Loda, Loḍā, Loḍa: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Loda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Loḍā (लोडा) is another name for Kṣudrāmlikā, a medicinal plant identified with Oxalis corniculata Linn. or “creeping woodsorrel” from the Oxalidaceae or “wood sorrel” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.100-102 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Loḍā and Kṣudrāmlikā, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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)
Loda in Niger is the name of a plant defined with Cissus populnea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Pakis. J. Biol. Sci.
· TSW Holistic Health Med. (2006)
· Florae Senegambiae Tentamen (1831)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Loda, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
lōḍa (लोड).—n m lōḍha m C A long bolster or stuffed case for the back of sitters to recline upon. 2 fig. A raised seam or hemmed border. 3 n The transverse beam of a pābhara, kuḷava &c. This, with its teeth-member taken off, is used as a bolster to roll over the ground.
lōḍa (लोड).—n m-ḍha m A long bolster for the back of sitters to recline upon. A raised seam.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Loḍa (लोड):—(ṛ) loḍati 1. a. Idem.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Loda in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a ball of any wet powder (as [mitti ka-); —, mitti ka] absolutely inert (person), inactive and slothful..—loda (लोंदा) is alternatively transliterated as Loṃdā.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Loda pathani, Lodadi, Lodajang, Lodaka, Lodakajihma, Lodakalu, Lodale, Lodalotte, Lodana, Lodanem, Lodar, Lodara, Lodavia, Lodayati, Lota, Lota-lotaenal, Lotalota, Lotalottai.
Full-text: Lota, Viloda, Lodalotte, Loda pathani, Vilodita, Lota-lotaenal, Nilada, Vilodaka, Vilota, Angalidya, Vilodayitri, Lomda, Angalodya, Lolati, Vilodana, Upashraya, Vethana, Kshudramlika, Shala, Sheru.
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