Alternative spellings of this word include Machika.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Mācikā (माचिका) is another name for Ambaṣṭhā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.77-79 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Ambaṣṭhā is a highly controversial plant. Vaidyas use different plants at different places for this. The reason is the confused description of the drug by various authors. Together with the names Mācikā and Ambaṣṭhā, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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)

1) Macika in India is the name of a plant defined with Hibiscus cannabinus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Furcaria cavanillesii Kostel. (among others).

2) Macika is also identified with Tamarix gallica It has the synonym Tamarix gallica Thunb. (etc.).

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

· Flora Japonica (Thunberg) (1784)
· Systema Naturae
· Bot. Journal of the Linnean Society (1998)
· Annuaire du Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de Genève (1900)
· Florae Senegambiae Tentamen (1830)
· Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae (1847)

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

Mācikā (माचिका).—A fly.

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

Mācikā (माचिका).—f.

(-kā) A fly. E. mac-svul .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mācikā (माचिका):—f. a fly, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. gṛha-m) Hibiscus Cannabinus, [Bhāvaprakāśa] (cf. kāka-m).

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

Mācikā (माचिका):—(kā) 1. f. A fly.

[Sanskrit to German]

Macika 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: Maci-kalvar, Macikai, Macikam.

Ends with: Grihamacika, Kakamacika.

Full-text: Grihamacika, Maci, Grihamocika, Macikai, Macipattra, Kakamacika, Ambashtha.

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