Biology (plants and animals)

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

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

2) Piluka is also identified with Salvadora persica It has the synonym Salvadora crassinervia Hochst. ex T. Anderson (etc.).

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

· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)
· Cytologia (1988)
· J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. (1860)
· Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles (1914)
· Nat. Prod. Res. (2003)
· Pharmacologyonline (2008)

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

Pīluka (पीलुक).—An ant.

Derivable forms: pīlukaḥ (पीलुकः).

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

Piluka (पिलुक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A tree: see pīlu. E. pil to send, aff. ku, and kan added.

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Pīluka (पीलुक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A kind of worm. 2. An ant. E. see the last.

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

1) Piluka (पिलुक):—[from pil] (or pilu) m. a species of tree (= pīlu), [Suśruta]

2) Pīluka (पीलुक):—[from pīl] m. Name of a tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. kāka-pīluka, kāla-p)

3) [v.s. ...] an ant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. pīlaka).

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

Piluka (पिलुक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A tree.

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

Pīluka (पीलुक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pīlua.

[Sanskrit to German]

Piluka 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

Pīluka (ಪೀಲುಕ):—[noun] = ಪೀಲು [pilu]1 - 1.

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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

Pīluka (பீலுக) [pīlu] . Ant; எறும்பு. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [erumbu. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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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: Pilukam, Pilukan.

Ends with: Kakapiluka, Kalapiluka.

Full-text: Pilukam, Kakapiluka, Pilaka, Pilua, Kalapiluka, Pilu.

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Search found 5 books and stories containing Piluka, Pīluka, Peeluga, Piluga; (plurals include: Pilukas, Pīlukas, Peelugas, Pilugas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

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Review of Ingudi (Balanites aegyptiaca) from Kosha and Nighantus. < [Volume 2, issue 2: March - April 2015]

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 363 - The words denoting earth, city, forest and herbs

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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

1b. Study of Fever (Jvara) in the Caraka-Saṃhita < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]

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