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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Nidrālu (निद्रालु) is another name (synonym) for Vārttākī, which is the Sanskrit word for Solanum melongena (eggplant), a plant from the Solanaceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 7.194-195), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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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)

1) Nidralu in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum gratissimum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Geniosporum discolor Baker (among others).

2) Nidralu is also identified with Solanum melongena It has the synonym Solanum melongena var. depressum Baill. (etc.).

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

· Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon (1889)
· Cytologia (1997)
· The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (3182)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1848)
· Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India (1969)
· Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier (1903)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nidrālu (निद्रालु).—a S pop. nidrāḷū a Sleepily inclined: also sleepy-headed or somnolent.

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

nidrālu (निद्रालु).—a pop. nidrāḷū a Sleepily inclined

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nidrālu (निद्रालु).—a. Sleeping, asleep.

-luḥ An epithet of Visnu; निद्रालोः कमठाकृतेर्भगवतः श्वासानिलाः पान्तु वः (nidrāloḥ kamaṭhākṛterbhagavataḥ śvāsānilāḥ pāntu vaḥ) Bhāg.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nidrālu (निद्रालु).—mfn. (-luḥ-luḥ-lu) Sleeping, sleepy, drowsy, slothful. m.

(-luḥ) A name of Vishnu. f.

(-luḥ) A sort of perfume, commonly nīlī. E. nidrā, and śīlārthe ālu aff.

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

Nidrālu (निद्रालु).—[nidrā + lu], adj. Sleepy, [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 41.

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

Nidrālu (निद्रालु).—[adjective] sleepy.

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

1) Nidrālu (निद्रालु):—[=ni-drālu] [from ni-drā] mfn. sleeping, sleepy, drowsy, [Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata; Suśruta] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] f. Solanum Melongena, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] = vana-barbarikā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a kind of perfume, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Nidrālu (निद्रालु):—[(luḥ-luḥ-lu) a.] Sleeping, sleepy. f. A sort of perfume.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nidralu 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nidrālu (निद्रालु):—(a) slumberous, somnolent; ~[tā] slumberousness, somnolence.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nidrālu (ನಿದ್ರಾಲು):—[adjective] sleeping; sleepy; drowsy.

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Nidrālu (ನಿದ್ರಾಲು):—[noun] a person who, by habit sleeps more; a slothful, indolent person.

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Nidrāḷu (ನಿದ್ರಾಳು):—[adjective] = ನಿದ್ರಾಲು [nidralu]1.

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Nidrāḷu (ನಿದ್ರಾಳು):—[noun] = ನಿದ್ರಾಲು [nidralu]2.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Nidrālu (निद्रालु):—adj. 1. sleepy; drowsy; 2. slumberous; 3. soporific;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Ni.

Starts with: Nidralutva.

Ends with: Atinidralu, Yoganidralu.

Full-text: Nidralutva, Yoganidralu, Nijalu, Shayata, Aluc, Nittiralu, Varttaki.

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