Biology (plants and animals)

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

Paicacam in India is the name of a plant defined with Anisomeles malabarica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Stachys mauritiana Pers. (among others).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1985)
· Glimpses in Plant Research (1998)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (2071)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1979)
· International Journal of Cancer Research (2007)

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

Paicācam (பைசாசம்) noun < paiśāca.

1. Devil, goblin; பேய். [pey.]

2. Position of an archer in which one leg is held straight and the other bent, one of four villōr-nilai, q.v.; வில்லோர்நிலை நால்வகையுள் ஒருகாலை நிலையாக ஊன்றி ஒருகாலை முடக்கி நிற்கும் நிலை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [villornilai nalvagaiyul orugalai nilaiyaga unri orugalai mudakki nirkum nilai. (pingalagandu)]

3. A form of marriage in which a man embraces a sleeping or intoxicated woman or a woman older than himself or of a lower caste, as prevailing among the Piśācas; எண்வகை மணங்களுள் துயின்றாள். களித் தாள், மூத்தாள், இழித்தவள் முதலிய மகளிரைச் சேரும் மணம். [envagai manangalul thuyinral. kalithogai thal, muthal, izhithaval muthaliya magalirais serum manam.] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 92, உரை. [urai.])

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Paicācam (பைசாசம்) noun cf. பசாசம்². [pasasam².] Iron; இரும்பு. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [irumbu. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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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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Ends with: Pey varutti paicacam.

Full-text: Paicacanilai, Pey varutti paicacam, Manam, Nilai.

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