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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Namaskārī (नमस्कारी) is another name for Lajjālu, a medicinal plant identified with Mimosa pudica Linn. or “sensitive plant” from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.103-106 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Namaskārī and Lajjālu, there are a total of twenty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Namaskāri (ನಮಸ್ಕಾರಿ):—[noun] the small sensitive plant Mimosa pudica of Mimosaceae family; touch-me-not; humble plant.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Namaskari (நமஸ்கரி) [namaskarittal] 11 transitive verb < namas-kṛ. To bow, salute, reverence, worship, make obeisance to, adore; வணங்கு தல். [vanangu thal.]

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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.

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Starts with: Namaskarisu, Namaskarita.

Full-text: Namakkari, Namarkari, Lajjalu, Nakari.

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

Verse 1.10.53 < [Chapter 10 - Marriage with Śrī Lakṣmīpriyā]

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Verse 1.17.83 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]

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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)

Appendix III - Synonyms of Flora (Vanauṣadhi-varga)

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