Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Munga in Eastern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Acacia nilotica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa scorpioides Forssk. (among others).

2) Munga in India is also identified with Crotalaria pallida It has the synonym Crotalaria tinctoria Baillon (etc.).

3) Munga is also identified with Moringa ovalifolia It has the synonym Moringa pterygosperma Gaertner, nom. illeg. (etc.).

4) Munga in Zambia is also identified with Faidherbia albida It has the synonym Acacia mossambicensis Bolle (etc.).

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

· Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique (1861)
· Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series (1902)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Pocket Dictionary: Thonga (Shangaan)-English and English-Tonga (Shangaan). (1909)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)

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

muṅgā (मुंगा).—m ( H) Coral.

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muṅgā (मुंगा).—m (muṅgī) A disease of horses,--lampas. 2 Seizing and twisting round of the upper lip (of a horse &c.) in order to hold him in restraint. v ghāla, dāba, dhara. 3 The cord or implement for this purpose. 4 Proud pranks; haughty airs or bearing. v kara, lāva, cālava, jirava, mōḍa. 5 An emulative or a sudden impulse or itching; fondness, or liking, or desire after, suddenly contracted. v yē, āṇa. 6 A large (black or red) ant. 7 A female sport. Esp. about Nashik. Women assemble on nāgapañcamī and run round in a ring vociferously singing. v ghāla.

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

muṅgā (मुंगा).—m A disease of horses. Proud pranks. A large (black or red) ant. Coral.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Muṅga (मुङ्ग).—(m.; = Pali mugga, Sanskrit mudga; § 3.4; modern vernaculars have the nasalized form, Hindi mūṃg, Nepalese muṅ, etc.), bean: Lalitavistara 171.17 (verse, no v.l.); 264.16 (prose), ed. mudga-, most mss. muga- or mugaṃ(-yūṣaṃ; intending muṃga-?), best ms. muṃga-.

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

Muṅga (मुङ्ग).—[masculine] names of men.

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

Muṅga (मुङ्ग):—and muṅgaṭa m. Name of two men, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

[Sanskrit to German]

Munga 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+64): Mumgada, Mumgadahana, Mumgadapatra, Mumgadaprati, Mumgade, Mumgadisu, Mumgai, Mumgaigamkana, Mumgaihode, Mumgaikamkana, Mumgaimurari, Mumgainigala, Mumgaivala, Mumgajja, Mumgal, Mumgalega, Mumgali, Mumgalitana, Mumgalputige, Mumgaltale.

Ends with: Bhaimumga, Bir munga, Gaach-munga, Gach-munga, Korangumunga, Munka, Thelamunga, Tuddumunga, Umunga, Vanamunga, Zinyamunga.

Full-text: Munga kuu, Bir munga, Mungata, Munga'atha, Mudgabhuj, Gach-munga, Gaach-munga.

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