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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study

Revaḍī (रेवडी) refers to a “small cake of sugar covered with seeds”, possibly corresponding to Lopikā (K. gloss giving Levari) mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa (verses 437, 513, 555-56).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Revadi in India is the name of a plant defined with Dillenia indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dillenia speciosa Blanco (among others).

2) Revadi is also identified with Dillenia pentagyna It has the synonym Dillenia hainanensis Merrill.

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

· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1791)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (1799)
· Blumea (1952)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· FBI (1872)
· Hortus Malabaricus

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rēvaḍī (रेवडी).—f () A sweetmeat made of syrup and sesamum-seed. 2 fig. Exposed and disgraced state; utter discomfiture and disconcertment.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

rēvaḍī (रेवडी).—f A sweetmeat. Fig. Exposed and disgraced state.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Revaḍī (रेवडी):—(nf) a kind of crisp sweetmeat (prepared from solidified sugar covered with sesamum seeds).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rēvaḍi (ರೇವಡಿ):—[noun] a kind of sweetmeat, made of sugar or jagger, sesame seeds, etc.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Revadi chettu, Revadigara, Revadigida.

Ends with: Bhirarevadi, Bhurevadi, Ellurevadi, Harapararevadi, Hurarevadi, Mararevadi.

Full-text: Revadi chettu, Bhirarevadi, Lavali, Revada, Hurarevadi, Hurali, Huravavadi, Lopika.

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