India history and geography

Source: What is India: Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy (1945-1952)

Māgala is an archaeologically important site situated in Hadagalli-taluk (Bellary district, Madras), known for inscriptions regarding the ancient history of India. For example, at Māgala there is a damaged hero stone near Sībārada kaṭṭe bearing Kannaḍa inscriptions.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Magala in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Dactyloctenium aegyptium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rabdochloa mucronata P. Beauv. (among others).

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

· Flora Boreali-Americana (1803)
· Précis des Découvertes et Travaux Somiologiques (1814)
· Phytologia (1981)
· Enumeratio plantarum horti regii botanici berolinensis.
· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Plantae Europeae (1870)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

māgalā (मागला).—a (māgēṃ) Anterior, antecedent, of a time preceding some other time. 2 Hinder, posterior, of a place behind some other place. yērē mājhyā māgalyā Said in reference to a dolt who, after long teaching, is still at the alphabet.

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

māgalā (मागला).—a Antecedent; hinder posterior.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Magala (मगल):—m. Name of a man, [Pravara texts]

[Sanskrit to German]

Magala 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: Magalagita, Magalas, Magalata, Magalatanem, Magalavala, Magalavya, Makalakkumi, Makalan, Makalatcumi, Makalayan, Makalayavamavacai, Makalokam.

Full-text: Magalas, Makalan, Theca, Aliya, Akalam, Agala, Payas, Divasa, Amma.

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