Biology (plants and animals)

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

Rajapriya in India is the name of a plant defined with Allium cepa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Allium nigritanum A. Chev. (among others).

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

· Can. Vet. J., (1977)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Am. J. Vet. Res., (1979)
· Acta Agron. Acad. Sci. Hung., (1980)
· J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., (1939)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Rajapriya, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rājapriyā (राजप्रिया).—[feminine] a king’s favourite wife.

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

1) Rājapriya (राजप्रिय):—[=rāja-priya] [from rāja > rāj] m. a kind of onion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Rājapriyā (राजप्रिया):—[=rāja-priyā] [from rāja-priya > rāja > rāj] f. a k°’s mistress or favourite wife, [Kāvya literature]

3) [v.s. ...] the moon’s f° w°, [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] a species of plant (= karuṇī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Rajapriya 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)

Partial matches: Priya, Raja.

Ends with: Kamarajapriya.

Full-text: Pithamarda, Madhupa, Rajan, Raja, Ra.

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