The Sanskrit term Mṛttāla can be transliterated into English as Mrttala or Mrittala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Mrittala in India is the name of a plant defined with Cajanus cajan in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phaseolus balicus L. (among others).

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

· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Catalogus plantarum horti botanici monspeliensis (1813)
· Willdenowia (1986)
· J. Agric. Sci. (Tokyo) (1962)
· Cytologia (1991)
· Acta Botanica Austro Sinica (1986)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mrittala, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Mṛttāla (मृत्ताल).—n.

(-laṃ) A sort of fragrant earth; also called Surat earth. E. mṛt earth, tāla site; place of abiding; also with kan added, mṛttālaka n.

(-kaṃ) and with a single consonant, mṛtālaka .

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

Mṛttāla (मृत्ताल):—n. a kind of loam or clay, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Mṛttāla (मृत्ताल):—[mṛttā+la] (laṃ) 1. n. A fragrant earth.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mrittala 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.

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Full-text: Mritalaka.

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