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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (history)

Pothī (पोथी) or Pauthī refers to a “manuscript”, according to the Rāmacaritrabhāṣā (classified as Renderings of Sanskrit classics), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The author/copyist was the Brahmin Gauḍa Bhīṣanadāsa, a resident of Sojhat (Rajasthan; hara° perhaps refers to an area in this city). The sponsor of the manuscript (pauthī = pothī, here used as a general term, and not to refer to the oblong Indian format, since this manuscript has the book-format) was Ghanarāja Singhvī.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Pothi in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook.f. ex Benth. from the Rutaceae (Lemon) family having the following synonyms: Clausena odorata, Clausena longipes. For the possible medicinal usage of pothi, 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.

Pothi in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth. from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family having the following synonyms: Elsholtzia exigua, Mentha strobilifera, Cyclostegia strobilifera.

Pothi in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don from the Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage) family having the following synonyms: Astilbe indica, Astilbe speciosa.

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

1) Pothi in India is the name of a plant defined with Clausena willdenowii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Clausena willdenowii H. Lév..

2) Pothi is also identified with Elsholtzia fruticosa It has the synonym Leucosceptrum plectranthoideum (H. Léveillé) Marquand (etc.).

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

· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Acta Horti Gothoburgensis (1939)
· Flore du Kouy-Tchéou (1915)
· Plantae Wilsonianae (1916)
· Labiatarum Genera et Species (1833)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pōthī (पोथी).—f A book, a pamphlet, a manuscript. 2 (For pōḷī) A dye of lac, lodhra &c. used as red ink: also the cotton imbued with it.

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

pōthī (पोथी).—f A book, a manuscript.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pothī (पोथी):—(nf) a book.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pōthi (ಪೋಥಿ):—

1) [noun] a book.

2) [noun] a holy scripture (of a religion).

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Pothī (पोथी):—n. 1. (of bird or beast) female; 2. a book;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+42): Pothee-mujur, Pothi-mujura, Pothibhakti, Pothika, Pothila, Pothipatha, Pothipustaka, Pothita, Pothiyamana, Pothiyati, Poti-murunkunoy, Poticattuvan, Poticcoru, Potikai, Potikaikkattai, Potikainikantu, Potikaippalakai, Potikaittun, Potikan, Potikaram.

Ends with (+1): Bhale-pothi, Callippoti, Etu-kulakampoti, Kapoti, Kavampoti, Kukhurako-pothi, Kumpakampoti, Mantottuppotti, Matipoti, Mayirppotti, Muttampoti, Nilakampoti, Nitippoti, Pancuppoti, Panippotti, Paruttippoti, Ponnirpoti, Potti, Pur-poti, Sampoti.

Full-text (+40): Pothi-mujura, Pothee-mujur, Pottittanam, Potakkattai, Potikkiraivan, Poticcoru, Valippoti, Potikeliru, Pothipustaka, Etuttukkarar, Prathamadarshanim, Potikaram, Potimatavan, Pottikkarappan, Potintuvai, Potikkaran, Jimma, Pauthi, Arruna, Parumputavai.

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