India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Pottaka (पोत्तक) refers to a name-ending for place-names mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions (reigned from 3rd century CE). Pottaka means the site or foundation of a house. It may signify here an inhabitation or locality.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Pottaka.—(LP), same as Gujarātī potuṃ; the amount of the revenue of a village sent to the government treasury. Cf. potaka. Note: pottaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Pottaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Hymenodictyon orixense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cinchona thyrsiflora Roxb., nom. nud. (among others).

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

· Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1987)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.
· Fl. Indo-Chine (1922)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pottakam, Pottakanchi, Pottakatturi, Pottakattutti.

Ends with: Prishthimapottaka.

Full-text: Potaka, Prishthimapottaka, Lokottaravihara.

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