In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Mukkādi refers to a medicinal recipe mentioned in the Lepakhaṇḍa (verse 4.115) of the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Lepakhaṇḍa [mentioning mukkādi] contains recipes according to circumstances as advised by tradition. They treat the patient suffering from conditions such as fever, piles, emaciation, anorexia, tuberculosis, diarrhea, etc.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Mukkadi in India is the name of a plant defined with Schrebera swietenioides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nathusia swieteniodes Kuntze (among others).

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

· New Botanist (1985)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Taxon (1979)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mukkaḍi (ಮುಕ್ಕಡಿ):—

1) [noun] the condition of the nose being chopped off.

2) [noun] a man whose nose is chopped off.

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Mukkaḍi (ಮುಕ್ಕಡಿ):—[noun] (something that is broken into) theee pieces.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Mukkadigey.

Ends with: Amukkati, Cikkatimukkati, Kondamukkadi, Tamukkati.

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