Biology (plants and animals)

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

Manj in India is the name of a plant defined with Polygonum glabrum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Persicaria portoricensis Small (among others).

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

· Flora Brasiliensis (Martius) (1855)
· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. (1826)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Memoirs from the Department of Botany of Columbia College (1895)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1909)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1978)

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

Mañj (मञ्ज्).—1 U. (mañjayati-te)

1) To clean, purify, wipe off.

2) To sound.

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

Mañj (मञ्ज्).—r. 10th cl. (mañjayati) 1. To sound. 2. To clean, to purify.

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Manj (मन्ज्).—r. 1st cl. (mañjati) To clean, to polish, &c.

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

Mañj (मञ्ज्).—see mārj ([Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 74, 4, read majjat).

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

Mañj (मञ्ज्):—([probably] invented to account for the following words of more or less uncertain origin; cf. √mārj, mṛj) [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] mañjayati, to cleanse or be bright;

—to sound, [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 106; Vopadeva]

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

Mañj (मञ्ज्):—(ka) mañjayati 10. a. To sound; to clean, to purify.

[Sanskrit to German]

Manj 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 (+411): Mamcil, Mamjal, Mamjala, Mamjalenne, Mamjali, Mamjalike, Mamjaradrishti, Mamjarapatu, Mamjare, Mamjaria, Mamjaria, Mamjariga, Mamjarige, Mamjarike, Mamjarisu, Mamjati, Mamjatti, Mamjele, Mamjetti, Mamjidi.

Ends with: Samanj.

Full-text (+57): Manju, Manjira, Manjila, Manjara, Manjusha, Marj, Manjiradhvanikomala, Manjaridipika, Manjudeva, Manjugunja, Manjuvaktra, Manjulika, Manjuvadin, Manjusaurabha, Manjarika, Manjumati, Manjuvac, Manjubhatta, Muj, Manjuvacana.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Manj, Mañj; (plurals include: Manjs, Mañjs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Folk Tales of Gujarat (and Jhaverchand Meghani) (by Vandana P. Soni)

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