Sacred basil: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sacred basil in English is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum basilicum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plectranthus barrelieri (Roth) Spreng. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Kew Bulletin (1996)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Methodus (Moench) (1794)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 2 (1845)
· Revue de Cytologie et de Biologie Végétales, le Botaniste (1984)
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Partial matches: Basil.
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Search found 6 books and stories containing Sacred basil; (plurals include: Sacred basils). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 5.3.10 < [Section 3 - Third Tiruvaymoli (Macu aru Coti)]
Pasuram 7.1.2 < [Section 1 - First Tiruvaymoli (Ul nilaviya)]
Pasuram 6.8.6 < [Section 8 - Eighth Tiruvaymoli (Pon-ulaku aliro)]
The Brihaddharma Purana (abridged) (by Syama Charan Banerji)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Note on Rāhu and eclipses < [Notes]
Gautama Dharmasūtra (by Gautama)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 32 - Eminence of Dvārakā—as per attendants of Viṣṇu < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]