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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Liu in China is the name of a plant defined with Salix babylonica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Salix lasiogyne Seem. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (Tokyo) (1915)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+8): Liu bao teng, Liu chi nu tsao, Liu chuan yu, Liu guo ba dou, Liu guo hu ji sheng, Liu guo qin, Liu guo qin shu, Liu lan, Liu lan xiang, Liu li fan lu, Liu shu ji sheng, Liu su shi hu, Liu ye cai, Liu ye cai feng mao ju, Liu ye la mei, Liu ye sha ji, Liu ye shu li, Liu ye shui ma, Liu ye xiu xian ju, Liu ye ye shan hua.
Ends with (+3): An shih liu, Bai liu, Bao zhu liu, Chi ye liu, Chu liu, Chui liu, Dabh-suliu, Dangliu, Dian da ye liu, Fuliu, Huang hua liu, Liuliu, Lu ti liu, Mac liu, Pacchaliu, Pimkuli, Qing zang dian liu, San rui liu, Shan shih liu, Shi liu.
Full-text (+81): Liu ye cai, Bao zhu liu, Da hua liu ye cai, Duan geng liu ye cai, Wang pu liu hsing, Liu lan, Fan liu zu, Chu liu, Liu bao teng, Bai liu, Chui liu, Liu zhi, Shi liu, Yang liu, Mac liu, Liu ye ye wan dou, Qing zang dian liu, Liu ye shu li, Liu guo qin, Lu ti liu.
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Search found 19 books and stories containing Liu; (plurals include: Lius). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 4 - Notes on the bhikṣus Ma (Aśvaka) and Tsing (Punarvasuka) < [Chapter XXVI - Exertion]
Part 4 - Morality of the bhikṣuṇī < [Section II.2 - Morality of the monastic or pravrajita]
Appendix 10 - Sources for the story of the sick and abandoned monk < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 10 - Buddhist Schools Of India, Books, Discussions, Discipline < [Book II - Three Countries]
Introduction (d): Hiuen Tsiang or Xuanzang (A.D. 629)
Chapter 4 - Astronomy, the Indian calendar, etc. < [Book II - Three Countries]
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
1. Early period (c): The Mahāparinirvāna-sūtra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
4.2. Dharmakāya in the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra < [Chapter 4 - The Thought of Buddha-Nature in the Laṅkāvatārasūtra]
1. The Daosheng’s Thought of Buddha-nature < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Part 12 - Southern China < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]
The travels of Fa-Hian (400 A.D.) (by Samuel Beal)