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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Padmāṭa (पद्माट) is another name for Cakramarda (Cassia tora “sickle senna”) according to the Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16^th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature.

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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.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Padmaṭa or Padmaṭadeva is the name of an ancient king, as mentioned in the “Plate of Padmaṭadeva” (tenth century A.D.). Padmaṭadeva was the son of P. M. P. Desaṭadeva (Desaṭa) and Mahādevī Padmallādevī, the grandson of P. M. P. Icchaṭadeva (Icchaṭa) and Mahādevī Siṅghūdevī, and the great grandson of Saloṇāditya and Mahādevī Siṅghuvalidevī.

This inscribed copper plate (mentioning Padmaṭa) is preserved in the temple of Yogabadarī (one of the Pañcabadarī) at Pāṇḍukeśvar (Pāṇḍukeśvara). The date corresponds to some day in the 25th regnal year of king Padmaṭadeva (first half of the tenth century A.D.). It records the grant of several pieces of land situated in Drumatī which formed a part of the Ṭaṅgaṇāpura-viṣaya as well as in Yośi.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Padmata in India is the name of a plant defined with Senna obtusifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia tora sensu auct. (among others).

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

· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1982)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Index Rafinesquianus. (1949)
· Histoire Naturelle et Médicale des Casses (1816)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Med. Fl. (1828)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Padmata, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Padmāṭa (पद्माट).—Cassia Tora (Mar. ṭākaḷā).

Derivable forms: padmāṭaḥ (पद्माटः).

Padmāṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms padma and aṭa (अट).

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

Padmāṭa (पद्माट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) A sort of Cassia, (C. tora.) E. paḍma a lotus, and aṭ to resemble, aff. ac. cakramardavṛkṣe, (dādamardanaiti bhāṣā) .

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

Padmatā (पद्मता).—[feminine] [abstract] to padma.

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

1) Padmatā (पद्मता):—[=padma-tā] [from padma] f. the state or condition of a l°, [Kāvyādarśa]

2) Padmāṭa (पद्माट):—[from padma] m. Cassia Tora, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Padmāṭa (पद्माट):—[padmā+ṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A sort of cassia.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Padmāṭa (पद्माट) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pāmāḍa, Pomāḍa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Padmata 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Padmāṭa (ಪದ್ಮಾಟ):—[noun] the plant Cassia tora of Caesalpiniaceae family; foetid cassia.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Padma, Ta, Ata.

Starts with: Padmatadeva, Padmatantra, Padmatantu, Padmatara.

Ends with: Cakrapadmata, Chakrapadmata.

Full-text: Cakrapadmata, Pamada, Pomada, Padmacarini, Subhiksha, Ata, Padmatadeva, Cakramarda, Carin.

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