Alternative spellings of this word include Mocha.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Mocā (मोचा) is another name for Nīlī, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Indigofera tinctoria Linn. (“true indigo”), according to verse 4.80-83 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 Mocā and Nīlī, there are a total of thirty Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Botanical identification of plants described in Mādhava Cikitsā

Moca (मोच) or Śālmalī refers to the medicinal plant Salmalia malabarica Schott & Endl., and is used in the treatment of atisāra (diarrhoea), according to the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (as well as the Pharmacopoeia).—Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal. The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including Moca] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.

The plant plant Salmalia malabarica Schott & Endl. (Moca) is known as Mocarasa (gummy extract) according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2.

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Moca (मोच) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Musa paradisiacal Linn.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning moca] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Moca (मोच) refers to “banana”, mentioned in verse 3.31 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] One shall drink broth (that is) not too thick, rasālā, curds, raga and khāṇḍava syrup, or, from clay shells, a five-essence potion (that is) kept in a new vessel, mixed with small banana [viz., moca] and coco-nut pieces, (and) acidulated, [...]”.

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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.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Mocā (मोचा) refers to the “banana plant”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 7.31.—Cf. Mukundānanda Bhāṇa. The form Moca occurs in Bālarāmāyaṇa 5.48.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Moca in Central America is the name of a plant defined with Andira inermis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Millettia rooseveltii De Wild. (among others).

2) Moca in India is also identified with Bombax ceiba It has the synonym Salmalia malabarica Schott. & Endl.) (Gossampinus Schott & Endl., a variant of gossympinus, a Latin name used by Plinius for the cotton tree, Gossypium arboreum L. (etc.).

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

· London medical journal (1787)
· Flora Mexicana (1894)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Taxon (1961)
· Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle (1946)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

moca : (m.) the plantain tree.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) Moca, ² (root-noun of moc, Caus. of muc) delivery, setting free Dhtm 631, 751, where Dhtp in same context reads mocana. (Page 542)

2) Moca, ¹ (cp. *Sk. moca & mocā) the plantain or banana tree’Musa, sapientum Vin. I, 246 (°pāna drink made fr. M. s.; one of the 8 permitted drinks); J. IV, 181; V, 405, 465. (Page 542)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mōca (मोच).—f A particular esculent vegetable.

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mōcā (मोचा).—m ( H) A shoe or a slipper. Used about Ahmednugger; elsewhere used more frequently in reviling a shoe, or in threatening a slipper-beating. Pr. kōṇhācā mōcā kōṇhācyā pāyīṃ nāhīṃ See explained under pāyapōsa. mōcē khāṇēṃ or, in. con., basaṇēṃ To get beaten with a slipper.

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

mōcā (मोचा).—m A shoe or a slipper.

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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

Moca (मोच).—[muc-ac]

1) The plantain tree.

2) The tree called शोभाञ्जन (śobhāñjana).

-cā 1 The plantain tree.

2) The cotton shrub.

3) The indigo plant.

-cam A plantain fruit.

Derivable forms: mocaḥ (मोचः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Moca (मोच).—(-pāna, nt.; = Pali id.), (juice of) the plantain or banana tree, according to [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]; Vin. commentary 1102.9—10 = anaṭṭhikehi (see Critical Pali Dictionary) kadaliphalehi katapānaṃ; according to N. Dutt, gum of the śālmalī tree: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.ii.18; 262.14.

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

Moca (मोच).—m.

(-caḥ) A tree, (Hyperanthera morunga.) f.

(-cā) 1. The silkcotton tree, (Bombax heptaphyllum.) 2. The plantain, (Musa sapientum.) 3. The indigo-plant. n.

(-caṃ) A plantain, (the fruit.) E. muc to loose, aff. ac .

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

Moca (मोच).—mocha (vb. muc + a), I. m. A tree, Hyperanthera morunga. Ii. f. cā. 1. The silk cotton-tree. 2. The plantain. Iii. n. Its fruit.

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

Moca (मोच).—[masculine] ā [feminine] names of plants.

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

1) Moca (मोच):—m. (√2. muc) the juice of a tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Moringa Pterygosperma, [Mahābhārata]

3) ([probably]) Musa Sapientum, [Suśruta]

4) Mocā (मोचा):—[from moca] f. Musa Sapientum, [Naiṣadha-carita]

5) [v.s. ...] the cotton shrub, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] the indigo plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) Moca (मोच):—n. a plantain, banana (the fruit), [Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra]

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

Moca (मोच):—(caḥ) 1. m. A tree, morunga. f. (cā) Sikl-cotton tree, plantaion tree. n. Its fruit.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Moca (मोच) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Moa, Moā, Moāva.

[Sanskrit to German]

Moca 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Moca (मोच) [Also spelled moch]:—(nf) sprain; twist;—[ānā/khānā] to be sprained.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mōca (ಮೋಚ):—

1) [noun] a sticky, colloidal carbohydrate found in certain trees and plants; gum.

2) [noun] the plantain tree Musa sapientum (var. champa) of Musaceae family.

3) [noun] its fruit.

4) [noun] the tree Moringa oleifera ( = M. pterygosperma, = Hyperanthera moringa) of Moringaceae family.

5) [noun] its slender, long fruit, used as a vegetable; a drum-stick.

6) [noun] a large, deciduous tree Bombax ceiba ( = B. malabaricum, = Salmalia malbaricum) of Bombacaceae family; Indian silk cotton tree.

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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.

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Starts with (+30): Moca de pavo, Moca pari, Mocacam, Mocacani, Mocacanimaram, Mocadala, Mocaghanta, Mocahva, Mocai, Mocaicceti, Mocaiyilavam, Mocaja, Mocajuba, Mocaka, Mocakan, Mocakand, Mocakari, Mocaki, Mocal, Mocam.

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