Reka, Rēkā: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Reka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, Tamil. 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Reka in India is the name of a plant defined with Buchanania lanzan in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Buchanania latifolia Roxb..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1978)
· Taxon (1979)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Journal of Tree Sciences (1984)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2000)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Reka, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
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 dictionaryReka (रेक).—
1) Suspicion, doubt.
2) A low man, an outcast; कृता भिक्षा रेकैः (kṛtā bhikṣā rekaiḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.11.
3) Emptying, loosening, purging.
4) A frog.
5) A kind of fish.
Derivable forms: rekaḥ (रेकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryReka (रेक).—mf.
(-kaḥ-kā) 1. Doubt, uncertainty. 2. Fear, apprehension. m.
(-kaḥ) 1. Looseness, purging. 2. An outcaste, a low man. 3. A frog. E. rek to suspect, to fear, aff. ac, or ric to purge, aff. ghañ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryReka (रेक).—I. m., and f. kā. 1. Doubt. 2. Fear. Ii. m. 1. Loosening, purging (i. e. ric + a). 2. An outcaste. 3. A frog.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Reka (रेक):—[from ric] a etc. See p. 887, col. 1.
2) [from rek] 1. reka m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) suspicion, doubt, fear
3) [v.s. ...] a man of low caste
4) [v.s. ...] a frog (cf. bheka)
5) [v.s. ...] a kind of fish.
6) 2. reka m. (√ric) emptying, loosening, purging, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryReka (रेक):—[(kaḥ-kā)] 1. m. f. Doubt; fear. m. Purging; an outcast; a frog.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusRēka (ರೇಕ):—
1) [noun] the act or an instance of suspecting guilt, a wrong, harmfulness, etc. with little or no supporting evidence; a doubt; suspicion.
2) [noun] a man of low caste.
3) [noun] a frog.
4) [noun] a species of fish.
5) [noun] excessive frequency and looseness of bowel movements; diarrhoea.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconRēkā (ரேகா) noun < rēkhā. See ரேகை. [regai.] (C. G.)
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: Rekacastiram, Rekai, Rekai-ppon, Rekaicastiram, Rekala, Rekam, Rekamcam, Rekamulam, Rekanas, Rekang-manthu, Rekara, Rekarda, Rekarda-thietara, Rekardara, Rekardina, Rekardina-studiyo, Rekati, Rekavisara.
Ends with (+33): Anvayavyatireka, Areka, Areporeka, Atireka, Avidhritodreka, Avyatireka, Betireka, Bhavatireka, Breka, Byareka, Chitreka, Chittodreka, Cittodreka, Dhreka, Dreka, Ekavyatireka, Epereka, Ese-kureka, Hareka, Harshatireka.
Full-text (+11): Atireka, Vireka, Udreka, Rekacastiram, Rekamulam, Areka, Prareka, Rekam, Nireka, Reku, Rekavisara, Recita, Konda rega, Tirirekam, Virekam, Vairekiya, Recakita, Nireke, Atiraikya, Recya.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 194 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 7.90.3 < [Sukta 90]
Glories of India (Culture and Civilization) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Introduction to the Brahmanas (commentaries of the Vedas) < [Chapter 7 - Original literatures]
Indian influences in the Philippines (by Juan R. Francisco)
Sanskrit terms for Economy in Filipino language < [Chapter 1 - Sanskrit in the Philippine languages]
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Effect of Naturopathic Diet on Obese PCOS- A Case Study < [Volume 10, issue 6 (2022)]