Palikai, Pālikai: 2 definitions

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Palikai in India is the name of a plant defined with Ipomoea pes-caprae in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Latrienda brasiliensis (L.) Raf. (among others).

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

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1792)
· Cytologia (1979)
· Flora Telluriana (1836)
· Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis (1818)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Guihaia (1994)

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

Pālikai (பாலிகை) noun < pālikā.

1. Earthen pot in which nava-tāṉiyam is sown in marriage and other ceremonies; கல்யாணம் முதலிய சுப காலங்களில் முளைகள் உண்டாக நவதானியங்கள் விதைக்குந் தாழி. பூரண கும்பமும் பொலம்பாலிகை களும் [kalyanam muthaliya supa kalangalil mulaigal undaga navathaniyangal vithaikkun thazhi. purananuru kumbamum polambaligai kalum] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 1, 44).

2. Sharp edge of a cutting instrument; ஆயுதக்கூர். [ayuthakkur.] (W.)

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Pālikai (பாலிகை) noun < bālikā.

1. Young damsel; இளம்பெண். [ilamben.] (W.)

2. A ear-ornament; ஒருவகைக் காதணி. பாலிகையில் படுகண் ஒன்றும் கொக்குவாய் ஒன்றும் [oruvagaig kathani. paligaiyil padugan onrum kokkuvay onrum] (S. I. I. ii, 204).

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Pālikai (பாலிகை) noun

1. Lip; உதடு. (திவா.) தாமவர் பாலிகை யாரமுதுண்டதற்கு [uthadu. (thiva.) thamavar paligai yaramuthundatharku] (சேதுபுராணம் திருநாட். [sethupuranam thirunad.] 45).

2. Hare-leaf. See அடம்பு. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [adambu. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

3. Handle of a sword; கத்திப்பிடி. பாலிகை யிடையறப் பிடித்த பாணியர் [kathippidi. paligai yidaiyarap piditha paniyar] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 2217).

4. cf. phalaka. Anything round; circle; வட்டம். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [vattam. (pingalagandu)]

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Pālikai (பாலிகை) noun probably from பாலி³. [pali³.] Watercourse; நீரோட்டம். வயலிற் பாலிகை பாய்கின்றதா [nirottam. vayalir paligai paykinratha]? Tanjore usage

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Pālikai (பாலிகை) noun perhaps from பாலி-. [pali-.] Canopy; மேற்கட்டி. [merkatti.] Pond.

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