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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Phalina (फलिन) refers to “fruit-bearing trees”, as mentioned in a list of six synonyms in the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Phalina] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Phalina (फलिन) (also Phalinī) refers to “offering fruits and vegetarian saltless food” and represents one of the various marriage rites of the Hindu Newars, mentioned in the Daśakarmavidhi: a marriage handbook from Bhaktapur containing both Hindu and Newar marriage ceremonies.—Despite many congruencies between Hindu Parbatiyā and Hindu Newar marriage handbooks, it becomes evident that Newar marriage handbooks mention specific ritual elements that cannot be found in the Brahmanical-Sanskritic texts.—The Phalina rite is usually performed at the House of the Groom and is mentioned under the sub-heading of “other marriage rites”.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Phalina in India is the name of a plant defined with Artocarpus integrifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artocarpus integrifolia L.f..

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

· Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae (1782)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Phalina, (adj.) (fr. phala, phalin?) at J. V, 92 is of doubtful meaning. It cannot very well mean “bearing fruit, ” since it is used as Ep. of a bird (°sakuṇī). The Cy. expln is sakuṇa-potakānaṃ phalinattā (being a source of nourishment?) phalina-sakuṇī. ” The v. l. SS is phalīna & palīna. (Page 477)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Phalina (फलिन).—[phalin + a], adj. Bearing fruit.

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

Phalina (फलिन).—[adjective] bearing fruit.

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

1) Phalina (फलिन):—[from phal] mfn. bearing fruit, [Mālatīmādhava] (cf. [Pāṇini 5-2, 122], [vArttika] 4, [Patañjali])

2) [v.s. ...] m. the bread-fruit tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Phalina 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

Phalina (ಫಲಿನ):—

1) [adjective] giving fruits.

2) [adjective] producing a definite or desired result; efficient; effective.

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Phalina (ಫಲಿನ):—

1) [noun] a tree bearing fruits.

2) [noun] the tree Artocarpus integra ( = A. heterophyllus) of Moraceae family; jackfruit tree.

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Phalīna (ಫಲೀನ):—

1) [noun] a fruit (of a plant).

2) [noun] a sincere honest man.

3) [noun] a wise, ascetic man; a sage.

4) [noun] final liberation of an individual soul from the cycle of birth and death; salvation.

5) [noun] hair growing on the head.

6) [noun] deep mud; wet, soggy earth; slush; mire.

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Phaḷina (ಫಳಿನ):—[adjective] = ಫಲಿನ [phalina]1.

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Phaḷina (ಫಳಿನ):—[noun] = ಫಲಿನ [phalina]2.

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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.

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