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Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Lāṇḍagā (or Lāṃḍagā) in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal under-shrub “Xanthium strumarium L. Syn. Xanthium indicum Koenig. Ex Roxb.”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Entire plant”. Instructions for using the under-shrub named Lāṇḍagā: A decoction of herb 15g—twice a day.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

lāṇḍagā (लांडगा).—m (laṇḍa S Rascally &c.) A wolf, Canis pallipes. Sykes. 2 A term for the seed of Achyranthes aspera, for the Bachelor's button, and for the fruit of the plant kaḍyā.

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

lāṇḍagā (लांडगा).—m A wolf.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Landagatoda.

Ends with: Osadinca Landaga, Ullamdaga, Vasadinca Landaga.

Full-text: Vasadinca Landaga, Landagatoda, Landakatoda, Landagetoda, Osadinca Landaga.

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