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Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Nālikela (नालिकेल) refers to “coconut (water)”, as described in the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—The decoded mantras are for those aspirants who may use it under the guidance of an able / qualified preceptor after due procedures of initiation or dīkṣā. Regarding the Gulika-viṣaharaṇa-mantra (VII. 25-7 ab) it says: “[...] The sarpamantra must be chanted for three ayuta times from the aṣṭamī or eighth day of the bright fortnight, with offerings of rice-flour mixed with jaggery and coconut water (nālikela-jala) and barly. This eliminates the poison of Seṣa clan of serpents. The mantra must be chanted with devotion like one’s own name with the prescribed nyāsas. Thus, an intelligent aspirant can effortlessly cure venoms”.

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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)

Nalikela in India is the name of a plant defined with Cocos nucifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Calappa nucifera (L.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· International Journal of Dermatology (2007)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains (1840)
· The Gardeners Dictionary
· Agric. Colon. (1916)
· Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. (2005)
· Botanica Acta (1997)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Nalikela, for example extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nālikela (नालिकेल):—[from nālikera] m., as [varia lectio], the cocoa-nut tree or the c°-nut

[Sanskrit to German]

Nalikela 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: Nalikelajala, Nalikelamaram.

Full-text: Nalikera, Sa-guvaka-narikera, Svanaman, Svanamavat.

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