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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Mahāṅga (महाङ्ग).—A Janapada of the Ketumālā country.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 44. 14.

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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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Mahāṅga (महाङ्ग) is another name for Gokṣura, a medicinal plant identified with Tribulus terrestris Linn. (“puncture vine”) from the Zygophyllaceae or “caltrop” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.40-43 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Mahāṅga and Gokṣura, there are a total of ten Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Mahāṅga (महाङ्ग) is also mentioned as another name for Raktacitraka, which is a variety of Citraka, a medicinal plant identified with (1) [white variety] Plumbago zeylanica Linn.; (2) [red variety] Plumbago rosea Linn. syn. or Plumbago indica Linn., both from the Plumbaginaceae or “leadwort” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.46-47.—Note: Bapalal refers a totally different variety, used as Red Citraka or Rato Chitro (rātocitro) in Ābu and Girnār. This is knwon as Vogalia indica.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Mahāṅga and Raktacitraka, there are a total of eleven 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) Mahanga in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Landolphia kirkii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vahea kirkii Sadeb. (among others).

2) Mahanga is also identified with Landolphia owariensis It has the synonym Landolphia humilis Schltr. ex A. Chev. (etc.).

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

· Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. (1938)
· Flore d’Oware (1806)
· Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire (1953)
· Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. (1948)
· Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten (1891)
· African Journal of Biotechnology (2007)

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

Mahāṅga (महाङ्ग).—a. huge, bulky.

Mahāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and aṅga (अङ्ग).

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

Mahāṅga (महाङ्ग).—mfn.

(-ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) Bulky, big, large-bodied. m.

(-ṅgaḥ) 1. A camel. 2. A kind of rat. 3. An epithet of Siva. E. mahā great, aṅga body. “gokṣurakṣupe, raktacitrakakṣupe ca .”

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

1) Mahāṅga (महाङ्ग):—[from mahā > mah] mfn. (hāṅga) having a great body or limbs (said of Śiva), [Mahābhārata]

2) [=mahā-ṅga] [from mahāṅga > mahā > mah] m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a camel

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of rat

4) [v.s. ...] Asteracantha Longifolia

5) [v.s. ...] Plumbago Zeylanica.

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

Mahāṅga (महाङ्ग):—[mahā-ṅga] (ṅgaḥ) 1. m. A camel.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahanga 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

Mahāṃga (ಮಹಾಂಗ):—

1) [noun] a camel.

2) [noun] a kind of mouse.

3) [noun] Śiva.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Mahanga is another spelling for महँगा [mahaṃgā].—[=महँगा] adj. pl. of महँगो [mahaṃgo]

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nga, Maha, Anga, Na.

Starts with: Mahangala.

Full-text: Alipya, Raktacitraka, Gokshura, Ketumaladvipa, Anga.

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