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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Maranda (मरन्द) refers to “flower juice” or “honey”, as mentioned in a list of four synonyms, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Maranda] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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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)

Maranda in Sri Lanka is the name of a plant defined with Syzygium zeylanicum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Eugenia zeylanica Wight (among others).

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

· The Flora of British India (1879)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4 (1799)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae orientalis (1840)
· Flora Indiae Occidentalis (1855)
· Analecta botanica indica (1850)
· Flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1855)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

marāndā (मरांदा).—m W Fungous abortion within a cocoanut or palmyra-fruit.

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mārandā (मारंदा).—m Fungous abortion within a cocoanut, the fruit of the palmyra &c.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maranda (मरन्द).—The juice of flowers; अयि दलदरविन्द स्यन्दमानं मरन्दं तव किमपि लिहन्तो मञ्जु गुञ्जन्तु भृङ्गाः (ayi daladaravinda syandamānaṃ marandaṃ tava kimapi lihanto mañju guñjantu bhṛṅgāḥ) Bv.1. 5,1,15.

See also (synonyms): marandaka.

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

Maranda (मरन्द).—m.

(-ndaḥ) The nectar or honey of a flower. E. makaranda, q. v. the second syllable being rejected; also with kan added marandaka .

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

Maranda (मरन्द):—m. (also [plural]) the juice or nectar of flowers, [Kāvya literature] (also daka, [Horace H. Wilson]; cf. makaranda).

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

Maranda (मरन्द):—(ndaḥ) 1. m. The nectar or honey of a flower.

[Sanskrit to German]

Maranda 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

Maraṃda (ಮರಂದ):—[noun] the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower; nectar.

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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)

Starts with: Maramdala, Marandaka, Marandakkas, Marandaukas, Marandaukasa, Marandkas.

Ends with: Mandaramaranda.

Full-text: Marandaukas, Marandaka, Marandikas, Marantam, Marandaukasa, Marandkas, Gunjita, Guj, Manju, Svachanda, Syand, Dal, Makaranda.

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