The Sanskrit term Palāśikā can be transliterated into English as Palasika or Palashika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Palāśikā (पलाशिका) is another name for Palāśī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 3.145-147 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Vaidyaka Śabda Sindhu says Palāśī is a tree, with latex and a famous creeper by its name in Nāgar-deśa and in Kashmir it is known as Śaṭī.; it appears that Vaidyaka Śabda Sindhu is not clear whether Palāśī is a tree or a creepre. Bhāvaprakāśa has mentioned one Gandha-Palāśī (Hedychium spicatum or spiked ginger lily). Raghuvīr Prasāda Trivedī rejects claim by maintaining that the properties of Palāśī of Raj Nighantu and Gandha-Palāśī of Bhāvaprakāśa differ. Together with the names Palāśikā and Palāśī, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Palāśikā (पलाशिका) is another name (synonym) for Śaṭī, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Hedychium spicatum (spiked ginger lily). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 6.226-227), 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.

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Geography in Ancient Indian inscriptions

Palāśikā (पलाशिका).—The city of Palāśikā is evidently identical with Halsi on the road to Nandigad, in the Bidi taluq of the Belgaum district, Mysore State.

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

Palāśikā or Palāśikāviṣaya is the name of a village mentioned in to the “Kāpoli Plates of Aśaṅkitavarman” (6th century A.D.). Palāśikā-viṣaya is the same as the well-known Palasige-12000 of the later epigraphs, Halsi being its chief town.

These plates (mentioning Palāśikā) were found buried in an iron box at Kāpoli in the Khanapur Taluk of the Belgaum District. It records the gift of the village of Vaṃśavāṭaka situated in the tract of Sollundūraka-seventy in Palāśikā-viṣaya to Nāgaśarman of the Hārīta-gotra.

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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)

Palashika in India is the name of a plant defined with Morus indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

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

· Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève (1908)
· FBI (1888)
· Glimpses of Cytogenetics in India (1989)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1832)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1989)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Palāsika, (adj.) (fr. palāsa¹) 1. in cpd. paṇḍu° one who lives by eating withered leaves DA. I, 270, 271.—2. in cpd. eka° (upāhanā) (a shoe) with one lining (i.e. of leaves) Vin. I, 185 (=eka paṭala Bdhgh; see Vin. Texts II. 13). (Page 440)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Palāśikā (पलाशिका):—[from palāśaka > palāśa] f. a species of climbing plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Palāśikā (पलाशिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Palāsiyā.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Apalashika, Gandhapalashika, Prithupalashika.

Full-text: Gandhapalashika, Palashiya, Prithupalashika, Pandupalasa, Vamshavataka, Elakella, Kaikeya, Asankitavarman, Palasi, Patala, Shati, Palasha.

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