Prapunnada, Prapunnāḍa: 6 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
Biology
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
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Introduction:

Prapunnada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Prapunnāḍa (प्रपुन्नाड) is a Sanskrit word referring to the “senna”, a wild peanut species from the Fabaceae (leguma) family of flowering plants. It is also known as Prapunnāṭa, Cakramarda, Cakragaja or Eḍagaja. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. The official botanical name is Cassia tora but is commonly referred to in English as “sickle senna”, “tora” or “coffee pod” among many others. It is a herbaceous foetid annual weed (almost an undershrub) and grows up to 90 cm high. It is prevalent throughout India with altitudes up to 1800m. Its leaves are a pinnately compound, has yellow flowers, and its fruits pods are 15-23cm long having 25-30 seeds per pod.

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Prapunnada in India is the name of a plant defined with Senna obtusifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia tora sensu auct. (among others).

2) Prapunnada is also identified with Senna tora It has the synonym Cassia contorta Vogel (etc.).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1987)
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (1979)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici (1794)
· Med. Fl. (1828)
· Guihaia (1992)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1951)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prapunnāḍa (प्रपुन्नाड).—Name of a tree (cakramarda).

Derivable forms: prapunnāḍaḥ (प्रपुन्नाडः).

See also (synonyms): prapunāṭa, prapunnāṭa, prapunāḍa.

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

Prapunnaḍa (प्रपुन्नड).—m.

(-ḍaḥ) Cassia tora: see prapunnāḍa .

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Prapunnāḍa (प्रपुन्नाड) or Prapunnāṭa.—m.

(-ḍaḥ or ṭaḥ) A tree, (Cassia tora.) E. pra excellently, pumas mankind, and ṇal to smell, aff. aṇ, the sa of pumas is rejected, and the la of the radical changed optionally to ḍa or ṭa; the antipenultimate is occasionally short, and one of the conjunct na is sometimes rejected; whence the word is variously written, prapunnāla, or prapunnaḍa, or prapunāḍa, &c.

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

1) Prapunnaḍa (प्रपुन्नड):—(ḍaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

2) Prapunnāḍa (प्रपुन्नाड):—[pra-punnāḍa] (ḍaḥ) 1. m. Cassia tora.

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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

Prapunnāḍa (ಪ್ರಪುನ್ನಾಡ):—[noun] = ಪ್ರಪುನಾಟ [prapunata].

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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.

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