India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Mattar.—(EI 16, 20), Kannaḍa; land measure; same as maṟuturu or nivartana; cf. gaṇṭi-mattar (IA 9). Note: mattar is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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)

1) Mattar in India is the name of a plant defined with Lathyrus sativus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lathyrus sativus L. subsp. asiaticus Zalkind (among others).

2) Mattar is also identified with Pisum sativum It has the synonym Lathyrus oleraceus Lam. (etc.).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1967)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Rev. Can. Biol., (1957)
· Nucleus (1982)
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (1979)
· J. Yantai Norm. Coll., Nat. Sci. (2002)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mattar (ಮತ್ತರ್):—[noun] = ಮತ್ತಲು [mattalu].

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Māṭṭār (மாட்டார்) noun See மாட்டாதார். (பிங்கலகண்டு) வல்லார்க்கும் மாட்டார்க்கும் வரமளிக்கும் வரமே [mattathar. (pingalagandu) vallarkkum mattarkkum varamalikkum varame] (திருவருட்பா [thiruvarudpa], vi, அருள்விளக்க. [arulvilakka.] 39).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Mattara, Mattaragale, Mattari, Mattaru.

Ends with: Apamattar, Baramattar, Camattar, Desi mattar, Golmattar, Immattar, Irmattar, Jangli-mattar, Kiramattar, Ommattar, Ormattar, Tamattar, Valankamattar, Vanikkiramattar.

Full-text: Desi mattar, Kevaladravya, Jangli-mattar, Mattaru, Mattal, Kuruvatti, Ma, Panca-mahashabda.

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