Ambiguity: Although Sirki has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Shiraki.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sirki in India is the name of a plant defined with Saccharum bengalense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Erianthus munja Jesw. (among others).

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

· The Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez (1940)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Proc. 14th Congr. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists (1972)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains … (1839)
· Brittonia (1945)
· Cytologia (1989)

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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sirki in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a kind of reed or reed-mat used to keep off rain..—sirki (सिरकी) is alternatively transliterated as Sirakī.

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Ends with: Sirkasirki.

Full-text: Shiraki.

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Triveni Journal

Indian Music < [April 1959]

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