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Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Phaṇasa (फणस) (Prakrit; in Sanskrit: Panasa) refers to the “jack-fruit tree”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 193, l. 15]—‘Panasa’ (Prakrit: Phaṇasa) is the name of a fruit and a tree, too. The tree is called phaṇasa in Gujarati, kaṭahara in Hindi and jack-fruit tree in English. Here this word stands for a tree of this name and not for its fruit. Further, it does not here mean ‘a thorn’. The word ‘panasa’ occurs on p. 194, l. 23; p. 318, l. 21; p. 371, l. 12, & p. 398, l. 21, and the word phaṇasa in Paṇhavagaraṇa (I) and Paumacariya (XXXIII, 2). In Principal Karmarkar’s edition (p. 214) of Mṛcchakatika (VIII) there is the word phaṇasaphala. In Tarkarahasyadīpikā (p. 63b) it is said that the ‘panasa’ tree gets fructified when embraced by a woman.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Phanasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Artocarpus heterophyllus 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 integer auct. - sensu mult. (among others).

2) Phanasa is also identified with Artocarpus integrifolius It has the synonym Artocarpus integrifolia L.f..

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1789)
· Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae (1782)
· Interpr. Rumphius Herbarium Amboinenese (1917)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phaṇaśā (फणशा).—a Smart, prompt, able and energetic: opp. to dull and dawdling: also determined, resolute, dauntless: opp. to soft, weak, silly. phaṇa- śā is an āḍanāṃva or family name amongst the dhana- gara people, (probably the name of a gurū of that tribe,) and is often applied, ironically, in the sense of Great, eminent, illustrious, influential &c.

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phaṇasa (फणस).—m (panasa S) The Jack, Artocarpus integrifolia. 2 The fruit, a Jack-fruit.

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phāṇasa (फाणस) [or फाणूस, phāṇūsa].—m n ( P) A lantern.

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phānasa (फानस) [or फानूस, phānūsa].—m ( P) A lantern.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

phaṇasa (फणस).—m The Jack, Artocarpus, integri- folia. The Jack-fruit.

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phāṇasa (फाणस) [or phāṇūsa, or फाणूस].—m n A lantern.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Phaṇasa (फणस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Panasa.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Panasa, Phanus, Phanasata, Kanakaphala, Phanasambem, Phanashi, Baramashi, Uttarashadha, Phanasaphala, Apushpaphala, Panasaphala, Katahara, Apushpaphalada, Rayavala, Priti, Narikela.

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