Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Mhatari in India is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Madorius giganteus (L.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Mhatari is also identified with Calotropis procera It has the synonym Apocynum syriacum S.G. Gmel. (etc.).

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

· Contraception. (2007)
· Mediators Inflamm. (2005)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1895)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Phytotherapy Research (2005)
· Atti dell’Istituto Botanico dell’Università di Pavia (1936)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mhātārī (म्हातारी).—f (mhātārā) An old woman, a crone. 2 A term of slight for a shorn widow whether old or young. 3 A term for a flock of cotton, a feather, or a flake of any light substance flying about in the air. mhā0 mēlīsēṃ hōṇēṃ in. con. To be suffering intense pain.

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

mhātārī (म्हातारी).—f An old woman, a crone. A term for a feather flying about in the air. mhātārī mēlīsēṃ hōṇēṃ To be suffering intense pain.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Manamhatari, Paunamhatari.

Full-text: Manamhatari, Ruiti, Jarandi, Javara, Ghara.

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