Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Patranga in India is the name of a plant defined with Caesalpinia sappan in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Biancaea sappan (L.) Tod. (among others).

2) Patranga is also identified with Pterocarpus santalinus It has the synonym Lingoum santalinum (L.f.) Kuntze (etc.).

3) Patranga is also identified with Soymida febrifuga It has the synonym Soymida febrifuga Juss..

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

· Mém. Mus. Paris. (1830)
· Taxon (1981)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia (1763)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Nuovi Gen. Sp. Orto Palermo (1858)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Patranga, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Patrāṅga (पत्राङ्ग).—

1) the Bhūrja tree.

2) red sanders.

Derivable forms: patrāṅgam (पत्राङ्गम्).

Patrāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patra and aṅga (अङ्ग).

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

Patrāṅga (पत्राङ्ग).—n.

(-ṅgaṃ) 1. Red sanders (Pterocarpus santolinus) 2. Red or sappan wood, (Cæsalpinia sappon.) 3. Bhurjapatra, a tree so called, a kind of Birch. 4. Another plant: see padmaka. E. patra a leaf, aṅga body or substance.

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

Patrāṅga (पत्राङ्ग).—i. e. patra-anga, n. Red sanders.

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

1) Patraṅga (पत्रङ्ग):—(ṅgaḥ) 1. m. Red sanders.

2) Patrāṅga (पत्राङ्ग):—[patrā+ṅga] (ṅgaṃ) 1. n. Red sanders; or red sapan wood; birch tree.

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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

Patraṃga (ಪತ್ರಂಗ):—[noun] the tree Caesalpinia sappan of Caesalpiniaceae family, which yields a red or blue dye; sappan-wood.

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Patrāṃga (ಪತ್ರಾಂಗ):—[noun] the medium-sized deciduous tree Pterocarpus santalinus of Papilionaceae family; red sandal 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Patra, Anga.

Starts with: Patrangah, Patrangam.

Full-text: Patrangam, Pattanga, Kucandana, Pattanki, Pattirankam, Vattanki, Vattekku.

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