Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Parkati in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Ficus amplissima Sm. from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family having the following synonyms: Ficus indica Willd., Ficus pseudotsiela, Ficus tsjela. For the possible medicinal usage of parkati, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Parkati [पर्कटी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Ficus virens from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family having the following synonyms: Ficus infectoria.

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

1) Parkati in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus amplissima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Urostigma pseudobenjamineum Miq. (among others).

2) Parkati is also identified with Ficus glabella It has the synonym Ficus virens Dryand. var. glabella (Blume) Corner.

3) Parkati is also identified with Ficus lacor.

4) Parkati is also identified with Ficus tsiela It has the synonym Ficus tsiela Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham..

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

· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1827)
· London Journal of Botany (1847)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi (1867)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. (1825)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parkaṭi (पर्कटि) or Parkaṭī (पर्कटी).—f.,

-parkaṭin m.

1) The wave-leaved fig-tree (plakṣa).

2) A fresh betel-nut.

Derivable forms: parkaṭiḥ (पर्कटिः).

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

Parkaṭī (पर्कटी).—[feminine] a kind of fig-tree.

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

1) Parkaṭī (पर्कटी):—[from parkaṭa] f. Ficus Infectoria (-vṛkṣa), [Hitopadeśa] (also ṭī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

2) [v.s. ...] a fresh betel-nut, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Parkati 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Parkaṭi (ಪರ್ಕಟಿ):—[noun] the ficus tree Ficus virens ( = F. infectoria) of Moraceae family; five-leaved fig tree.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Paṟkaṭi (பற்கடி) [paṟkaṭittal] [paṟ-kaṭi] intransitive verb < பல்² [pal²] +. To gnash the teeth, as in anger; கோபம் முதலிய வற்றால் பல்லைக்கடித்தல். [kopam muthaliya varral pallaikkadithal.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Par, Kati.

Starts with: Parkatin, Parkatinj.

Ends with: Lataparkati, Naparkati, Viddhaparkati.

Full-text: Parkatin, Pancapallava, Viddhaparkati, Plava.

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