The Sanskrit term Pimpaḷa can be transliterated into English as Pimpala or Pimpalia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Pimpala (or Piṃpaḻa) in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal tree “Ficus religiosa L.”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Leaves”. Instructions for using the tree named Pimpala: Decoction made from the leaves, ale (rhizome of Zingiber officinale) and kale mire (fruits of Piper nigrum) suppresses shivering in fever.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Pimpala [पिंपळ] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Ficus religiosa L. from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family having the following synonyms: Ficus peepul, Ficus superstitiosa, Ficus caudata. For the possible medicinal usage of pimpala, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Pimpala in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus religiosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Urostigma religiosum (Linnaeus) Gasparrini (among others).

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

· Bot. Mat. Med. (1812)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
· Ric. Caprifico (1845)
· Numer. List (4493)
· FBI (1888)
· Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. (1822)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pimpaḷa (पिंपळ).—m (pippala S) The holy fig-tree, Ficus religiosa. 2 n The fruit of it. pimpaḷāsa pāra bāndhaṇēṃ To do some great act of charity or kindness unto.

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pimpaḷā (पिंपळा).—m C See pimpiḷā.

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

pimpaḷa (पिंपळ).—m The holy fig-tree, Ficus reli- giosa. pimpaḷāsa pāra bāndhaṇēṃ To do some great act of charity or kindness to.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pimpalā (पिम्पला):—f. Name of a river, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] (perhaps [wrong reading] for pippalā).

[Sanskrit to German]

Pimpala 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pimpalacem Phula, Pimpalamula, Pimpalapana, Pimpalavaraca-munjya, Pimpalavasi.

Ends with: Parosa Pimpala, Ranapimpala, Thontapimpala, Vadapimpala.

Full-text (+1): Ranapimpala, Vriksharaja, Jaraguda, Pimpalacem Phula, Pimpara, Parosa Pimpala, Pimpalavasi, Pimpalapana, Karakaranem, Kshatriya, Munjya, Shudra, Samanya, Narikela, Vaishya, Takata, Lakha, Brahmana, Para, Vata.

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