Murga, Murgā: 3 definitions

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Murga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Murg.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Murgā is another name for Mūrvā, a medicinal plant identified Marsdenia tenacissima from the Asclepiadoideae or “milkweed family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.19-21 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Other than the foreign word Murgā, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which thirty are in Sanskrit.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Murga in India is the name of a plant defined with Agave americana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Agave subzonata Trel. (among others).

2) Murga is also identified with Agave cantala It has the synonym Agave candelabrum Tod. (etc.).

3) Murga is also identified with Pterocarpus marsupium It has the synonym Pterocarpus marsupium var. acuminata Prain (etc.).

4) Murga is also identified with Sansevieria roxburghiana It has the synonym Acyntha roxburghiana Kuntze (etc.).

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

· Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung (1865)
· Phytochemistry (1990)
· Natural history (1897)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1832)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4 (1799)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Murga in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) see [murga]..—murga (मुरगा) is alternatively transliterated as Muragā.

2) Murga (मुर्ग) [Also spelled murg]:—(nm) a cock; —[musallama] the whole roasted hen/chicken (for a dish).

3) Murgā (मुर्गा):—(nm) a cock; fowl; rooster; -, [choṭā] cockerel; -, [pālatū] a leghorn; -, [badhiyā] capon; hence [murgī]—a hen.

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