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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Madhuphalā (मधुफला).—A mythical tree in Uttarakuru yielding clothes, jewels, etc.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 15. 72; Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 12.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Madhuphala [मधुफल] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Cucumis melo L. from the Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin) family having the following synonyms: Cucumis pubescens, Cucumis trigonus, Cucumis callosus. For the possible medicinal usage of madhuphala, 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.

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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

Madhuphala (मधुफल).—a kind of cocoanut.

Derivable forms: madhuphalaḥ (मधुफलः).

Madhuphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and phala (फल).

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

Madhuphala (मधुफल).—m.

(-laḥ) 1. A plant, (Flacourtia cataphracta.) 2. A sweet kind of cocoanut. E. madhu honey, and phala fruit.

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

1) Madhuphala (मधुफल):—[=madhu-phala] [from madhu] m. a kind of cocoa-nut tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Flacourtia Sapida, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Madhuphalā (मधुफला):—[=madhu-phalā] [from madhu-phala > madhu] f. water-melon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a kind of grape, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Madhuphala (मधुफल):—[madhu-phala] (laḥ) 1. m. A plant (Flacourtia); sweet cocoanut.

[Sanskrit to German]

Madhuphala 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Madhuphala (ಮಧುಫಲ):—

1) [noun] = ಮಧುತೆಂಗು [madhutemgu].

2) [noun] a kind of grape.

3) [noun] the plant Flacourtia indica ( = F. sapida) of Flacourtiaceae family.

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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)

Partial matches: Phala, Madhu, Matu.

Full-text: Matupalam, Kurava.

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