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Satwa means something in biology. 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)1) Satwa in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus adscendens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis adscendens (Roxb.) Kunth (among others).
2) Satwa is also identified with Paris polyphylla It has the synonym Daiswa polyphylla (Sm.) Raf. (etc.).
3) Satwa is also identified with Trillium govanianum It has the synonym Trillidium govanianum (Wall. ex D. Don) Kunth (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Cyclopaedia (1813)
· Enum. Pl. (1850)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ ed. 1832 (1832)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2408)
· Flora Telluriana (1838)
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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.
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On True Knowledge < [April – June, 2008]
Ramakoti: Apostle of the Renaissance < [July 1970]
Kathakali < [October 1968]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CXVII < [Sambhava Parva]
Section XXVII (Bhagavad Gita Chapter III) < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
Indian Medicinal Plants (by Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar)
40. Tinospora cordifolia, Miers. < [Menispermaceae (moonseed family)]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 13 - The World of Creation Begins: the Birth of Madhu and Kaitabha < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
Chapter 50 - An Account of Narayanashrama < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Chapter 72 - Narada’s Advice < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XCIV - Brahma the origin of all < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
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