Biology (plants and animals)

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

Paretam in India is the name of a plant defined with Persicaria minor in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Peutalis minus (Huds.) Raf. (among others).

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

· Flora Anglica (1762)
· Flora Telluriana (1837)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Parētam (பரேதம்) noun < parēta. Devil, demon; பிசாசம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [pisasam. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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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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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 10.31.3 < [Sukta 31]

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