In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)

Paṭini (पटिनि) [?] (in Chinese: Po-tche-ni) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Rohiṇī or Rohiṇīnakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Rohiṇī] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Paṭini] for the sake of protection and prosperity.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Patini in India is the name of a plant defined with Desmodium gangeticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hedysarum collinum Salisb. (among others).

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

· Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) (1842)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1963)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1871)
· Beskr. Guin. Pl. (1827)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

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

Pāṭiṉi (பாடினி) noun perhaps from fem. of pāṭhīna. Songstress, woman of the Pāṇar caste; பாண் குல மகளிர். வயவேந்தன் மறம்பாடிய பாடினி யும்மே [pan kula magalir. vayaventhan marambadiya padini yumme] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 11).

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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)

Starts with (+2): Patiniccayam, Patiniddesa, Patinijjhatta, Patinilaya, Patinirnayam, Patinissagga, Patinissagganupassana, Patinissaggin, Patinissajjati, Patinissajji, Patinissajjitva, Patinissajjiya, Patinissarati, Patinissattha, Patinita, Patinitanam, Patinivasana, Patinivatta, Patinivattati, Patinivatti.

Ends with: Avapatini, Garbhapatini, Kapatini, Pakshapatini, Upatini.

Full-text: Vatamalai, Rohini, Prapad, Pani.

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