Palankya, Pālaṅkyā: 8 definitions

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Palankya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Pālaṅkyā (पालङ्क्या) is a Sanskrit word referring to Spinacia oleracea (spinach), from the Amaranthaceae family. Certain plant parts of Pālaṅkyā are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The plant is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Palankya in India is the name of a plant defined with Spinacia oleracea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Obione stocksii Wight (among others).

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

· Nordic Journal of Botany (1991)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· Flora Orientalis (1879)
· Species Plantarum
· Gen. Pl. ed. 5 (1754)
· Methodus (Moench) (1794)

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pālaṅkyā (पालङ्क्या).—f.

(-ṅkā) Gum olibanum. E. pālaṅka the olibanum tree, ṣyañ added.

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

1) Pālaṅkya (पालङ्क्य):—[from pālaṅka] nf. incense, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] Beta Bengalensis, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Pālaṅkyā (पालङ्क्या):—(ṅkyā) 1. f. Gum olibanum.

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

Pālaṅkya (पालङ्क्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pālaṃka, Pālaṃgā.

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Palankya 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.

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