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

Puttakam in India is the name of a plant defined with Paspalum scrobiculatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Paspalum kora Willd. (among others).

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

· Plantae Indiae Batavae Orientalis (1857)
· Paspalum. Reimaria (1810)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1920)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1817)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Puṭṭakam (புட்டகம்) noun cf. puṭa. Cloth; புடைவை. புட்டகம் பத்துப்பாட்டு: பொருநராற்றுப்படை்துவ புனைகு வோரும் [pudaivai. puttagam porunthuva punaigu vorum] (பரிபாடல் [paripadal] 12, 17).

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Puttakam (புத்தகம்) noun < pustaka.

1. Book; ola manuscript; நூல். புத்தகமே சாலத் தொகுத்தும் [nul. puthagame salath thoguthum] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 318).

2. Printed cloth; சித்திரப்படாம். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [sithirappadam. (pingalagandu)]

3. Peacock-quill; மயி லிறகு. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [mayi liragu. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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Pūṭṭakam (பூட்டகம்) noun [Telugu: būṭakamu, K. būṭaka.]

1. Vain pretension, boasting; வீண் பெருமை. என்ன பூட்டகமோ [vin perumai. enna puttagamo] (பெருந்தொகை [peruntho.] 1275). (W.)

2. See பூட்டகவேலை. [puttagavelai.] (W.)

3. Art, guile; trick; வஞ்சகம். பூட்டகமோ விது [vanchagam. puttagamo vithu] (இராமநாடகம் அயோத். [iramanadagam ayoth.] 21).

4. Secrecy; இரகசியம். அந்தச் சேதி பூட்டகமாயிருக்கிறது. [iragasiyam. anthas sethi puttagamayirukkirathu.]

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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: Puttakamantapam, Puttakampannu.

Ends with: Kaliyanapputtakam, Vinavitaipputtakam.

Full-text (+1): Puttakampannu, Kaliyanapputtakam, Puttakkam, Postakam, Kaiccitta, Puttakakkaran, Puttakapputaivai, Vinavitaipputtakam, Puttakamantapam, Tantarkurippu, Ariccuvati, Puttakappatuttu, Kaikkanakku, Cuttappirati, Koyirkanakku, Velippatuttu, Pottakam, Ital, Kocam, Para.

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