosia wallichii. For the possible medicinal usage of koggili, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Koggili in India is the name of a plant defined with Tephrosia purpurea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cracca wallichii (Graham) Rydb. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1822)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1788)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1822)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 3

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Koggili (ಕೊಗ್ಗಿಲಿ):—[noun] = ಕೊಗ್ಗಿ [koggi]1.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Sharapunkha.

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