Modani, Mōḍaṇī, Moḍaṇī: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Modani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Modani in India is the name of a plant defined with Jasminum officinale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Jasminum officinale var. tibeticum C.Y. Wu (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Edwards's Botanical Register, or Flower Garden and Shrubbery (1845)
· Linnaea (1850)
· Acta Bot. Yunnan. (1979)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· I. Invest. Stud. Nat. (1992)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Modani, for example health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
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 Dictionarymōḍaṇī (मोडणी).—f (Verbal of mōḍaṇēṃ) Breaking down; breaking up; breaking off; breaking or bending; throughout the applications of the verb; but, as a sense of especial use and currency, Breaking off the heads of a ripened field of corn, in order to the thrashing. 2 The way or course; the line of being or acting; the customary manner, method, fashion, style.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmōḍaṇī (मोडणी).—f Breaking down. The way; the style.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryModanī (मोदनी):—[from modana > moda] f. musk, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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: Modaniya.
Ends with: Ankamodani, Anumodani.
Full-text: Sammodanikatha.
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