India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Pākhī.—(IE 8-6), Bengali; a land measure in parts of Bengal, which is smaller than the bīghā. Note: pākhī is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pakhi in Mali is the name of a plant defined with Acacia nilotica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa arabica Lam. (among others).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1981)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1928)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· First lessons in Oriya. (1912)

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

pākhī (पाखी).—f Commonly and preferably pākī.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Pākhī (पाखी):—n. blanket; thick woolen cloth;

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pakhila, Pakhila-phul, Pakhini.

Ends with: Caupakhi, Dupakhi, Ekapakhi, Radipakhi, Titarpakhi.

Full-text: Ranku, Ekalagi, Jiva.

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Folk Tradition of Bengal (and Rabindranath Tagore) (by Joydeep Mukherjee)

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Folk Tales of Gujarat (and Jhaverchand Meghani) (by Vandana P. Soni)

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