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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Muttaṅṅa [in the Malayalam language] is another name for “Abda” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning muttaṅṅa] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Muttanna in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Cyperus rotundus L. from the Cyperaceae (Sedge) family. For the possible medicinal usage of muttanna, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Muttanna in India is the name of a plant defined with Kyllinga nemoralis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cyperus kyllingia f. subtriceps (Kunth) Kük. (among others).

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

· Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (1919)
· Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles (1916)
· Taxon (1981)
· J. Cytol. Genet. (1990)
· J. Cytol. Genet. (1988)
· Characteres Generum Plantarum (1776)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Muttaṇṇā (முத்தண்ணா) noun < மூ- [mu-] + அண்ணன். [annan.] Brāh.

1. Elder brother; தமையன். [thamaiyan.]

2. Dullard, a term of abuse; அசடன். [asadan.]

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Mūttaṇṇā (மூத்தண்ணா) noun < மூ- [mu-] + அண்ணா. [anna.] Eldest brother; தமையன். [thamaiyan.] Local usage

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Pimuttanna.

Full-text: Vennakai, Mutta.

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