Pakatai, Pakaṭai, Pākaṭai: 2 definitions

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pakatai in India is the name of a plant defined with Merremia turpethum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ipomoea ornithopoda B.L. Rob. (among others).

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

· Mant. Pl. (1767)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones (1831)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical series (1959)
· Genera Plantarum
· Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1892)

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pakatai in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pakaṭai (பகடை) noun [Telugu, Malayalam: pakaṭa, K. pagaḍe, Travancore usage pagaḍa.]

1. Ace upon dice; சூதசங்கிதைின் தாயத்திலொன்று. பகடை பன்னிரண்டெட்டு. [suthin thayathilonru. pagadai pannirandettu.]

2. Sudden smiles of fortune; எதிர்பாராத அதிருஷ்டம். [ethirparatha athirushdam.] (J.)

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Pakaṭai (பகடை) noun Title of the Cakkiliya caste; சக்கிலியச் சாதிப்பெயர். [sakkiliyas sathippeyar.] (W.)

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Pākaṭai (பாகடை) noun < பாகு [pagu] + அடை. [adai.] See பாக்குவெற்றிலை. குருக்கொள் சுண்ணமார் பாகடை [pakkuverrilai. kurukkol sunnamar pagadai] (காஞ்சிப்புராணம் வலம்புரி. [kanchippuranam valamburi.] 37).

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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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