Alternative spellings of this word include Sigar.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sigara in India is the name of a plant defined with Albizia amara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia wightii Wight & Arn. (among others).

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

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1834)
· Species Plantarum.
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)

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

śigara (शिगर).—n A pin or spike of bamboo; to tack leaves together.

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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

Sigāra (सिगार) [Also spelled sigar]:—(nm) a cigar; ~[dāna] a cigar case.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Sigāra (सिगार):—n. a cigar;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Shikaram.

Full-text: Konda sigara, Cigar, Sigar, Cilli, Cikaram, Sidhai.

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Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)

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Glories of India (Culture and Civilization) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)

Knowledge of Mathematics in ancient India < [Chapter 6 - Practical sciences]

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Ancient Science of Life

Medicinal plant wealth of andhra pradesh – part i < [Volume 6 (issue 3), Jan-Mar 1987]

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Kamashastra and Classical Sanskrit literature (study) (by Vishwanath K. Hampiholi)

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